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Exterior Painting in Durban
Exterior painting in Durban has to cope with the local sun, rain and wind. Ask painters in KwaZulu-Natal 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.
What to know locally in Durban
Painters in Durban often start an exterior job with a mould wash and a scrape of blistered paint, because damp walls in Glenwood and on the Bluff hold spores under old coats. Beachfront blocks along the Golden Mile and in Umhlanga Rocks need a cradle, rope access or scaffolding, plus trustees' approval and a clear scope of work. Flat concrete roofs in Morningside and Musgrave are usually resealed with a membrane before the summer rains.
Painting in Durban
Durban's housing runs from the plastered Edwardian and Art Deco homes of the Berea and Glenwood to apartment blocks along the Golden Mile and in Umhlanga, brick homes in Chatsworth and Phoenix, and big face brick and plaster family houses in Westville. The subtropical climate is hard on paint. Salt air chalks and blisters coatings near the beachfront, warm humid months feed mould on south facing walls and under eaves, and summer storms drive rain into hairline cracks and through tired flat roofs. Exterior repaints, mould treatment and flat roof waterproofing are the most common requests. Homeowners, body corporates of beachfront blocks, landlords between tenants and shops along Florida Road all ask for painters and paint here.
The requests we see from Durban usually 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 Durban
Most asked for in Durban: exterior repaints with mould treatment and flat roof waterproofing before summer. Where painters and paint shops work from: umgeni Road, Springfield Park, Jacobs, Mobeni and Westville, with painters city wide. A useful tip: ask for a mould wash and a fungicidal coat on shaded south walls before any repaint.
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: paint in the drier winter months; summer humidity and storms slow drying and wash coats.
Service area: Durban and surrounds
Our network covers Durban together with Umhlanga, Pinetown, Westville, Umlazi, Phoenix, Chatsworth, Berea. A suburb or an address helps a painter plan the site visit and delivery before quoting.