House Painting in Krum, Texas

First interior repaints in Krum's new subdivisions

Safe Choice Painting offers interior painting, exterior painting and popcorn ceiling removal in Krum, where most homes are newer and the most common job is a first interior repaint over builder paint.

What Krum's building code puts on the outside

Krum's development standards ask new single-family homes for at least 85 percent masonry on the first story and 60 percent on upper stories, with cement lap siding such as Hardie plank allowed for the rest, and at least an 18 inch roof overhang. In the Old Town area, new homes need at least 50 percent masonry plus 30 percent cement lap siding. So a typical Krum house is brick with fiber cement on the upper floor and gables, wide soffits and painted trim. Fiber cement needs a 100 percent acrylic, and our Hardie board painting page explains the prep.

Young houses, early wear

By Census estimates, about seven in ten Krum homes were built in 2000 or later, so most are on original builder paint. Builder flat paint shows scuffs along halls, marks around switches and kitchen stains within a few years, and washing often takes the paint off with the mark. A first repaint patches nail pops and settling cracks, then moves halls, kitchens and kids' rooms to a washable eggshell or satin. Our answer on the best paint sheen for each room explains the choices.

Open-country sun

On lots where the trees are still young, south and west walls take full afternoon sun. NOAA's normals put the July average high near 96 degrees at Denton, and that is where trim caulk opens and fiber cement starts to chalk first.

Typical jobs in Krum

• Interior repaints over builder paint, often before move-in
• Soffit, fascia and trim repaints on brick and fiber cement homes
• Garage doors and front doors

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