House Painters in Hoover, AL

Soft Fascia Above the Garage on 1980s Riverchase Homes

On a Hoover house from the 1980s or early 1990s, the first wood to go is usually the fascia board behind the gutter, followed by window sills and the trim around the garage door. Pine needles clog the gutters, water backs up over the edge, and it soaks the fascia from behind. Paint peeling in strips under the eaves is often the first sign. Painting over that wood buys a season at most. Because we are a licensed home builder, the carpenter and the painter are the same crew. Before any paint goes on, we:

• Probe fascia, sills, and door trim for soft wood
• Cut out and replace rotted boards instead of filling them
• Find the leak or gutter overflow that caused the rot
• Spot-prime every piece of new and bare wood

If the gutters are the cause, we will tell you, and our gutter crew can fix that before the new paint goes up.

Painting Vinyl Siding in Trace Crossings and Lake Cyrus

Many 1990s and 2000s homes in Trace Crossings, Lake Cyrus, and Southlake have vinyl on the sides and rear. Faded vinyl can be painted, which often costs less than replacing it, but only with a vinyl-safe paint and a color no darker than the original. Darker colors absorb enough summer heat to warp the panels. We show you which colors are safe before you fall for one, and we check that the choice also clears your HOA's approved palette.

Wood Siding on Bluff Park and Shades Crest Road

The older ridge-top homes along Bluff Park and Shades Crest Road date to the 1950s through the 1970s, and more of them have wood siding and wood windows than the newer subdivisions. Those streets sit in city historical districts, but the designation is non-regulatory, and there is no HOA, so the color is yours to choose. The tradeoff is exposure. Ridge lots take more wind and sun, so wood siding there usually needs repainting every 5 to 8 years.

House painting in Hoover on these older homes is mostly a prep job: scraping and sanding every loose edge, replacing split boards, priming bare wood, and caulking every open joint. Stepping up from SuperPaint to Sherwin-Williams Duration or Emerald on the sunny walls stretches the time until the next repaint. Our house painting services page covers how we handle each surface.