FEATURED PROJECT
A full exterior recoat of a craftsman bungalow and detached garage. We waterblasted, patched stucco, replaced about 50 feet of fascia, then applied the COOL LIFE ceramic coating in blue-gray with white trim.
About This Project
From the curb, the front of this craftsman bungalow showed every year of Inland sun. The old paint had given up in wide sheets, curling off the lap siding and the porch columns until bare wood and primer showed through across the whole elevation. The homeowners were tired of repainting a house that never stayed sealed. This time the goal was a finish that would hold its color and push the heat back, not just look fresh for a season.
From the street the trim looked fine. Once we waterblasted the walls and eaves and got up close, about 50 feet of fascia and the molding at the base of the two front beams had gone soft under paint that had been hiding it. That wood came off and got replaced before a drop of coating went on. Coating over failing wood only buries the problem under a system meant to last.
The owners had repainted this house before and watched it peel every time. Another coat of paint was never going to fix that. So the prep came first: strip it, replace the soft wood, prime it. The blue-gray went on near the end, once the house could hold it.
COOL LIFE is a ceramic, heat-reflective coating. The manufacturer rates it to bounce a share of the sun's heat off the wall rather than let the surface soak it in, and it lays down thicker than standard latex so it bridges the hairline stucco cracks the old paint used to telegraph. On a sun-exposed elevation in east LA County, that reflectivity is the point.
From the first wash to the final walk-through, this is the heat-reflective coating work we take on across Los Angeles County, including nearby La Verne, San Dimas, and Pomona.
