Exterior House Painters in New Jersey

Every exterior project includes power washing, full surface prep (caulking and priming where needed, plus scraping and sanding on homes built in 1978 or later), application of premium weather-resistant coatings, and a final walkthrough inspection with you to confirm your satisfaction.

The schedule depends on the size of the house, how much prep it needs and the weather, and your written estimate sets out the timing for your house. Larger or more detailed homes take longer, and we never paint in rain or extreme temperatures to ensure a lasting result.

In addition to siding and trim, we paint and stain decks, fences, shutters, garage doors, and other exterior wood and metal surfaces. Just let us know everything you want addressed when we do your estimate.

Late spring through early fall is the main exterior season in New Jersey. What matters is the temperature of the air and the surface while the paint goes on and for the night after, not the month on the calendar: most exterior paints need roughly 50°F or warmer, and some premium lines are rated down to about 35°F. We also avoid painting ahead of rain, in heavy morning dew, or on siding sitting in full midday summer sun, and we check the forecast before every exterior day. Booking your estimate in late winter or early spring gives you the best choice of dates. See how cold is too cold to paint outside for the data-sheet limits.

Vinyl siding can be painted with a vinyl-safe exterior paint, as long as the new color is not so much darker than the original that the panels absorb enough heat to warp. Aluminum siding usually carries a chalky oxidized film that has to be washed off before an adhesion primer and topcoat go on. We look at the siding at the estimate and tell you whether painting makes sense for it; our blog has a full guide to painting vinyl and aluminum siding.

Exterior preparation is most of the job, and it is what separates a careful house painter from a fast one. We wash the siding and trim to remove chalk, mildew and salt, caulk open joints in siding and trim seams, and spot-prime bare wood the same day it is exposed. On homes built in 1978 or later, loose paint is also scraped back to a sound edge and the edges sanded. Rotted wood is pointed out at the estimate, because paint over rot will not last. Only then do the two finish coats go on.

Two finish coats of 100 percent acrylic exterior paint from Benjamin Moore or Sherwin-Williams, with the primer and product chosen for the surface underneath: wood, vinyl, aluminum, fiber cement, stucco or masonry. Your estimate names the products and colors.

Our rule of thumb for painted wood siding is every 7 to 10 years inland and 5 to 7 years at the shore or on very sunny walls. Field-painted fiber cement often lasts 10 to 15 years, while the sunniest trim usually needs paint sooner. Peeling, cracking, heavy chalk, bare wood or failed caulk mean it is time. See how often to paint a house in NJ for intervals by siding and exposure.

Not where the job means scraping or sanding paint. Homes built before 1978 may have lead paint, and federal rules require that paid work disturbing it be done by an EPA-certified renovator. NJ Painting Co. is not an EPA Lead-Safe Certified firm and does not scrape or sand paint on homes built before 1978, so ask any bidder how they handle the rule on a pre-1978 house. We will tell you where we stand at the estimate rather than at the end. In a local historic district a change of color may also need the preservation commission to approve it first.

Stucco is repaired and coated with a breathable masonry or elastomeric paint made for it. Brick we either paint, for a solid opaque color, or stain, which soaks in and keeps the texture and mortar lines showing. We will tell you at the estimate which suits the wall, and whether it should be coated at all, since sound unpainted brick is sometimes best left alone.

NJ Painting Co. is a family-owned, licensed and fully insured residential painting contractor based in Morganville, with more than 20 years of experience painting homes across New Jersey.

NJ Painting Co. is based in Morganville and paints exteriors across Monmouth County, and across ten other New Jersey counties. Our page on exterior painting in Monmouth County covers the local houses and weather, and exterior painting in Ocean County has its own page.

We provide a Two-Year Workmanship Warranty on all exterior painting projects. If you see any peeling, cracking, or adhesion issues within that period under normal conditions, we will return and make it right at no cost to you.

It depends on the size of the house, the siding, how much scraping and priming it needs and how many colors are used, so the exact figure comes from a written estimate after we see the house. The exterior section of our painting cost guide gives planning prices by home size and siding type, and our article on how much it costs to paint a house in NJ walks through what drives the number.

NJ Painting Co. paints brick houses and walls for a solid, opaque color, and stains brick when you want the texture and mortar lines to keep showing. The brick is cleaned first and coated with a masonry paint or stain made for it, and we tell you at the estimate whether sound, unpainted brick should be coated at all. We do not apply limewash.

Elastomeric and weatherproof coatings are used where the surface calls for it. Stucco and masonry walls can take an elastomeric coating, and siding and trim get a 100 percent acrylic exterior paint chosen for New Jersey weather. The estimate names the product for each surface.

Wood clapboard, cedar shingles, fiber cement, vinyl, aluminum and stucco, and most New Jersey houses have more than one. Wood rewards scraping and same-day priming, fiber cement is washed gently, and aluminum needs its chalk removed first. Our guide to painting Hardie board and fiber cement siding covers that material in detail.

Power washing and scraping both come before painting, with a pre-1978 limit on scraping. Siding, trim and soffits are washed at a pressure matched to the siding, then, on homes built in 1978 or later, loose paint is scraped to a sound edge and sanded. On a house built before 1978, federal rules require an EPA-certified renovator for paid work that disturbs old paint; NJ Painting Co. is not an EPA Lead-Safe Certified firm and does not scrape or sand paint on homes built before 1978, so ask any bidder how they handle it. Our guide to power washing a house lists safe pressures by material.

We point it out and do not paint over it, because paint over rot will not last. We do not do carpentry or rot repair, so soft trim, fascia or porch wood needs a carpenter before that section can be painted. Most of it shows up when we walk the house at the estimate.

Caulking and sealing is part of every paint job. Open joints in siding and trim seams are caulked with an exterior sealant during prep, before priming. We do not take on window or door re-caulking.

Window trim and sill painting is not a service we offer. Our window work is reglazing wood sashes, where the sash is painted back to a seal after new putty goes in; see window reglazing for what that covers.

Cracks are repaired before the wall gets a breathable masonry or elastomeric coating made for stucco. Wider cracks, efflorescence and anything letting water in have to be dealt with first. Our guide to painting stucco in NJ covers what we check before pricing.

Sheds, detached garages, pool houses and other outbuildings get the same wash, prime and two-coat sequence as the house (scraping only on homes built in 1978 or later), so they can be painted to match on the same visit. Soft wood is pointed out rather than repaired.

Wood, aluminum, vinyl and PVC all take paint, and the eaves are washed even when they look clean. Rotted fascia is flagged for a carpenter, not repaired. Our guide to painting fascia, soffits and exterior trim covers primers and vented soffits.

It depends on your association, so read its declaration and rules or ask the board before settling on a color. A local historic district may also review a change. Your written estimate names the products and colors, and our guide to popular exterior house colors covers choosing one.