Housing Authority Exterior Repaint, Santa Barbara
Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara
Purple Painting repainted the exterior of a Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara property: the wood eaves and decking, timbers, beams and corbels, the pedestrian walkways, staircases, garage doors and trash enclosure gates, with pressure washing first.
- Type
- Public Sector
- Location
- Santa Barbara, CA
- Completed
- 2025
Purple Painting repainted the exterior of an property owned by the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara. The work started with pressure washing all exterior surfaces, including the pedestrian walkways, which were then spot painted where worn and recoated.
The staircase steel posts were prepared and painted with two coats and the stair stringers and steps were repainted after preparation. The garage doors and trash enclosure metal gates were prepared, spot primed and recoated, and the trash enclosure trellis was sanded and sealed with solid body stain. The wood eaves and underside of the decking, the timbers, beams and corbels and the front picket fencing were prepared, sanded, patched and spot primed, then painted with two coats. Storage, bath and office doors were added by change order.
How we did it
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Pressure wash everything
All exterior surfaces, including the pedestrian walkways, were pressure washed before painting.
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Repaint the walkways
Worn areas of the pedestrian walkways were spot painted, then the walkways were recoated completely.
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Prepare and paint the staircases
The staircase steel posts were prepared and painted with two coats, and the stair stringers and steps were repainted after preparation.
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Paint the garage doors and gates
The garage doors and the trash enclosure metal gates were prepared, spot primed and recoated with one coat.
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Seal the trellis
The trash enclosure trellis was sanded down and sealed with one coat of solid body stain.
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Paint the eaves, decking and beams
The wood eaves and underside of the decking, the wood timbers, beams and corbels, and the front picket fencing were prepared, sanded, patched and spot primed, then finished with two coats of paint.
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Paint the added doors
Change orders added the storage, bath and office doors. A boom lift was rented for access to the high work.
