Real 2024-2026 prices from 476 signed PB Painting projects across San Diego: what exterior, interior, fence and deck painting actually cost, and what moves the number up or down.
How we took an older Ocean Beach wood-siding cottage from faded yellow to bright blue and white, using lead-safe work practices, Peel Stop primer and Sherwin-Williams Duration.
A two-story Rancho Bernardo stucco home: about 2,550 sq ft of stucco, 445 feet of wood trim, awning removal and repairs, SuperPaint on the body and Emerald on the trim.
Salt air, marine layer and strong UV are hard on paint. Here is what a San Diego painter actually specifies for coastal stucco, wood and metal, based on hundreds of our own proposals.
Elastomeric coatings are often oversold for San Diego stucco. Here is when they make sense, why we usually use a breathable acrylic, and how we repair cracks before painting.
Realistic repaint intervals for San Diego stucco, wood trim, doors, decks, fences and interiors, plus the warning signs that mean it is time to repaint sooner.
San Diego lets you paint almost year-round, but rain, June gloom, inland heat and Santa Ana winds all affect timing. A month-by-month look from a local painter.
If your home was built before 1978, repainting can disturb lead paint. What the EPA’s lead-safe rules require, what a lead-safe job looks like, and what to ask any painter.
A yearly checklist for keeping exterior and interior paint looking new in San Diego: rinsing salt, sprinklers, caulk, touch-ups and the early warning signs to watch for.
