Exterior Painters in Slough

Pebbledash is near-universal on the 1930s semi-detached stock across Cippenham, Langley, and Upton. It is aggregate cast into an original cement and lime render base that has hardened over ninety years. Painting directly onto pebbledash without a consolidating primer coat causes delamination within two seasons, regardless of topcoat quality.

We apply a consolidating primer to the full pebbledash face before any masonry paint goes on. Where previous owners have applied standard masonry paint directly, we assess each existing layer for adhesion. Hollow-sounding sections must be raked back before primer is applied. Cippenham Lane properties facing the prevailing south-westerly weather carry more degraded pebbledash on front and side elevations than the rear.

Rendered terraces and semis in Chalvey and the Slough central streets have fine surface crazing from decades of thermal movement. These fine cracks open and close with the seasons. Applying masonry paint over crazed render traps water at the crack, which sits behind the film and blisters at the next frost cycle.

We fill cracks with flexible exterior filler, apply a stabilising solution over the whole elevation, and then coat with a breathable masonry paint. For deeper substrate detail on render, pebbledash, and brick, see our masonry painting page. Period elevations in Burnham with lime render need a specifically breathable product that does not trap moisture and cause spalling at the render face. Lime-render and conservation-area substrates are covered in full on our period property painting page.

Sash windows appear throughout the Burnham villa stock and on period cottages in the Stoke Poges SL2 fringe. Decades of repainting accumulate paint in the sash boxes and parting beads, eventually causing the sashes to bind. We clear the rebates, sand back to stable material, back-prime any bare timber, and apply a flexible exterior topcoat.

Executive detached homes in Wexham from the 1980s and 1990s on Templewood Lane carry timber fascias, barge boards, and outbuilding joinery alongside any original windows. We treat these as a coordinated programme rather than leaving outbuildings past their cycle.

Timber fascias and soffits protect the roof line. Where they have started to deteriorate, water finds its way into the roof structure from behind rather than from above. We repaint sound timber fascias and advise on replacement where the underlying material is no longer stable. uPVC fascias and guttering can be repainted with an appropriate adhesion primer and a compatible finish coat where condition allows.

Original timber front doors on Cippenham and Langley 1930s semis have typically been repainted many times since the 1930s. That build-up buries the original moulding profile and causes sticking at all four door edges. We strip back to stable timber, apply a proper wood primer, and topcoat with durable exterior gloss or satin.

For a coordinated full external and internal programme, see our house painting page. Steel roller shutters and commercial unit fronts are covered under our commercial painting page.