House Painting in Vestavia Hills, AL

Painting or Limewashing Brick on Cahaba Heights Ranches

Cahaba Heights mixes eras, and its older ranches are where we get asked about painting brick most often. Dated red or orange brick can be painted with a breathable masonry paint, or limewashed so it soaks into the brick and wears to a soft, aged look that does not peel. Either way the coating has to breathe, or moisture gets trapped in the masonry and pushes the finish off.

Brick painting or limewash typically runs about $3.00 to $6.50 per square foot. Painted brick usually goes 10 to 15 years or more before it needs another coat. Limewash needs occasional refreshing instead. We test both on your actual wall so you can see the color before committing to the whole house.

Tall Back Walls on Sloped Vestavia Hills Lots

Lots in Vestavia Hills are large and hilly. A house that reads as one story from the street often drops to two or three stories in back, with a deck and a walkout basement on the low side. That back wall is the hardest part of the job and usually the part in worst shape, because it takes rain off the deck, holds moisture near the ground, and rarely gets looked at closely.

It also drives the price. A house with tall rear elevations is priced closer to a two-story repaint, which typically runs $8,000 to $15,000 or more, than to a simple single-story job. We walk the whole house, including the low side, before we quote. Our house painting cost guide breaks down what goes into the number.

Fascia, Soffit, and Trim on 1990s Patchwork Farms Homes

Homes built in the 1980s through the 2000s, including Patchwork Farms, are reaching the age where original wood trim starts to fail. When the brick is fine, a trim, fascia, and soffit repaint is often the right job, usually in the $1,500 to $4,000 range. Before painting, our crew handles the carpentry first:

• Probing fascia, sills, and window trim for soft wood
• Replacing rotted boards instead of filling them with putty
• Spot-priming new and bare wood, then caulking every open joint
• Tracing peeling paint under the eaves back to gutter or roof leaks

Our house painters in Vestavia Hills are part of a licensed home builder, so the leak behind the rot gets fixed, not painted over.