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Monday – Friday: 7 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.Family ownedSecond-generation owned(412) 555-0103
Ilic & Daughter PaintingPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Exterior painting

Siding, trim, porches and railings

Pittsburgh houses sit on hills, with steep steps, tall fronts and wood that stays damp. Access comes first, then prep.

Brick rowhouses with wood trim, frame houses with porches, and three-story fronts on slopes. We plan the ladders and scaffold at the walk-through and put it in the estimate.

  • Ladders and scaffold planned for your lot

  • Wash, scrape, sand, spot-prime, then paint

  • Porch floors, ceilings and railings

A white three-story frame house on a steep hillside

Prep

Before the first coat

  • Siding

    Wash, scrape loose paint, sand edges, spot-prime bare wood and caulk the joints.

  • Trim and fascia

    Replace what is soft, fill and sand, prime, then two coats.

  • Porches

    Floors, ceilings, rails and steps; cleaned, repaired and primed.

  • Brick and masonry

    Wash and let dry; paint only where you ask us to.

  • Doors and windows

    Sand, caulk and paint the frames, sash and doors.

  • Houses before 1978

    Paint disturbed in older homes falls under EPA's rule. See the questions below.

Season

April to October, with the weather in charge

Paint needs dry surfaces and mild air. We book exteriors by the forecast, not the calendar, and move the days if it turns.

  • 01

    Spring

    Wash and prep once the wood dries. Book early; April to June fills first.

  • 02

    Summer

    Full coats and long days. Hot afternoon sun means we follow the shade around the house.

  • 03

    Fall

    A last window in September and October before the damp settles in.

Exteriors

Houses we have painted

A brick and white-siding house with a white porch railing and a red front door
Brick and siding with a white porch
A two-story gray house with a wraparound porch behind trees
Wraparound porch, two stories
A white three-story frame house with black shutters and trimmed evergreens
Frame house with black shutters

Sample photos.

Questions

Exterior painting

How do you reach a three-story front?

With extension ladders tied off, or scaffold with rails and toe boards where the ground is steep. The estimate says which.

Do you power wash?

We wash with care, then let the wood dry fully before we paint.

My house was built before 1978.

EPA's Renovation, Repair and Painting rule applies to paid work that disturbs paint in homes built before 1978. We ask the year first; the firm number is in the footer.

How long does it last?

It depends on the prep, the exposure and the paint. Terms, limits and exclusions are in your written warranty.

Let us see the house.

The walk-through covers access, prep and the season.

Get a written estimate