If you’ve noticed that the exterior of your home doesn’t look as crisp and clean as it once did, it might be time to think about repairing the exterior of your home and sprucing up the facade a bit. However, undertaking this task can be a lot, so it’s important that you know what you’re getting yourself into before you get started, even if you’re hiring someone else to do the painting for you.
To help you with this, here are three things to consider when choosing to repaint your house.
Time Of Year And Weather
Because the painting of the exterior of your home is something that’s done outside, the time of year and the weather at the time of painting is going to have a big impact on this project.
Any type of water can wreak havoc on your plans for painting your home. Even just having your sprinklers turn on in the middle of the job can be a mess to clean up. So if you’re planning to repaint your home, try to choose a few days where there’s no rain forecasted. Additionally, if you can plan to paint during a time of year where it isn’t too cold and there isn’t going to be too much humidity, the painting process should go much more smoothly for you.
Home And Neighborhood Style
Once you know when you should be painting, you then need to figure out how you want the finished product of your home to look after you’ve completed the paint job.
While some people might be able to choose whatever color or aesthetic they want, if you have an HOA or neighborhood association, you may only have a few colors that you can choose from for the painting of your house. But regardless of this, unless you’re choosing the restyle your entire exterior, you should try to choose paint colors that will look great with the existing decor that you have in and around your home.
The Safety Consideration
When you’re attempting to paint your home yourself, there are going to be a lot of safety precautions that you’ll want to take. Especially if your home is tall or has a steep pitch to the roof, you’ll need to make sure that you have put certain safety measures in place so that you and anyone else working on the painting will be safe.
To do this, you’ll want to use safe ladders and have someone below you to spot you, you may want to use ropes to ensure that you can’t fall off the roof when up there to paint, and you’ll want to make sure you have enough supplies so that you don’t need to go up and down too much and put yourself in unnecessary danger.
If you’re tasked with repainting your house, consider using the tips to help you do this the right way.