Ever noticed how you can’t take your eyes off your neighbor’s house following a new exterior paint job? Or how it causes you to feel conscious and reevaluate your own home’s curb appeal?
A good exterior paint job completely transforms the appearance of your home, while a good interior job helps to create the best ambiance for relaxing. Generally, interior paint work requires less maintenance compared to exterior painting. But both play a vital role, and should be repainted as the need arises for the following reasons:
1. To Increase Your Home’s Value
Painting the walls of your house – inside and outside, trim of windows and doors, and other surfaces of your home will have a positive impact on the overall value of the real estate. A good paint job, obviously beautifies and adds personality and character to your home. This is why it is important to take the time to plan the right colors, paint styles, and shades you will use to decorate your home. Ultimately, your color selection and quality of paint work helps in increasing the value of your assets, and can have significant effect on your home’s resale.
2. To Keep Inclement Weather Out
Paint serves as one of the first lines of defense against harsh weather, especially ice and snow, as well as vermin and other types of damage. Moisture can penetrate wall openings, such as those created by woodpeckers or squirrels. If the wetness is sealed into the walls, it can damage the insulation and promote rot, mold, and mildew.
3. To Protect the Life of Your Home’s Exterior
Using high-quality paints, such as zero-VOC and low-VOC (volatile organic compounds) paints that last longer not only provides an attractive look, but also protects the house from wood failure and other costly repairs. Some paints provide protection from chemical attack, abrasion, UV light, and environmental factors – moisture and solar radiation.
Owing to advances in resin technology, some VOC paint products exhibit superior properties such as better flow and level, which eliminates bubbles and increases the longevity of the paint applications so you can enjoy the protection for longer.
4. To Improve Functionality
Paints can be used for a wide range of applications both inside and outside the home. For instance:
- White wall and roof coating can be used for their reflectivity properties to save energy and reduce cooling bills
- Use of paints with IR Reflective pigments on the roof promotes cooling
- Non-skid protective coating can be used on specific surfaces to prevent slip and fall accidents
- Paints can be used to mark or identify hazards
Paints can be formulated for other specialized applications in the home environment.
5. For Economy Purposes
Good paint work increases resistance to wear and tear, prevents greasy fingerprints, stains, and dust from becoming embedded into the surface, and makes it easier to clean and maintain surfaces.
Concerned about the air quality or environment?
Although there are some applications where oil-based paints produce great results, low VOC waterborne paints that emit fewer “volatile organic compounds” into the air while drying are recommended for indoor paint jobs with regard to the overall environmental impact. Choosing the right paint is key to ensuring healthy indoor air quality, while selecting the right volumes eliminates wasteful leftover materials that require disposal. With the right paint, you can improve air quality and save on energy.