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Ideal Home
Emma Rinaldi

How often should you paint your home’s exterior? Signs your house might be due a repaint

Front of semi detached house with red and white brick.

As we finally leave behind the washout that marked the start of spring and embrace brighter days on the horizon, you might feel inspired to revive the outside of your house with a fresh lick of paint. But how often should you paint your home’s exterior?

Occasional touch-ups of exterior paint are to be expected, particularly after the harsh, stormy weather of the last few winters. However, a complete top-to-bottom repaint is a big project that no one wants to do more than is strictly necessary. But it’s important not to put off repainting your home’s exterior for too long as you could then be left with a bigger task having to tackle excess flaky, worn-out paint.

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