Weatherboarding and Wealden houses: painting and decorating in Tenterden, Kent.
A-Z Decorators paints and decorates homes in Tenterden and the villages around it, part of our work across the Ashford area.
Tenterden is a historic Wealden town, and painted weatherboarding, old brick and timber joinery are a big part of the work here. Each needs its own preparation and its own paint.
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Preparing weatherboarding
Weatherboarding is cleaned, loose and flaking paint is scraped back, splits and gaps are filled, and bare timber is primed before the top coats go on.
Done that way, the paint moves with the boards instead of cracking off them.
Older brick, render and oak
Painting old brick or stone can trap damp, lime render may need a breathable coating such as limewash, and old hardwood such as oak is best left unpainted, so we check every surface first.
The town centre and Reading Street are conservation areas, so check with Ashford Borough Council before changing the outside of a house in either.
Keeping boards and joinery sound
Weatherboarding painted regularly, before the old coating starts to fail, lasts for decades.
The same goes for original windows and doors, where a fresh coat in time saves repairs to the timber later.
Painting and decorating services in Tenterden
A-Z Decorators paints and decorates homes and businesses in Tenterden and the villages around it, as part of our work across the Ashford area, set out on our Ashford page. Our team has more than 30 years in the trade, and every job starts with a free, no-obligation quotation that sets out the materials, labour and time frame in writing.
Inside, we paint walls, ceilings, staircases, doors and skirting, filled, sanded and primed first, as our interior decorating page explains. Outside, we paint render, brick, weatherboarding, fascias, windows and doors, with every surface cleaned and repaired so the finish lasts, which our exterior decorating page covers. We also hang wallpaper, set out on our wallpapering page, and take on larger jobs from an interior refurbishment to new coving.
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Painting Tenterden's older houses and weatherboarding
Tenterden is a historic Wealden town, and its centre is protected. Ashford Borough Council's record of the Tenterden conservation area shows it was designated on 10 October 1996, and a separate conservation area covers Reading Street nearby. If your home is in one, or is listed, check with the council before changing the outside of the house.
Painted weatherboarding is one of the most common finishes on older houses in this part of Kent, and it needs a different approach from brick or render. The boards have to be cleaned, any loose or flaking paint scraped back, splits and gaps filled, and bare timber primed before the top coats go on, so the paint moves with the wood rather than cracking off it. Painted regularly, before the old coating starts to fail, weatherboarding lasts for decades.
Older masonry needs care too. Historic England's advice on redecorating historic homes is that painting brick, stone or concrete walls can create damp problems, that lime render may need a breathable coating such as limewash, and that old hardwood such as oak is best left unpainted. Inside an older house, layers of old gloss deserve a second look before sanding, because the British Coatings Federation says some paint supplied up until the 1990s may still contain lead.
Our post on the best time of year to paint the outside of your house helps with planning exterior work. To arrange your free quotation anywhere in and around Tenterden, contact us by phone, email or WhatsApp, or read reviews of A-Z Decorators on Google.
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