Exterior painting in Franklin
For Franklin homeowners looking for exterior house painters, Alan Robinson Painting repaints everything from old wood clapboard near Main Street to the Hardie siding and trim of Westhaven and Berry Farms. Our Franklin neighbors have recommended us on Nextdoor, and every exterior is held to the eye of Alan Robinson, a working fine artist.
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Nextdoor Neighborhood FavoriteFresh exterior paint lets a Franklin house look beautiful on its street, whether it's a century-old clapboard house near downtown with a porch full of turned columns or a newer home with fiber-cement siding and crisp trim you'd like to keep that way. Professional exterior painters get there differently depending on the house.
Both deserve the same patience. Old wood needs careful scraping and priming so fresh paint has something sound to hold; newer Hardie homes need a clean wash, tight caulk lines and a color that fits the street. Alan Robinson has been painting for a living since his art career began, and his standard is the one every siding board and window casing is measured against.
Whether the house is historic or recent, fresh curb appeal comes from every surface looking cared for, and each one gets its own preparation.
Wood clapboard on older Franklin homes and Hardie lap siding on newer ones are the bulk of most jobs. Siding painters scrape and sand the old wood to a firm edge and prime it, while fiber-cement gets a thorough wash and a primer suited to the board. Vinyl can be painted, with a product made for it and a color no darker than the siding can handle.
Window casings, corner boards, fascia and soffits frame the siding and take the brunt of gutter overflow. They're scraped where paint has lifted, bare spots are primed, knots are sealed so they won't bleed and every joint is caulked before finish coats go on.
Some Franklin homes pair siding with brick skirts, chimneys or full brick fronts. Painted brick is cleaned and recoated with a breathable masonry finish, and first-time brick painting is something to discuss, and to check with your HOA or the historic district, before deciding.
Black or deep-colored shutters are a Franklin signature, and they show fading and chalk before anything else on the house. Front doors are sanded and brushed to a smooth enamel, and garage door painters finish the panels so they sit quietly beside the trim.
Wraparound porches, turned posts and stacked balconies are common in both the historic streets and the newer neighborhoods. Posts and railings are brushed by hand, porch ceilings are cleaned first, and column bases are checked for soft wood where water sits.
Stucco accents and masonry foundations need a finish that lets moisture escape. Stucco painters clean them gently, patch hairline cracks and use a breathable masonry coating.
“Alan painted all trim and siding of the exterior of house.”
Franklin's houses span more than a century, and a repaint that suits the era of the house is what makes it look at home on its street.
Old clapboard can hold paint for a long time if it's prepared well, which means scraping the loose layers by hand, sanding the edges smooth, priming bare wood and sealing knots before any color goes back on. Older layers may contain lead, so the work is done with extra care for containment and cleanup. Across Franklin, roughly one home in eight was built before 1980, so this care is a question for the older houses rather than the newer neighborhoods. In the historic district, review may apply to some exterior changes, so a color change is worth checking before it's scheduled.
In Westhaven, Berry Farms and Fieldstone Farms, the siding is usually fiber-cement, which holds paint well once it's clean and primed where the factory coat has worn. The work there is about sharp caulk lines at every butt joint, trim that stays bright and shutters that don't chalk. Many Franklin neighborhoods have an architectural review committee, so we'll help you check before a new color is chosen.
A Franklin street tends to have a look of its own, whether it's the painted Victorians of Hincheyville or the farmhouse whites and charcoals of the newer developments. We look at samples on your own siding in morning and afternoon light, beside your roof and brick, until the choice feels right. The same eye helps with choosing color inside a Franklin home when you're ready.
We start by walking the house with you, from foundation to fascia, so you know exactly what preparation your siding and trim need, and you receive an itemized written estimate.
Siding, trim and porches are washed to remove dirt, chalk and mildew, using a soft wash where the surface is delicate. With the house clean, we look again for loose paint and open seams.
Failing paint is scraped and sanded, bare wood and worn fiber-cement are spot-primed, knots are sealed with a stain-blocking primer and joints are caulked so water stays out.
Finish coats go on dry surfaces within the temperature and dew point the paint is made for, which in a humid Franklin summer often means waiting out the morning. Two coats are typical where the color changes or the surface is weathered. Paint makers set temperature and humidity limits, and how those limits line up with our climate is charted in our guide.
Once the last coat is dry we walk every side of the house with you and handle any touch-ups before we call the job done.
You can read more about our approach to exterior house painting on the main exterior page.
Alan is the most thoughtful and helpful painter I’ve ever used. He thoroughly researched his job and what would be the best materials, methods and techniques well before starting the re-staining job on our front door. He kept me well informed on what would need to be done and how long the job would take to complete. Alan treated the job at hand as if he were doing it for his own home. If you want a great painter and a trustworthy person, Alan is your guy!
Alan painted the exterior of my house with meticulous care, identified some rotten wood and connected me with a terrific carpenter to repair it, refinished two antique doors, and re-plastered a room that was a mixture of cracked plaster, wallpaper, and drywall. He gives detailed estimates upfront and works efficiently but carefully. Highly recommended.
Highly highly highly recommend! Alan and his team painted the exterior of our house in the Bellevue area. Due to our oddly built home, it needed extra attention with all this rain and Alan did not rest until everything looked exquisite! His communication is superb, which is hard to come by.
Alan shows up on time, works hard and LISTENS to what your desired results are! He did an amazing job on the exterior trim of our home and we HIGHLY recommend him & his company!! You won’t regret it, thanks Alan!!
A historic clapboard house and a newer Hardie home can be priced very differently, so each is estimated after we've walked it. These six factors weigh the most, and your written estimate spells each out. When you're weighing estimates, what goes into a painting price is laid out in our guide, with published ranges by home size.
Three-story infill, tall gables and stacked porches change the equipment and time.
Old wood clapboard takes more preparation than sound fiber-cement.
Hand-scraping historic layers, rot to flag and caulk to renew add the most time.
Turned posts, brackets and many shutters take patient brushwork.
A body, trim, shutter and door scheme means more careful passes than one color.
Humid mornings and rain can shorten painting days and stretch the job.
The package you choose is one of the biggest factors in cost. Signature, our standard service, includes the full preparation an exterior needs to hold up; Refresh is our budget-friendly option for siding and trim in good condition; Concierge adds full project management. Every package carries our five-year workmanship warranty. See the exterior painting packages for Franklin homes.
Exterior work priced for proper prep costs more up front and less over the years, because it doesn’t have to be redone. Pay for your project in fixed monthly payments through Acorn Finance. Check your options in about a minute; it won’t affect your credit score.How financing worksCheck your options (opens Acorn Finance in a new tab) can turn that into fixed monthly payments; checking your options takes about a minute and won’t affect your credit score.
The questions Franklin homeowners most often ask before exterior house painting.
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From the historic homes of Hincheyville and Downtown Franklin to Westhaven, Fieldstone Farms and Berry Farms, Franklin's exteriors range from century-old clapboard to crisp fiber-cement, and each is prepared for the surface it actually has.
We paint all over Franklin, from 37064 and 37067 to 37069.
Franklin families often plan an exterior alongside other work.
Our exterior work continues past Franklin's city limits.
