Full Exterior House Painting Perth
Perth City Painters have been protecting and restoring residential exteriors since 2010. We specialise in full exterior restoration for homes across the Perth metropolitan area, with particular experience in the coastal suburbs including City Beach, Cottesloe and the western suburbs.
Standard exterior painting frequently fails in Western Australia because it ignores the two biggest threats to a Perth home, being intense UV radiation and coastal salt. A coastal exterior needs more than a fresh coat. It needs a technical restoration process built for the conditions.
Whether you are preparing a property for sale or protecting it from UV damage and salt spray, our team is reliable, tidy and thorough. Every project is backed by our 10 year workmanship guarantee, and we provide expert advice and transparent fixed price quotes.
Exterior Painting Reviews From Our Perth Clients
Why Your Coastal Property Requires Full Exterior Restoration
If you live within about five kilometres of the ocean then your home is exposed to salt carried inland on the sea breeze. Salt settles on rendered walls, works into the pores and crystallises there and those crystals expand with each wetting and drying cycle until the render begins to break apart from the inside.
That is why coastal homes in suburbs like City Beach, Cottesloe and Scarborough show cracking, blistering and paint failure years before comparable properties further inland.
Painting over it achieves very little. The new coating sits on top of a surface that is already breaking down so the same faults reappear within a couple of summers and the money spent on the repaint is lost.
Our exterior restoration process identifies the failure points first, including drummy render that has lost its bond with the masonry beneath it, oxidised timber and efflorescence where salts have migrated to the surface. We repair those before any coating is applied, so the finish is going onto a sound substrate rather than a failing one.
We don’t just change the colour, we restore the structural integrity of your coastal home exterior.
Our Technical Exterior Painting Process
We work through a process on every exterior project so the finish holds up against Western Australian summers and coastal conditions rather than needing attention again in two years.
1.High Pressure Cleaning and Surface Decontamination
A lasting finish starts with a clean substrate. We use commercial grade high pressure cleaners to strip salt crust, chalking and years of accumulated grime from the walls, then allow the surface to dry fully before anything else happens.
This is the stage that determines whether the job lasts. Paint bonds to whatever it touches, so if it touches contamination it bonds to contamination and even the best exterior paint available will peel or bubble within a couple of years. There is no product that compensates for skipping this step.
2. Render Crack Repair and Bridging
Perth’s temperature swings cause masonry to expand and contract continually and hairline cracking in render is the usual result.
We treat those cracks with high build elastomeric membranes rather than standard filler. A rigid filler sets hard and cracks again at the same point on the next hot day. An elastomeric system stays flexible and moves with the building’s thermal shifts, which seals the envelope against water ingress and stops the cracking returning.
3. Timber Window Restoration and Eave Refinishing
Timber eaves and window frames in suburbs like Nedlands, Dalkeith and Claremont commonly suffer from dry rot and UV degradation, particularly on north and west facing elevations that take the afternoon sun.
We sand flaky timber back to a sound surface and treat it with specialty wood primers formulated to penetrate the grain rather than sit on top of it. UV resistant topcoats then go over, which keeps exterior timber trim from splitting or flaking as the seasons cycle.
Premium Paint Selection for the WA Climate
We use 100% acrylic systems from Dulux and Taubmans, chosen for their high build properties and colour retention under Perth UV levels. Acrylic remains flexible as it ages, which matters here far more than it does in cooler climates.
On modern rendered homes we often specify solar reflective coatings. These lower the surface temperature of the wall, which extends the life of the paint film and reduces the heat load coming into the house through summer.
We confirm which products we intend to use on your property and why.
Our 10 Year Workmanship Guarantee
Every exterior project we complete carries a written 10 year workmanship guarantee provided with your quote so you know what is covered before you commit.
We can offer ten years because of our professional standards and preparation. The decontamination, the crack repair and the priming are what determine whether an exterior finish lasts a decade or fails within eighteen months. If an issue does arise from how the work was carried out, we return and fix it at no cost to you.
The guarantee covers our workmanship. It sits alongside the manufacturer warranty on the paint itself, which covers the product rather than the application and between the two your exterior is protected on both fronts.
A specialist exterior repaint is not simply a maintenance cost. A full restoration protects the building fabric from further deterioration and lifts kerb appeal, which matters whether you are selling now or holding the property long term.
Exterior House Painting Questions
It depends on the size of the home, the number of storeys, the substrate and how much preparation the surfaces need. A rendered home with drummy sections and render cracking requires considerably more work than one in sound condition. We provide free fixed price quotes with the preparation itemised so you can see exactly what you are paying for.
A quality exterior job on well prepared surfaces should hold for eight to ten years. Coastal properties within a few kilometres of the ocean sit at the shorter end because of salt exposure and north and west facing elevations often show fading and chalking before the rest of the house does.
We specify 100 per cent acrylic systems from Dulux and Taubmans, selected for UV resistance and colour retention. On rendered homes we frequently use solar reflective coatings, and on properties prone to movement we specify high build elastomeric systems that bridge hairline cracks.
Drummy render is render that has lost its bond with the masonry beneath it so it sounds hollow when tapped. Painting over drummy render is pointless because the render will eventually detach and take the new coating with it. We identify and repair it before any paint goes on.
Autumn and spring are ideal since the weather allows the paint to cure properly. Summer exterior work is still possible but timing matters because applying paint to a surface above 50 degrees in direct sun compromises adhesion regardless of product quality. We schedule summer work to the cooler part of the day.
Yes. Roof restoration is part of our exterior work and we assess the roof condition as part of the on site quote.
Most single storey homes run five to ten days depending on the preparation required. Two storey and larger properties take longer and weather can extend the schedule. We give you a realistic timeframe with the quote.
Get an Exterior Painting Quote in Perth
The first step is an on site assessment. We look at the render, the timber, the roofline and the elevations taking the most sun, then tell you what the job actually needs rather than what we assume it needs.
Every quote is fixed price and itemised, detailing each stage of surface preparation and application. You will know exactly what is included and what you are paying for, with no surprise extra costs.
Quotes are free and there is no obligation to proceed.
