Exterior paint costs in Durham
Here’s the ballpark for common exterior paint jobs around Durham, NC. Want one for your own project? A photo is all it takes.
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What it usually costs
- Repaint the whole house$1.64 – $4.29 per sq ft
- Paint just the trim and shutters$1.46 – $5.86 per sq ft
A ballpark, not a quote. Some of these are national averages adjusted for Durham prices, so your job could land outside them.
Exterior paint in Durham
Durham summers are long and sticky. Sun and heat break down the binder in paint until the surface turns to powder, and humid shade lets mildew settle in on north walls, porch ceilings and anything under a tree.
The housing here comes in two big groups: roughly 30 percent built before 1980 and roughly 40 percent built in 2000 or later. Most of the older group went up before the 1978 federal ban on lead paint in homes. In the newer group, a first repaint is more likely to be about faded, chalky paint and tired caulk than bare wood.
Here's a quick test for either one. Wipe a dark cloth across a sunny wall. If it comes back coated in colored powder, the old paint is chalking. New paint laid over that chalk sticks to the powder, not to the wall underneath. If the cloth comes back clean, the old coat is still holding, and the job can focus on caulk and color.
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