The end of the winter season brings a lot of joy for most. With the melting of snow comes the promise of more time outside, investment in gardening, and the activities in nature you’ve been missing all through the cold months.
At the same time, the end of a harsh winter can also reveal just how much damage your exterior paint suffered over the cold months. Even if your exterior home painting looks okay, there may be damage you are missing.
Do you know what to look for to find signs of damage? If you’re looking to avoid disaster, here are three signs of weather damage for your exterior home painting.
Signs of Weather Damage to Look Out For
Rust
Chipping or fading is an obvious sign of damage to interior and exterior painting. Even the least informed homeowner would know to call up their local house painting service in response to peeling paint. What you may not have thought of, however, is that rust can also spell trouble for your exterior paint as well as any other metal surfaces. You know that rust is bad for your car or other household equipment, and it can be just as detrimental to your exterior paint as well.
Rust occurs when metal oxidizes due to exposure to the elements. This is why it is so common after the winter months of cold, moisture, and shifting temperatures in the spring. Beyond anything else, rust is a sign of damage and corrosion of your home’s exterior.
If you’re starting to see the reddish-brown streaks of rust across your exterior surfaces, it’s time to call a painting contractor right away to mitigate the issue, clear away rust, and repaint your surfaces for the spring season.
Warping
The winter months and harsh weather can also result in warping of your siding. Depending on what materials your exterior siding is made of, the rapid changes in temperature, and even the heat distribution that can be uneven depending on the quality of your home’s insulation, can cause warping.
When hot and cold temperatures permeate your siding, this causes the expansion and contraction of the materials. Metal, wood, and plastic siding are not the most elastic materials, so this can leave the siding looking a bit worse for wear after time. This warping can also involve loose panels and screws.
Damage like this can not only damage the aesthetic quality of your home and inevitably lead to paint cracking and chipping, it can also significantly compromise the structural integrity. In this case, hiring exterior painting services for surface restoration can keep you and your home from disaster!
Mildew
When moisture and heat are in the mix, mildew is sure to be close by. As temperatures rise, snow melts and can trap moisture below the surface of your exterior siding panels.
Mildew can have several adverse effects. Not only does it look bad against your paint like rust will, but it can also continually eat away at your exterior paint and sealants, leaving your home’s exterior even more vulnerable to the damaging effects of the weather.
A quality home painting company will know how to properly restore your surfaces to their pre-winter glory to reveal the paint job you once knew, or better yet, surface restoration can prepare your home’s exterior for an all-new paint job for the spring.
Contact ELCO Painting Today!
The winter can be tough on all of us, but it may be harshest on your home’s exterior. Keeping your home looking pristine all year long is no simple task. To accomplish this, contact ELCO Painting today.
ELCO Painting is more than just an industrial painting company. We offer services for commercial, residential, and industrial buildings in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Southern Massachusetts. Whatever your painting and restoration needs are, we have the tools and professionals to get the job done. Check us out online, or call us today at 401-329-0910 to experience the ELCO difference!
