Pressure & Soft Washing
Every exterior re-paint gets washed first. Book it on its own if the house is sound and just dirty.
Pressure & Soft Washing
Exterior painting built for a wet climate
Prep is paramount in the Pacific Northwest. From washing, caulking, priming, our prep sets the stage for your finished project.
Painting Whatcom County since 1997
Why prep decides everything
The prep is what you’re paying for.
Our crew does more than roll paint onto a wall. What decides whether your exterior looks right in eight years is what happened underneath it.
Whether the prep was done properly. Whether the failing paint was scraped back to sound substrate. Whether every joint was caulked before the coating went on.
We’ve painted cedar, LP, T1-11, Hardie, stucco and brick across the county since 1997. We know which elevations fail first here and why, and we let you know what your building needs.
Based in Bellingham, we paint exteriors across Whatcom and Skagit County.
What you’re buying
Count on clarity. Everyone is on the same page before work starts.
Scope of work — Exterior
Every job, every timeIncluded as standard
- Full pressure or soft wash of all surfaces to be coated
- Moss, mildew and algae treatment
- Scrape back all loose and failing paint
- Sand for adhesion
- Caulk all joints, gaps and penetrations
- Spot-prime bare and repaired areas
- Mask and protect windows, roofing and landscaping
- Named product and coat count, in writing
- Daily site clean-down
- Final walkthrough and touch-up before sign-off
Quoted separately, never assumed
- Wood rot and carpentry repair
- Full siding replacement
- Gutter and roof work
How an exterior runs
Five steps. No surprises in between.
Exteriors here are weather-dependent. We tell you honestly what that means for your dates rather than promising one we can’t hold.
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Wash
Every exterior re-paint gets washed first — moss, mildew, dirt and chalking off before anything else happens. Soft wash on siding and cedar, pressure where the surface can take it. In this climate that step is not optional.
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Prepare
Loose and failing paint scraped back to sound substrate. Surfaces sanded for adhesion. Every joint, gap and penetration checked and caulked so weather stays outside the wall. Windows, roofing and planting masked and protected.
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Prime & paint
Bare and repaired areas spot-primed, then premium coatings applied to the coat count named in your written scope. Sprayed, rolled or brushed as the surface requires — and back-brushed where it matters.
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Clean
Chips, debris and equipment packed away at the end of every day. Masking pulled, hardscape swept. You get your driveway back each evening.
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Inspect
A final walk-through of the site, followed by a final check-in with you. Your project isn’t finished until you say it is.
Before and after
Same camera position. Eleven days apart.
Chalked cedar with failing paint on the south wall and moss to the north. Drag the handle to see what came off before anything went on.
Common questions
Anything not answered here, ask us on the phone — 360-319-9608.
Eight to twelve years on a well-prepped exterior, and less on the south and west elevations where the UV lands. If you’re seeing chalking, hairline cracking or paint that comes off on your hand, it’s time.
Premium exterior coatings suited to your substrate and exposure, and the product and sheen are named in your written scope before we start — so you know exactly what’s going on the house rather than “quality materials”.
Most homes run one to two weeks, and the prep is usually the longer half. Your scope carries a start date and a realistic duration, weather allowing.
Anything built before 1978 gets treated as lead-possible until tested. Containment is quoted separately so it’s visible rather than buried, and we’ll talk you through what the property needs.
We make the site safe, cover what needs covering and come back when it’s paintable. You’ll hear from us about the new dates the same day — you won’t be left wondering where the crew went.
Super impressed with their work on our exterior. They were able to fit us in at the last moment and did a fantastic job. No mess and their painters are super polite.
Exterior repaint, Bellingham
Chipping, peeling, or just tired?
Paint doesn’t fail evenly. It goes on the elevation that takes the weather, and it usually starts somewhere you don’t look at often — the north wall behind the cedar, the sill under the window, the fascia above the gutter.
When we walk your property we’re reading the substrate and its condition, simply measuring square footage. Bring your questions — make your vision a reality.
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