Karen had her entire house, including her door, painted with a lifetime warranty paint. At 1st Oregon Exteriors, we always put two coats of paint on your house. This is a required step by Sherwin Williams in order to get their lifetime warranty on their paint. You wont see peeling or cracking in your paint as a result.

If you like the way Denise’s house looks, and you’re thinking of having your home exterior painted, 1st Oregon Exteriors is the company you want to call. Call us at (503) 925-0124 or fill out our form for a free painting estimate.

Jeff chose a cedar finger joint material for his siding replacement and then we painted the siding with Kelly Moore Satin paint. We used the Kelly Moore Acry-Shield line of paint which is a 100% acrylic exterior paint. The oil/latex stain base is deigned to enhance the natural beauty of exterior wood while resisting color-fade caused by the sun’s UV rays.

If you like the way Jeff’s house looks, and you’re thinking of having your siding replaced, 1st Oregon Exteriors is the company you want to call. Call us at (503) 925-0124 or fill out our form for a free siding estimate.

Denise had her entire house painted including the garage door, fascia, and gutters with a lifetime warranty paint. By applying two coats of Sherwin Williams Resilience Satin Paint, Denise wont have to worry about her home exterior for many years to come.

Additionally, the caulking we used can only be found with major commercial contractors. The Sonolastic 150 VLM is an amazing and wide range application that is trusted because of its superior stability and durability. It comes with a 20 year warranty so long as a 1/4 inch space is maintained around the entire house between the siding.

Denise chose SW6180 oak moss for the home’s body color and SW 2859 beige for her home’s trim color. Additionally, her deck was painted with a coat of Sherin Williams Woodscapes to guarantee no tanmin bleed on the nail head, knots and butt ends.

If you like the way Denise’s house looks, and you’re thinking of having your home exterior painted, 1st Oregon Exteriors is the company you want to call. Call us at (503) 925-0124 or fill out our form for a free painting estimate.

Charles and Pat chose our Sherwin Williams Duration Satin Paint; the absolute best paint you can buy. After a thorough pressure wash and priming of the bare wood areas, we were ready to begin the transformation process. In addition to having their home painted, Charles and Pat had us install a new gutter system including corrugated downspouts to prevent clogging.

A picture tells 1,000 words… Charles and Pat now have a great looking home that is backed with a lifetime paint warranty.

If your home exterior is looking a little ratty it might be time to paint your home. 1st Oregon Exteriors is ready to provide and serve you with the best paint job in the Greater Portland area. Call us at (503) 925-0124 or fill out our form for a free painting estimate to learn more information about our painting options.

The painting process included a three step process of pressure washing the entire home, priming the cedar siding, and then applying two coats of Sherwin William Resilience Satin Paint. 1st Oregon Exteriors uses Sherwin Williams Resilience Satin Paint because it’s backed by a lifetime warranty.

Additionally, the caulking we used can only be found with major commercial contractors. The Sonolastic 150 VLM is an amazing and wide range application that is trusted because of its superior stability and durability. It comes with a 20 year warranty so long as a 1/4 inch space is maintained around the entire house between the siding.

Karen had a wide selection of colors to chose from. In the end she chose oat bran for the home’s body color, belle grove light amber for her home’s door color, roasted sepia for her home’s window color, and stone manor for her roof line and belt color.

If you’re having your house painted this summer 1st Oregon Exteriors is the company you want to call. Call us at (503) 925-0124 or fill out our form for a free painting estimate.

When your home was built, just after the framing went up, they installed your roof. In new production type homes this roofing service is given to the lowest bid roofing contractor in town. (Over at Roof Life of Oregon, we never bid on new construction because we can’t bring ourselves to cut those kind of corners.) Unfortunately for home owners who need to replace their roof, a lot of replacement roofing contractors follow the same line of thought. Sell the re-roof for a cheap price and then cut every corner in the book. Fast is the standard rule for these guys, and most times, important details are overlooked for the sake of the almighty dollar.

This one concept is very important for you to realize, as it is a mistake made over and over by the vast majority of homeowners. It ends up costing them more than they could ever imagine. It reminds me of a saying by a great man named John Ruskin who said “Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.“

On a roof, some of these overlooked items seem like such small things. These small details from the ground are huge deals when you’re on the roof. If neglected and/or overlooked in the original installation it will cause a homeowner thousands in repairs. Especially if the oversight is in the transition areas of the roof. Other common examples, neglecting to use neoprene screws on exterior flashings, kick out flashings left out, allowing water down or into the sidewalls of your home. Most of these oversights and few others go unnoticed until a storm with wind and rain is hitting your home at just the right angle.

