The dry window is the schedule
Paint that does not cure before the rain skins over and fails. We would rather move a week than coat a wall we know will peel.
PAINTING
Exterior House Painting
Exterior paint on the Eastside fails when it is rushed onto a damp, chalky wall or applied the day before a storm. GetHomeFix paints house bodies, trim and fascia with coatings meant for this rain, and we schedule the work around a dry window. Prep — washing, scraping, caulking, priming — is the job. The color is the last day. Most houses take 3–5 days once the weather cooperates.
What the project includes
- A wash and a scrape, not a coat over mildew
- Caulk and primer where the substrate needs them
- Body color plus trim and fascia, or any one of those on its own
- A schedule built around the forecast, not a start date we cannot finish
- HOA color submissions where the neighborhood requires them
What matters on the Eastside
Prep outranks the brand
A premium acrylic on a chalky, dirty board loses to a careful prep and a competent coating. Both matter. We do not skip the first to talk about the second.
Color is an HOA document
Mercer Island, Bellevue and Sammamish neighborhoods often sign off on exterior color. We submit the chip and wait. We do not paint a “close enough.”
Painting by city
Each city page covers the permit desk, the HOA habits and the conditions we actually meet at that address.
Materials
Choose the product
Every material below is its own page: what it is right for, what it costs you in maintenance, and where we would talk you out of it.
Exterior House Painting
Full exterior repaints on wood, fiber cement and properly prepped stucco, with the body, and the option to include trim in the same mobilization.
- Wash, scrape, sand and spot-prime
- Caulk at joints that should be closed, and open joints that should stay open so the wall can dry
- Two coats where the color change or the bare wood requires them
Trim & Fascia Painting
Fascia, barge, window trim and the soffit edges that fail first — coated, or replaced when the wood is soft.
- Fascia, bargeboards, window and door trim, and exposed soffit edges
- A probe for soft wood before any primer goes on
- Replacement of rotten trim, priced when we find it, not buried in “prep”
Power Washing & Surface Prep
A controlled wash before paint, stain or a siding repair — not a blasting session that scars cedar and drives water up under the lap.
- House walls, soffits and trim washed at a pressure suited to the material
- Mildew treatment where a rinse will not touch the staining
- Deck washing that does not shred cedar or void a composite warranty
How it works
Four steps from first call to final walkthrough
The same sequence on a repair or a full exterior.
01
Free consultation
Call or send the form. We schedule a visit at the house and confirm we cover the address.
02
Scope and fixed estimate
We measure, talk through materials, and hand you a written itemized price. That price is the price.
03
Permits and build
You typically pull the permit. We tell you what the city will look at, then run the job with one project manager.
04
Walkthrough
We walk the finished work with you, close the punch list, and go over the warranty terms for that project.
Questions
Before you call
How long does exterior painting take?
Most houses run 3–5 days depending on size, how much bare wood we find, and the weather. A full scrape on older cedar takes longer than a recoat on sound fiber cement.
Do you paint in winter?
Only inside a forecast and a temperature the coating allows. Deep winter is a bad promise. We will book the dry stretch instead of starting because the calendar said to.
Can painting wait until after new siding?
If the siding is being replaced, paint the new material, not the old. Factory-finished Hardie may not want a coat at all. We sequence this with the siding scope.
Ready when you are
Get a written estimate this week
Call (425) 555-0123, or send the form and we will schedule the visit. We reply within one business day.