Siding painting Farragut TN is a material job. The panels on these houses are usually vinyl or fiber cement, with wood still on some older elevations, gables, or the fascia behind a newer wall. Castle Painters washes what is there, caulks what is open, primes what is bare, and coats with a product that matches the board. The board in front of us is enough: vinyl, fiber cement, or the wood that is still there.
The full exterior, with doors, shutters, and every trim piece managed as one envelope, is the exterior painting page. This page stays on the siding. If an HOA packet limits color, bring the approved list to the estimate. We will not order outside it.
Siding painting Farragut TN on vinyl, fiber cement, and leftover wood
Vinyl is washed to remove chalk and dirt. Paint will not stick to a chalked panel. We do not scrape vinyl the way we scrape wood. The color has to be vinyl-safe. A dark color can heat the panel until it warps. Sherwin-Williams VinylSafe is the palette we use when we are keeping the coating in that safe range, and the color name goes on the written estimate. Joints that are supposed to slide are not caulked shut. Gaps that leak at windows and penetrations are sealed.
Fiber cement is washed. Chalk comes off. Butt joints that have opened are caulked with a sealant that can move. Fastener rust and dings are spot-primed. The board can hold a darker color than vinyl, which is why we will not treat a fiber-cement wall and a vinyl wall as the same order. If both are on the house, the estimate says so in two lines.
Wood that remains is scraped, sanded, and primed where the grain is bare. The bottom of a gable, the band board, and the boards over a brick wainscot are where water sits. Soft wood is a repair, listed alone, before anyone talks about sheen. We do not coat rot.
Caulk, mildew, and the trim painted with the panels
Mildew on a shaded side is killed and rinsed. A north wall behind trees is the usual place. An open west wall is more often chalk than mildew. We do both when both are present. Caulk at windows and corner boards is replaced where it has split. Fresh caulk on top of failed caulk just splits again.
Fascia and soffit are included when they are painted with the siding. Many Farragut houses have wood or aluminum fascia even when the field is vinyl. Aluminum is cleaned and primed if it is chalky. Wood is scraped and primed. Soffit vents are washed without forcing water into the attic.
A color change on one wall only is a hard match against weathered panels. If you are changing color, plan on the elevations that share that color. If you are recoating the same color, a failed wall can be scoped alone, and we will say where the new coat will meet the old one.
What we write on the estimate
Body color, trim color, which walls are vinyl, which are fiber cement, which are wood, and which repairs are not paint. Doors can be added. They are not assumed. Brick is not painted from this page. Deck boards are not stained with siding paint.
Completed siding work carries a 3-year written warranty. The warranty is the coating we applied over the prep we listed. It is not a promise that a warped vinyl panel will flatten because it was painted.
Gutter streaks on vinyl are a wash problem and sometimes a gutter problem. We wash the streak. If the gutter is dumping in the same place, we say so, because the stripe comes back. Fiber-cement butt joints that were never caulked are caulked now if they are open. Joints that were detailed to stay open stay open. That call is made on the wall, not from a default.
Get a free estimate. We identify the panels, check for chalk and soft wood, and write the colors. The Farragut painters page is the index if brick, a fence, or a deck is part of the same season.
Siding painting Farragut TN by material, not by one coat
Siding painting Farragut TN covers vinyl, fiber cement, and leftover wood on the same house. Each one is prepped on its own rule. Vinyl can take a color that will not heat-warp the panel, and an open west wall is where a dark color gets that test. Fiber cement is washed for chalk, caulked at the trim, and primed where the factory film has worn off. Wood is scraped to a sound edge, and bare grain, including cut ends, is primed. The bottom course on a shaded side stays wet longer, so we probe it.
Mildew on a north wall is washed off. Paint will not hide it. Chalk on a sunny wall is washed off for the same reason. An HOA color sheet, if the neighborhood uses one, comes to the estimate. We write the approved names. We do not pick a color and hope it passes.
Trim, fascia, and soffit painted the same day are listed. Brick stays on the brick scope. A deck is stain, not siding paint. The free estimate is the walkthrough. The written estimate names the material on each elevation. Work we paint carries a 3-year written warranty.
The whole envelope, when trim and repairs are the larger ask, is exterior painting in Farragut. Start from the Farragut painters page if you are choosing. Get a free estimate to book the walk.