Exterior painting · while access is up
Exterior painting and making good, carried out with the same care as the roof itself and at the moment the scaffold or access equipment is already on site. Surfaces prepared properly, weather-exposed timber protected, and the whole elevation finished rather than half-done.
Carried out with roofing access · free quotation · 100% satisfaction guarantee
The service
The most expensive part of painting the top of a house is not the paint, it is getting safely to it. When scaffold or access equipment is already up for roof, chimney or roofline works, the marginal cost of preparing and painting the high elevations, bargeboards, render, soffits and rainwater goods drops sharply. Doing it later means paying for access twice.
We treat painting as protection rather than decoration. Exposed timber that is left unpainted absorbs water, swells, splits and eventually rots, and the timber at the top of a house is exactly the material most exposed to driving rain from the south-west. Sound paint is the barrier that keeps that from starting.
The work includes making good: filling, sanding, treating and repairing the surfaces before anything is applied. Paint over a poorly prepared or already-damp surface fails within a season or two, and painting over rot hides a problem that will be more expensive when it finally surfaces.
If it is left
Paint is a waterproof skin. Once it cracks, flakes or blisters, water gets behind it and stays there, because the remaining paint stops it drying out. That is why partially failed paintwork often causes faster decay than bare timber, the moisture is trapped rather than shed.
On rendered walls, failing coatings and hairline cracks let water into the render, where it freezes, expands and blows sections off the wall. Repairing blown render and repainting is a significantly larger job than recoating sound render before it fails.
Cost escalation is the theme. Repainting a sound bargeboard is inexpensive; replacing a rotten one, and the rafter foot behind it, is not. And when the access has been taken down, every deferred job is priced with a new mobilisation attached to it.
How we work
The same sequence on every job, from the first call to the photographs at the end.
Step 1
We look at the condition of the surfaces while access is planned or already in place, identify rot, blown render and failed coatings, and photograph them.
Step 2
A free written price covering preparation, making good and painting, timed to fit alongside the roofing works and the weather.
Step 3
Loose material removed, surfaces cleaned and sanded, defects filled or repaired, bare areas primed and adjacent surfaces masked and protected.
Step 4
Coatings applied in suitable conditions and in the correct number of coats for the surface and its exposure.
Step 5
The finish is checked from ground and access level, the site is cleared, and photographs are handed over with our 100% satisfaction guarantee.
What you get
Combining painting with roof, chimney or roofline works removes the cost of a second scaffold or access mobilisation.
A maintained coating keeps water out of the most weather-exposed woodwork on the building.
Filling, sanding and priming are the difference between a coating that lasts years and one that flakes next winter.
No coordinating a separate decorator around the roofers, and no arguments about who caused what.
New roof, clean roofline and fresh paint read as a completed property rather than a job that stopped halfway down.
Rot and blown render are reported and repaired rather than painted over and left for the next owner.
In detail
Exterior coatings behave very differently depending on what is underneath them.
Exposed timber at the eaves and gables needs the most attention. Preparation involves removing loose and flaking coating, cutting out and repairing softened sections, treating and priming bare wood, and then building up coats. Where timber has decayed beyond repair, replacement, often in uPVC roofline, is the more sensible long-term spend, and we will say so rather than paint it.
Rendered walls need cracks opened and filled and any blown areas repaired before coating. Masonry coatings and breathable systems behave differently on older solid-wall properties, where trapping moisture in the wall causes more harm than the coating prevents.
Cast iron gutters and down-pipes on period properties need rust treatment and appropriate primers, not just a coat of gloss. Where they are beyond economic repair, cast iron effect uPVC gives the same appearance with far less maintenance.
Coatings need suitable temperature and dry conditions to cure. We plan painting into the programme around the weather rather than forcing it, because a coating applied in the wrong conditions fails early regardless of how well the surface was prepared.
On homes, this is typically high-level timber, render and rainwater goods reached during roof works. On commercial premises it more often covers larger elevations and cladding where access planning and minimal disruption to trading matter most. Both are within our scope across Berkshire, Surrey and Hampshire.
Based at 12 Yeovil Road, Sandhurst GU47 0TE, working across Berkshire, Surrey, Hampshire and everywhere else within roughly a 50-mile radius. See all of the towns we cover.
Common questions
If your question is not here, call Henry Lee and the team on 07946 209052. Open 24 hours, 7 days a week.
It depends on the area, the surface, the condition and the access required, and it is considerably cheaper when combined with roofing works using the same access. Quotations are free and without obligation.
It is where we add the most value, because the access is already on site. Tell us what you need and we will advise honestly on whether combining the work makes sense.
Most domestic exterior painting is measured in days, and depends on the amount of preparation and on the weather allowing coatings to cure properly.
Loose coating removed, surfaces cleaned and sanded, defects filled, decayed material repaired and bare areas primed. Preparation is the part that decides how long the finish lasts.
No. We will photograph it, explain the options, and either repair or replace it. Painting over rot buries a growing problem.
That depends on the surface, the exposure of the elevation and the preparation. Properly prepared high-level timber and render will go years between recoats, which is why doing it thoroughly matters.
Coatings need suitable conditions to cure. We schedule painting around the weather rather than applying it in conditions that guarantee early failure.
Our teams are fully insured for working at height and all work is backed by our 100% satisfaction guarantee.
Yes, for both domestic and commercial customers within roughly 50 miles of Sandhurst.
Yes. Surfaces, planting and vehicles are protected and masked, and the site is cleared and left tidy at the end of the job.
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Ask for exterior painting to be priced alongside your roof works and you pay for access once. Free written quotation, preparation included, guaranteed work.
Takes under a minute. No obligation, no pressure.
