Brick House Painting in Denton, TX

Brick painting in Denton, with two things to check first

Most brick homes in Denton can be painted with no city step at all. Safe Choice Painting paints bare brick and brick painted years ago. Two cases add a step: a house in one of the city's local historic districts, which needs a Certificate of Appropriateness, and an HOA community that approves exterior colors.

Checking both before the start date keeps a brick job from stalling halfway.

Can you paint brick in Denton's historic districts?

Denton has three local historic districts: Oak-Hickory, West Oak Area and Bell Avenue. The city requires a Certificate of Appropriateness for exterior repairs and alterations in each, and repainting is handled administratively by the Historic Preservation Officer instead of going to a full commission hearing.

Oak-Hickory has the most specific brick rule. Its section of the Denton Development Code, 4.9.4, says masonry or brick that has never been painted is not to be painted unless:

• painting is needed to restore or preserve the masonry, or
• replacement brick cannot be matched in color and texture.

Brick that is already painted there can be repainted, using colors from paint makers' historic palettes. The district runs roughly from Hickory Street north to Pearl Street and from North Welch Street east to Williams Street, as set by Ordinance 87-224. Our Oak-Hickory exterior painting page covers its color rules and houses.

For West Oak Area and Bell Avenue, the brick question goes to the city's historic preservation staff along with the rest of the application.

The West Denton Residential Historic District, listed on the National Register on February 11, 2021, with 377 contributing buildings, is a separate designation from the three local districts. Owners there who are unsure whether a local rule also applies can ask the city before choosing colors.

Do Denton HOAs approve brick paint colors?

HOA color rules sit in each community's own documents. Robson Ranch is one we have checked at the source: its Declaration requires committee approval, including color, before any work that changes a home's exterior appearance. The Robson Ranch page explains that process. For other subdivisions, your HOA's design guidelines or management company will say whether painted brick or a color change needs a form first. Our estimate lists every color by name so it can go straight into the request.

Which Denton homes have brick to paint?

Census year-built estimates show brick homes from every era of the city. About 27 percent of Denton's housing was built before 1980, which includes the brick bungalows and ranch homes in older neighborhoods near the Square and the campuses. About 47 percent was built in 2000 or later, and many of those subdivision homes have brick on the front and siding elsewhere. On the older homes, the job is often repainting brick that was painted decades ago. On the newer ones the brick is usually bare, so painting it means a first coat over unsealed masonry, with full cleaning and an alkali-resistant primer.

When is the dry window for painting brick in Denton?

NOAA's normals for the Denton 2 SE station show two rain peaks: 4.86 inches in May and 4.64 inches in October. Brick soaks up water and gives it back slowly, so a brick job is set for a run of dry days after rain, not the first sunny afternoon. Late spring once the May storms ease, and the dry spell from late September into early October, are the windows we aim for. A wet forecast moves the start date rather than the prep.

What goes into a Denton brick estimate

A written estimate for brick in Denton lists:

• each wall and elevation to be painted, plus trim, fascia and soffits if included, with any rotted wood repaired first
• pressure washing or hand cleaning, and any loose or peeling paint to be scraped
• mortar joints or cracks that need attention before paint
• the masonry primer and finish coats, with color names and sheen
• any historic district or HOA step, and the date it needs to be approved by

Limewash and whitewash are options too if you want the brick's texture to show; a brick stain changes the color while leaving the surface unpainted. In a historic district, raise any of them with the city the same way you would paint. The Brick Industry Association notes that paint is very difficult to remove from brick without damage, so the color decision deserves time. Our brick house painting page covers prep and coatings in more depth.

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