It has always paid dividends to pay more “up front” for the correct installation of a roof; a roof that is installed following a set procedure by a company whose policy is to check on that procedure daily. Accountability is available at Roof Life of Oregon where we deliver Portland’s best and safest choice in roofing.

If your siding won’t hold paint any longer and you find yourself forever painting with no longevity there are only a few possible reasons. The first issue might be that the siding went up unprimed, dooming it to never hold paint. On older homes it may be that the walls are not insulated and the warmth of the home is escaping through the walls, lifting the paint as it transfer through to the exterior. A third possibility is that multiples layers of lead based paint are not giving the new latex based paint good adhesion. The only solution to an improperly prepared wall is to burn off the paint or reside. If you have an older home with little or no insulation we can remove the siding and underlayment and insulate the walls, then reside. When you insulate you’ll experience a huge difference in energy loss.

A lot of homes in the Portland area were sided with a defective siding. (LP, Weyerhaeuser, or Masonite) These types of siding will rot right on your wall, acting as a sponge, and when they fail it can cause a lot of inter- wall damage. This type of siding also warps and expands! When this happens, the caulking systems fail on the corners, windows, and transition areas. Wind driven rain enters the home in these areas. If you have this type of siding the only solution is to replace it a.s.a.p.

In Weather Woes: Part 1, we talked about cedar lap siding. It’s good siding, but not when the siding contractor (in an effort to save time and money) stretches the reveal of every row. This saves him 7-12 rows all the way around the house. It goes undetected at first because there is so much other stuff to be concerned with as you move into your new home. On the southwest sides of his home it starts to crack, warp, wear out faster, and leak in high wind situations. (Winds of just 30 mph will blow rain up a wall.) If the siding does not have the proper overlap it will not protect the underlayment from continual soakage. You’ll see water coming in the windows and other transition areas.

For solutions to any of your weather wall concerns call 1st Oregon Exteriors at 503-925-0124 or request a free estimate.

Mold, mildew, and dry rot are not to be taken lightly and should be a major concern in Portland. Some of our largest repair jobs are the result of improperly flashed deck attachments and improper window installation. It costs soooo much less to do it right the first time than it does to come back and fix a disaster. The handyman from down the street, or the contractor who operates out of his mobile office (pickup truck with a ladder) may have a lower bid, but are you qualified to check his work and make sure his weatherization efforts are up to par?

Rich and Cindy Sutherland’s home had been sided with cedar lap siding. The original siding contractor decided to stretch the reveal so he could cover more area with less material. This is a very common cause of cedar siding failure in Portland. Every time a storm with driving rain came to Portland the Sutherlands would get a leak in their window and into the garage ceiling below. Needless to say, Rich and Cindy were concerned. They called a roofing contractor who told them their roof was shot and his solution was to have them spend $12,000 on a new roof. A new roof was installed and the following year, the exact same leak came back! The roofer did not know what to do about it so he referred them to 1st Oregon Exteriors.

1st Oregon’s AAMA Certified Window Expert, Peter Morin and I went out to the Sutherland’s home. Upon inspection, we determined that the reveal of the siding was stretched, meaning the boards didn’t overlap enough. Those siding boards overlap for several reasons. First, gravity won’t let water flow uphill, but if the overlap is too small, wind will blow it uphill and over the top of a siding board into your wall. Second, the proper overlap gives the siding the strength it needs to act as a system. The top edge is narrow and it needs the rigidity and strength of the next layer on top of it to keep it from warping and coming loose.

Simply put, if the siding were put on correctly, his long-term leak issue would stop. The product we recommended was a rustic cedar style Hardiplank siding. A fiber cement product that will do really well handling the southwest exposed front on the Sutherland’s home.

Today as you view the Sutherland’s home, the windows and the deck are all weatherized into the wall. All of the roof-to-wall areas are also properly weatherized. Everything has been done to the manufacturer’s recommended pattern so that their materials warranty will transfer to the Sutherlands.

In addition, the entire weather wall is covered by Portland’s only Transferable Lifetime Workmanship Warranty. Just one of many exclusives found only at 1st Oregon Exteriors. We can help you when you call us at 503-925-0124 or request a free estimate using our online form.