Exterior House Painting in Homewood, AL

Rafter Tails, Porch Columns, and Sills on Edgewood Bungalows

Edgewood's 1920s to 1940s bungalows are built from a lot of exposed wood: open rafter tails at the eaves, square porch columns, wide window trim, and thick sills. That detail is the charm of the house, and it is also where water sits. By the time the paint has peeled, the end grain on a rafter tail or the bottom of a column is often soft. We check and repair these spots before painting:

• Rafter tails and fascia at the eaves
• Porch column bases and railings
• Window sills and the lower trim around old sashes
• Siding boards near the ground and behind downspouts

As a licensed home builder, we replace rotted wood with new material instead of patching it with filler. Rot repair usually runs $12 to $30 per linear foot, and it is listed on the estimate before work starts.

Repainting Fiber Cement on Renovated West Homewood Homes

West Homewood mixes original 1940s to 1960s houses with homes that have been renovated or rebuilt, and many of those renovations used James Hardie fiber cement. Fiber cement holds paint much longer than wood, often 10 to 15 years, but it does eventually fade and chalk on sunny walls. When it does, we clean it, prime any cut or exposed edges, caulk the joints, and repaint it with a 100% acrylic finish.

If your house is part wood and part fiber cement after an addition, we treat each surface on its own schedule. If the old wood siding is too far gone to keep painting, our siding crew can replace sections with fiber cement that matches the reveal.

Small Lots and Close Neighbors in Grove Park

Grove Park's 1940s and 1950s homes sit on small, walkable lots, often with a shared driveway or only a few feet between houses. That changes how a crew works. We mask windows and fixtures, cover plants and walkways, and keep pressure washing spray off the house next door. Our house painters in Homewood plan ladder placement and staging before day one, so the work stays on your lot and out of your neighbor's yard and driveway. A typical exterior repaint takes about 3 to 7 working days. See our house painting cost guide for how size and repairs move the price.