What’s the Best Time of Year for Painting Your Home?

August 23, 2022

Fresh paint can make a world of difference, whether you’re painting the outside of your home, freshening up one or more rooms inside your home, or even adding paint to your outdated cabinets to give them a beautiful new look. While most of these things can be tackled all year long, choosing the right time of year for your painting projects can make a big difference in multiple ways. Here’s what you should know.

Home Exterior Painting

If you ask any reputable painting company about the best time of year to tackle most home improvement jobs, they will almost unanimously agree on fall - and that goes for exterior painting, too. It’s true that fall is much nicer than summer in terms of temperatures, but there’s more to it than the painters’ comfort. Exterior paint adheres better and lasts longer when it is applied on dry surfaces, and surfaces are drier when there is less humidity in the air. Since Texas is known for humid summers, it only makes sense to paint your home in the spring and fall, instead.

For the best possible service and results, schedule your exterior home painting in early winter or late spring. The air during these times tends to be cool and dry, but because it’s still the off-season for painters and contractors, you are far more likely to get the job done quickly.

Interior Painting

The good news about interior painting projects is that these can be done all year long, but there are a few caveats to keep in mind. The main concern is ventilation; though there are high-quality paints with reduced volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and less odor, all paint will have some odor, so it’s important to open the windows and let the air circulate. Texas winters can be fairly mild, but as recent years have shown, the temperatures can be difficult to predict in advance. It is possible to paint your home interior in winter, but remember that if the temperatures plummet, the ventilation may also come with some very cold air.

The good news is that this is only a concern for a couple of months out of the year. The rest of the time, you are free to schedule your interior painting as you see fit without worrying about providing ventilation in the freezing cold. Furthermore, there are other options for ventilating your home; some homeowners choose to have their homes painted just before going on a trip so that no one is home as the paint is drying.

Cabinet Painting

If you’re interested in cabinet painting, it tends to follow the same guidelines as interior painting, but with less concern. There’s less paint being used on your kitchen cabinets, which means there are fewer potentially harmful or bothersome fumes. Furthermore, most of today’s modern kitchens have ventilation built right in, so keeping the range hood running while the paint dries can allow you to have your cabinets painted at any time of year - even if it’s below freezing outside. Remember, though, that excess humidity can make the paint dry a little slower, so take all the proper precautions to reduce humidity in your kitchen if you want to avoid a longer dry time.

Austin Painting and Cabinets provides all of these services in and around the Austin, Texas area. If you are concerned about how the weather or temperature might affect your project, we have years of experience in the painting industry and we can take all the right precautions to ensure that your project turns out perfect.

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