Christian Dyer
3 min readJun 24, 2016

House Painting: Importance of Interior & Exterior Painting

Home is a place where one gets peace of mind and comfort after a long working day. Homeowners get conscious in maintaining the interior as well as exterior of the home for the same. Home interior plays a vital role in giving the best ambiance and relaxing environment, while considering interior design or interior painting. As far as interior decor or interior painting is concern it requires less maintenance compared to exterior painting. Both of them have their own importance and required time to repaint but it’s different, which is covered and explained further.

As time runs the exterior painting of the home or commercial building get affected through heat, rain, cold, pollution and changing weather conditions. Because of the heat the exterior paint fades, looses color gloss and thus looks dull. And due to water the exterior paint slowly tries to peel off and strips out later from the building walls. In the same conditions, quality of paint used also matters for the above mentioned intruders. But the gloss of the exterior paint does not long last and requires timely examination on regular basis. The evaluation of the correct time to opt for repaint or retouch is more important as cost-effectiveness totally depends on it and so is to wise choosing the right option.

But, when is the correct time to repaint? Well, the perfect answer to this question can be given by professional painting contractors. So hiring a painting contractor for house painting is a wise option. Normally the exterior paint holds its good look lasting for 5–6 years depending on the quality of the paint. Afterwards when it seems that the building need to be painted let the professional painter inspect the current paint conditions and opt for the best to be needed.

Same things are applicable for interior painting but its life is comparatively more than exterior paint. Because interior paint is not much affected from the outside intrudes or any weather components. Most of the time interior paint just requires a normal retouch that too in a long period of time. Now-a-days quality interior paints are available which can hold it glow for a long time and can be just wiped with a wet damp cloth without affecting the color quality. So comparatively it requires very low maintenance but timely inspection is still recommended.

The home painting done from a professional painting company is quite beneficial. They will recommend you the best option required along with the quality paint to be used. They will also inspect and repair the normal wall caulking which saves the extra masonry cost. So overall it would save your money in long run leaving your home interior walls as well exterior walls look good for years.

Thus painting whether it would be interior or exterior, for home, office or any other commercial building, there are different recommendations for when to have a repaint depending upon paint conditions and the painting standards. However, it’s best to consult and hire professional painting contractors for interior painting or exterior painting maintaining your building’s interior and exterior look and save your expenses.

Concluding, the importance of painting and right time of repainting still depends on lot of factors like type of paint, interior or exterior painting, time interval, building and construction but professional painters will guide and recommend for the best cost-effective paint requirement needed.

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Christian Dyer
Christian Dyer

Written by Christian Dyer

I plan and design land areas for projects such as parks and other recreational facilities, airports, highways, hospitals, schools, land subdivisions, and commer