A paint job lasts when the painter knows the surface, the weather and what you expect before the first coat. Describe it once in a request for exterior painting in Cape Town and we pass it to painters and painting contractors covering Cape Town and nearby areas of Western Cape.
Exterior Painting in Cape Town
Exterior painting in Cape Town has to cope with the local sun, rain and wind. Ask painters in Western Cape which season they prefer for outside work, how they will deal with cracks, efflorescence and mould on your walls, and how they will reach gables and upper walls safely.
New to this? Read the exterior painting guide for the choices and the questions worth asking before you pay.
Cape Town notes on painting services
Painters in Cape Town see the same pattern every year: calls about leaks come in during the winter fronts, and the work gets done in spring and summer. Victorian houses in Woodstock, Observatory and Salt River often need timber sash windows and fretwork stripped carefully, and old gloss layers may contain lead, so ask about lead safe preparation. Body corporates in Sea Point and Green Point often need rope access or a cradle for tall blocks.
What gets painted in Cape Town
Cape Town has a winter rainfall climate, and that sets the painting calendar: most exterior work is planned for the drier months between spring and autumn, when the south-easter blows instead. The building stock is very mixed. There are Victorian semis with corrugated roofs and timber sash windows in Woodstock and Observatory, the bright painted cottages of the Bo-Kaap, damp older homes under the mountain in the Southern Suburbs, and apartment blocks on the Atlantic seaboard where salt air eats into steel and paint. Body corporates, heritage homeowners, landlords between tenants and shop owners ask for painters, waterproofing and roof painting most, usually with a firm eye on winter leaks.
Typical exterior painting requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: outside walls, fascias and burglar bars repainted before the paint starts peeling badly
- Body corporates and estates: block walls, boundary walls and gates repainted in one approved colour scheme
- Landlords and sellers: a tired street front and boundary wall freshened before a house is let or sold
Local tips for Cape Town
Most asked for in Cape Town: waterproofing flat roofs and parapets before winter, and exterior repaints in summer. Where painters and paint shops work from: painters and suppliers in Epping, Montague Gardens, Paarden Eiland and Salt River. A useful tip: ask for the flat roof and parapet waterproofing to be done before the first winter front.
Exterior Painting usually suits plaster walls, fascias, gutters, steel, timber, done like this: wash, repair, prime, then two exterior coats. For homeowners, the biggest group here, that usually means outside walls, fascias and burglar bars repainted before the paint starts peeling badly. On the weather side: winter fronts bring heavy rain; the summer south-easter dries paint fast and blows dust.
Service area: Cape Town and surrounds
Painters and suppliers on our network work in Cape Town and surrounding areas, including Century City, Woodstock, Epping, Montague Gardens, Paarden Eiland, Claremont, Salt River. Give the suburb and whether it is a single or double storey, so the quote can allow for access and travel.