by Shane McAuliffe | Mar 8, 2022 | Residential Painting
Painting a duplex is different from painting a standalone house because you’re working with a shared wall, a neighbour and often a small body corporate. The paint itself is the same. The difference is coordination: who’s paying, what colours are allowed...
by Shane McAuliffe | Nov 12, 2021 | Residential Painting
You can paint a house in Brisbane’s summer heat, but you have to plan around it. Paint applied to a hot surface can dry too fast and finish badly, and afternoon storms can wreck a fresh coat. The fix is to work with the weather: start early, follow the sun...
by Shane McAuliffe | Oct 25, 2021 | Residential Painting
To calculate paint for a room, work out the wall area, subtract doors and windows, multiply by the number of coats and divide by the coverage printed on the tin. Here’s a worked example so you can see the numbers. The example room Say the room is 4 metres by 3...
by Shane McAuliffe | Oct 25, 2021 | Residential Painting
A quality paint covers well, sticks, resists the weather and keeps its colour. It usually costs more per litre, but it often needs fewer coats and lasts longer, which makes it better value over time. The label and data sheet tell you more than the price tag does....
by Shane McAuliffe | Oct 11, 2021 | Residential Painting
Salt air, strong sun and wind wear paint out faster on seaside properties. To protect it, choose coatings made for coastal conditions, wash salt off regularly, keep the surface well sealed and repaint before failure sets in. It’s the same job as inland painting,...
by Shane McAuliffe | Sep 8, 2021 | Residential Painting
A double-storey exterior costs more to paint than a single-storey house of the same footprint, mainly because of access, safety and extra time at height. We don’t publish price lists, because every house is different, but here’s exactly what makes the...
