Frame house siding and porch painting in Maywood, IL (60153)
Maywood holds a large stock of late 1800s and early 1900s frame houses, from Queen Annes with layered trim to plain foursquares with deep front porches. On these homes the wood siding and porch take the weather first, so that is where our work usually begins.
Short answer
On Maywood frame homes we scrape and repaint wood siding, rebuild soft porch parts and repaint detailed Victorian trim using lead-safe methods. A full exterior on a two-story frame house runs $7,850 to $16,400, a front porch with steps and railings runs $1,180 to $3,960, and wood rot repair runs $235 to $860 per spot, depending on how much old paint and soft wood we find.
Old wood houses near the Des Plaines River and Loyola
Maywood stretches east from the Des Plaines River, and Loyola University Medical Center on First Avenue is the landmark most people know. From our Park Ridge headquarters we take First Avenue or Mannheim Road south, so a Maywood porch is close enough for a look before the weekend.
The houses here are older than in most of the suburbs we paint. Victorian and Queen Anne homes sit near foursquares, simple frame houses, bungalows and two-flats. Many still have their original clapboard, spindled porches, brackets and window casings, and every one of those parts holds paint differently.
That age changes how we price and schedule. A Maywood exterior is rarely a wash and two coats. It is scraping, carpentry, priming and then paint, and we walk the whole house with you so the estimate shows each of those steps.
Clapboard, porches and Victorian trim: what a century of paint leaves behind
Wood siding on a house this old can carry eight or ten layers of paint. Where those layers have lost their grip, they curl off in sheets, and the bare clapboard under them turns gray and dries out. We scrape to a sound edge, feather the steps so they do not telegraph through, and prime every bare board before the finish coats. Siding painting on its own runs $2.15 to $4.85 per square foot.
Porches take the hardest beating. Floorboards cup, column bases sit in standing water, and railing spindles split at the joints. We probe each part, cut back soft wood, rebuild small areas with epoxy and replace boards that are too far gone, then coat floors with porch enamel and the rest with exterior paint.
Almost every Maywood home predates 1978, and the oldest paint on these houses is very likely to contain lead. We follow EPA lead-safe work practices: plastic sheeting on the ground, wet scraping, no open-flame burning or dry power sanding, and a careful cleanup of the yard and porch at the end of each day.
The work Maywood frame homes call for
Selected for wood siding, deep porches and the detailed trim on Maywood's oldest houses.
Exterior House Painting
Two-story frame houses need full repaints with heavy scraping, spot priming and two finish coats timed to the paint season.
Porch Painting
Front porches on foursquares and Queen Annes need soft parts rebuilt and floors coated with a true porch enamel.
Wood Rot Repair
Column bases, sills and the lower clapboard courses on old frame houses rot first and need repair before paint.
Lead-Safe Painting
Layers of original paint on century-old siding and trim are handled with containment and wet methods.
Window Sash & Frame Painting
Original wood windows need loose glazing replaced and sashes painted so they still open.
Color Consultation
Victorian houses with brackets and layered trim look best with a planned body, trim and accent scheme.
Rental Turnover Painting
Two-flats in Maywood need units repainted between tenants without holding up the next lease.
Planning a Maywood exterior before the season starts
Book carpentry with paint
Rot repair has to come before primer. We price it per spot so you can see what the wood needs.
Expect a longer schedule
Heavy scraping on an old frame house takes days on its own. Plan for a multi-week job on a large two-story home.
Pick colors for the details
Brackets, spindles and window casings can carry a second or third color. We test samples on the house itself before ordering paint.
Watch the overnight lows
May lows near O'Hare average about 51F and October lows about 45F. We plan around the product temperature on the can.
Clear the porch
Furniture and planters come off before scraping so we can contain paint chips and protect what is there.
Questions from Maywood
How much does it cost to paint a two-story frame house in Maywood?
A full exterior on a two-story frame home usually runs $7,850 to $16,400. The amount of scraping, the number of trim colors, how much rot repair is needed and lead-safe setup move the number most.
Can you fix the rotted porch columns on my Maywood foursquare?
Usually, yes. We cut back soft wood at the base, rebuild smaller areas with epoxy or splice in new stock, then prime and paint. Wood rot repair typically runs $235 to $860 per spot.
How do you handle lead paint on Maywood Victorian siding?
We lay plastic on the ground under the work area, mist the surface and scrape by hand, and never burn or dry sand old paint. Chips are collected and the yard is cleaned at the end of each day.
Can you help me choose a color scheme for a Maywood Queen Anne?
Yes. We look at the trim details, the roof and the neighbors, then paint large samples on the siding and trim so you can see them in morning and evening light. A color consultation session runs $165 to $345.
Do you repaint the porch floor on Maywood two-flats?
Yes. We scrape and sand the boards, replace any that are soft, and coat them with a porch floor enamel made for foot traffic. A front porch floor with steps and railings usually runs $1,180 to $3,960.
Painting in Maywood? Call us
Call any hour. Someone picks up, takes the details and books a time to walk the job with you.