Siding Painting in Denton, TX

Siding painting in Denton, TX covers wood lap, fiber cement, vinyl and engineered wood, each with its own prep and paint. Safe Choice Painting washes the walls, refastens loose boards, recaulks gaps, sends soft boards to wood rot repair, primes bare spots and applies two coats, with any historic district or HOA approval in hand first.

Siding by the age of the house

Denton's siding changes with its neighborhoods. Census estimates put about 8 percent of the city's housing before 1960, and those houses near the Square and the campuses are mostly wood lap or board siding with many coats of paint on it. Homes from later decades often pair brick with wood, hardboard, vinyl or fiber cement on the sides and back. The prep follows the material:

• Wood lap and board: scrape loose paint, sand edges smooth, fill cracks, prime bare wood, and caulk only the joints meant to be sealed.
• Fiber cement: wash, cut out split caulk, spot prime bare edges, 100 percent acrylic topcoat. See Hardie board painting in Denton.
• Vinyl: wash off chalk and mildew, pick a color the vinyl can take in the heat. See painting vinyl siding in Denton.
• Engineered wood and hardboard: seal swollen drip edges and bottom edges, prime, two coats.

Wood siding in the Bell Avenue district

The Bell Avenue Historic District, Denton's newest local district, was adopted in 2019 and covers 28 buildings along a three-block stretch of North Bell Avenue, mostly Craftsman bungalows and Ranch houses, according to the city's preservation plan. Like Oak-Hickory and West Oak Area, it needs a Certificate of Appropriateness for exterior work, and staff can approve repainting. The Development Code treats repainting in the same color as ordinary maintenance and a color change as a minor exterior alteration, so tell the city which one you plan. On bungalows like these, original wood siding is usually worth keeping, and a careful repaint is how it lasts.

Rot and loose boards

Boards at the bottom course, under windows and beside downspouts take the most water. We probe them at the walkthrough. Soft or rotted boards get wood rot repair before paint, and new wood is primed on all sides. If the rot reaches framing behind the siding, we point it out so you can bring in a framing contractor. Loose boards are refastened, and popped nails are set and spot primed.

Washing comes first

Paint will not stick to chalk, pollen or mildew. Every siding job starts with a wash, low pressure on painted siding so water is not driven behind the boards, then a full day or more to dry. See pressure washing in Denton for how wash water is handled under the city's rules.

Two coats and the sunny walls

South and west walls take the most sun and usually fail first, with chalking, fading and cracking. They get the same two full coats as the rest of the house, and the paint is chosen for exterior siding exposure. If only one or two sides are worn, we can talk through painting those sides now and the rest later, though the colors may not match exactly once the old paint has faded.

What the estimate lists

1. Each wall and gable, with siding type noted.
2. Boards to be repaired, refastened or pointed out.
3. Wash, scrape, caulk and prime steps.
4. Paint product, sheen and colors.
5. Any district or HOA approval step.

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