Before we repainted a two-story house in Medford from faded yellow to sage green, we re-stuccoed the porch ceiling, refastened and caulked loose siding, and replaced decorative shingles that woodpeckers had damaged. The paint went on after those repairs were done, not over them.
The house has a covered porch deck that wraps around the front and side, white porch columns, and a green metal outbuilding on the lot. The job covered the house, the outbuildings, and a fresh stain on the porch and deck. Here is how it went, in the order it happened.
What did the estimate walkthrough find on this Medford house?
The walkthrough found three repairs that paint alone would not have fixed. John York, our owner, walked the whole house with the homeowner at the estimate, the way he does on every job we price.
First, the stucco ceiling over the wraparound porch needed to be re-stuccoed. Second, loose siding boards needed to be refastened and caulked. Third, some of the decorative shingles had been damaged by woodpeckers over the years, and those shingles needed replacing.
John also offered to paint the outbuildings and re-stain the porch and deck as part of the same job. We wrote the estimate up within a week of the walkthrough, and John went through it with the homeowner in person before the contract was signed.
Why repair loose siding and woodpecker damage before painting?
Paint does not hold a loose board in place or fill a hole, so both are fixed before the first coat. A siding board that moves keeps cracking the paint along its edges, and an open seam lets water get in behind the new coat. Refastening the boards and caulking the gaps gives the paint a solid, sealed surface to grip.
Shingles a woodpecker has drilled into were replaced, so the new color covers sound wood instead of damage. The porch ceiling got the same order of work: the stucco was redone first, then painted, so the new finish sits on a ceiling that is whole.
How many coats did the house, deck and overhangs get?
Every surface got two coats, including the porch deck and the overhangs. Before the first coat, we put the time into surface preparation, because a second coat cannot make up for a surface that was not ready for the first one.
John was on site every day, on time, working alone or with our crew until the job was finished. Partway through, the homeowners asked for a few changes to the original color scheme, and we adjusted the plan to match what they wanted.
What changed on the outside of the house?
The faded yellow siding is now sage green, the porch columns and trim stay white, and the wraparound porch deck is stained a red-brown that runs the full length of the porch. The green metal outbuilding was painted with white trim to go with the house.
Medford is in Jackson County, east of our base in Grants Pass, and inside the area we serve. Our work gallery has more photos of this same house: the yellow front and side before, and the sage green front after.
See our exterior painting service and the work we do in Medford. If the paint on your house is peeling, or you can see loose siding, soft trim or holes in the shingles, John comes out to walk the house with you and prices the repairs and the paint together, so the repairs are on the estimate before any paint goes on. Request your free estimate or call or text (541) 299-5331.
