St. Charles, Exterior Painting
A St. Charles exterior with 68 windows, just over $14,000
Cedar siding, 68 windows with peeling and cracking paint, shutters, soffit and fascia. David put this St. Charles exterior at just over $14,000 in materials and labor, and 160 labor hours.
- Town
- St. Charles
- Service
- Exterior Painting
- Scope
- Full exterior: cedar siding, 68 windows, trim, shutters, soffit and fascia
- Published investment
- Just over $14,000Materials and labor, including premium exterior paint, surface prep, caulking and shutter restoration.David's video, June 2026
- Time on site
- 160 labor hours, about 80 of them on the windows
The video
David on this job
What was in the scope
- Cedar siding repainted
- All 68 windows scraped and refinished, a hard scrape because of peeling and cracking paint
- Exterior trim restored
- Shutters repaired and painted
- Soffit and fascia
- Garage door and service door painted
- Minor wood rot and woodpecker damage repaired
- The whole exterior power washed
In David's words
What drove the number
- The windows. Hard scraping 68 windows took about 80 of the 160 labor hours.
- Tight spacing between the landscaping and the trim boards, which meant careful ladder placement.
- Detailed work on the sills and edges.
- Repairs before paint: minor wood rot and woodpecker damage, and shutter restoration.
Photos
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