Exterior Painting in St. Charles, Missouri

St. Charles homes and this kind of project

Because St. Charles is made up of everything from 1800s brick to 1990s subdivisions, the first thing we check for an exterior repaint here is trim ends and sills for rot, failed caulk and what the siding is made of.

The housing stock here: nineteenth-century brick in the historic core, early twentieth-century bungalows and four-squares in midtown, postwar ranches, 1980s to 2000s subdivisions to the west and south, and New Town's neo-traditional homes.

Lead-safe scraping, wood repair with dutchmen and epoxy, and district-approved colors.

Lots, exteriors and approvals in St. Charles

Historic district properties need approval for exterior changes, including windows, siding, porches and sometimes paint colors. Wood porch restoration is common. Elsewhere, decks, patio covers and siding replacement are the routine exterior jobs.

Original wood siding and windows on St. Charles's older houses can often be restored for less than the cost of quality replacements, and in historic districts that may be required. We repair with epoxy and dutchmen where sound, replace in kind where not, and use lead-safe methods throughout.

What is included

For St. Charles subdivisions with color restrictions, we prepare the color submittal for your HOA and wait for approval before ordering paint.

We take on exterior repaint work across St. Charles, from Frenchtown to New Town at St. Charles and midtown St. Charles.

What we watch for

Fiber cement siding on St. Charles homes from the 2000s often has failed caulk at butt joints and unpainted cut ends. We seal those properly, since that is where water enters the board.

St. Charles properties tend to be tight historic blocks near the river and ordinary suburban lots farther west, and that affects how we stage materials, where painters and a carpenter for rot repair park and how debris leaves the site.

Permits and approvals in St. Charles

In St. Charles, an exterior repaint is reviewed by the City of St. Charles. What follows is no permit, though HOA color approval may apply.

Since this work shows from outside, also plan on historic preservation review in the old districts. We prepare that submittal alongside the permit.

Schedule and getting to you

Most St. Charles clients see three to seven working days of construction for an exterior repaint.

St. Charles is about half an hour east on I-70, or along Highway 370 to the north side from our Wentzville base. We plan crew days and deliveries around that drive so you get full working days on site.

What moves the price in St. Charles

We price exterior painting in St. Charles from a site visit, not a square-foot figure. These are the items that change the number.

• Amount of scraping and carpentry repair.
• Number of colors and the detail of the trim.

More detail

Our step-by-step method for this work, and the factors that move its price, are laid out on the main exterior painting page. More about the area is on our St. Charles page.