Exterior paint costs in Portland
Here’s the ballpark for common exterior paint jobs around Portland, ME. Want one for your own project? A photo is all it takes.
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What it usually costs
- Repaint the whole house$1.53 – $5.09 per sq ft
- Paint just the trim and shutters$1.53 – $6.11 per sq ft
A ballpark, not a quote. All of these are national averages adjusted for Portland prices, so your job could land outside them.
Exterior paint in Portland
Portland's painting season starts late and ends early. Frost can show up at the airport as late as May and as early as September, and by October it's a regular visitor, about 152 freezing nights over a typical year.
Inside that window, the trouble is moisture. September mornings average 84 percent humidity there, and on a damp morning, siding stays wet with dew until the sun has been on it a while. Paint doesn't bond well to a wet wall, so expect late starts on a fall job.
The houses split two ways. Nearly half of Portland's homes predate 1940, so old wood and old paint are normal in town. Across the metro, about a quarter of homes date from 2000 or later.
A newer house out past the city line is often a wash and a recoat. An in-town house from before the war usually needs scraping and priming first, and that adds days.
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