04-19-2008, 04:32 AM
This is probably a very stupid question. But how often do houses need o be painted? Our house is hardiplank siding with wood trim and Trex (I think) decks. The hardiplank is fine, but the wood seems to need painting again. We last painted 3 years ago. When we bough the house it was only 3 years old and already it looked like it needed painting - you could just rub the paint off the trim with your hand. I was asking around for a painter as the last guy we used no longer paints, and a friend of mine said "What? You only need to paint every 10 years!". Is that true?? We used good quality paint and everything. I am wondering if the house was never primed right to start with.
Anyway if anybody can recommend a reliable painter who can also make minor repairs to the worse-off bits of wood, please let me know. It would be best if he/she has no fear of heights as this is a very tall house.