Hardie Board Painting in Denton, TX

Hardie board painting in Denton, TX means washing fiber cement siding, cutting out split caulk, sealing bare cuts and edges, and applying a 100 percent acrylic exterior paint in two coats. Safe Choice Painting repaints factory finished and field painted Hardie siding across Denton, keeping the current color or changing it with your HOA's approval.

Where Denton's Hardie siding is

By Census estimates, about 19 percent of Denton's housing was built from 2010 to 2019, and homes from that decade often pair brick on the front with fiber cement on the sides, back and upper stories. That siding is now at first-repaint age, and the signs are the same from street to street: chalky walls on the sunny sides, split caulk at butt joints and around windows, and faded trim boards.

Why the caulk matters most

Fiber cement itself holds paint well. The weak points are the joints. Planks butt together, meet trim and frame windows, and the caulk at those joints moves every day with heat and moisture. Once caulk splits, water gets behind the boards in Denton's spring storms, and the city averages about 37.7 inches of rain a year. Before painting we:

• cut out caulk that has split or pulled away
• clean the joint and let it dry
• fill with a paintable elastomeric sealant
• leave the gaps at the bottom of each course open, as the boards need them to shed water

Prep and paint

James Hardie's guidance calls for a 100 percent acrylic exterior topcoat and for field cuts and exposed edges to be sealed or primed. On a repaint, that means:

1. Wash off chalk, dust and mildew, then let the siding dry fully.
2. Recaulk failed joints.
3. Spot prime bare edges, cut ends and any spots where the old finish has worn through.
4. Two coats of 100 percent acrylic, brushed into the lap edges and rolled or sprayed on the face.

Cracked or broken boards are pointed out so a siding installer can replace them. We prime and paint the new boards once they are in.

Hardie in Denton's historic districts

In the Oak-Hickory Historic District, Section 4.9.4 of the Development Code says existing wood facades must be preserved as wood facades. So on older houses there, fiber cement is not the usual answer to worn siding, and careful repainting of the wood is. If you are weighing a siding change in any of Denton's three local districts, raise it with the city's historic preservation staff first. Our siding painting in Denton page covers painting wood siding.

What the estimate lists

• every wall and gable to be painted, with the trim, fascia and soffits if included
• the wash, the caulk joints to be cut out and refilled, and spot priming
• boards to be pointed out for replacement
• paint product, sheen and color names for each surface
• any HOA approval step and the date it is needed by

Choosing colors for fiber cement

Fiber cement takes almost any color, but dark colors on sunny walls fade faster in Denton's summers. Common choices:

• a body color that ties the siding to the brick on the front
• trim one or two shades off white, or a deeper accent
• garage doors matched to the trim or body

In HOA neighborhoods, we help with HOA color approvals by listing every color on the estimate. Trim boards are painted with the siding; see exterior trim painting in Denton.

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