Exterior Painting · Fraser, Macomb & Metro Detroit
3G Home Exteriors preps, protects and paints, dealing with the caulk lines, bare trim and moisture sources before the color goes on, because that’s what decides how long it lasts.
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Family-owned and operated in Michigan since 2011
Based at 31097 Fraser Dr, Fraser, MI 48026
Serving Macomb, Oakland and St. Clair counties
Free on-site inspection and a written, itemized scope before work begins
A fresh coat over peeling trim, split caulk lines or an unaddressed water stain looks right for a season and then fails exactly the way the old paint did. We review surface condition — caulk, trim, bare wood, moisture sources — before we talk about color, because that review is what determines whether you are buying five years of finish or one.
Two painting bids on the same house can differ by thousands of dollars and both quote the same premium paint. The gap is almost never the paint. It’s how many hours go in before the first coat, and that’s the part homeowners can’t see on the finished job — until the second winter, when one house still looks painted and the other is peeling at the fascia.
Scraping back everything that’s loose, sanding the edges so the transition doesn’t telegraph through the new coat, and priming bare wood so the finish has something to bond to rather than soaking into open grain. Caulk lines get cut out and replaced where they’ve split, not smeared over — a cracked caulk joint at a trim seam is one of the most common reasons a paint job fails early, because it’s an open path for water directly behind the finish.
A stain that keeps coming back through paint is telling you something. So is soft wood at the bottom of a trim board, or a fascia that’s peeling in one spot while the rest of the run is fine. Those are usually water arriving from somewhere — a gutter overflowing behind the fascia, a failed seal at a window, siding that’s holding moisture. We flag it during the walk-through and tell you what it is, before painting over it. Sometimes the honest answer is that the surface is past painting and you’re better off looking at new siding instead of a repaint.
Masking, drop cloths and covered landscaping aren’t extras, and clean cut lines at the trim, roofline and window frames are what make a job read as finished rather than fast.
Exterior painting here is a seasonal trade, and that shapes scheduling in ways worth knowing before you call. Paint needs surfaces dry and temperatures in a workable range to cure properly, which in Michigan means a usable window that opens in spring and closes in fall — with rain days, heavy dew in the mornings, and cold snaps taking bites out of it in between.
Two practical consequences. First, the calendar fills from the front: the crews booking in March are painting in June. If you want the house done this season, the estimate conversation happens earlier than most people expect. Second, a bid that promises to paint through any conditions to hit a date is not a feature. Applying a coat onto a damp surface or below the product’s temperature range is how adhesion problems get built into an otherwise good job, and rescheduling around a wet week is the correct call rather than a delay.
Full exterior color refresh across siding and trim.
The details that frame the house and take the most weather exposure.
Updating siding color without a full siding replacement, where the underlying siding is still sound.
Scraping, sanding, priming and re-caulking as its own line of work, not an afterthought.
Exterior product choice is decided by substrate and exposure rather than by brand loyalty. Wood, fiber cement, aluminum and previously painted masonry each want a different primer and coating, and south and west elevations take the most UV. We cover the specific products for your house as part of the estimate.
Storefronts, small office buildings and multi-unit exteriors, scheduled around the hours the property is actually in use. It sits alongside our other commercial-facing work.
Tell us what you’re looking to refresh: full exterior, trim only, or a specific problem area.
We check surface condition, caulk lines, and any signs of underlying moisture.
Scraping, sanding, caulking and priming, followed by your color and product selection.
We walk the finished exterior with you before considering the job complete.
— coordinate new windows and new siding and trim together.
— if the siding is coming off anyway, this is the moment to compare materials.
— replace failed windows before repainting the trim around them.
— when overflow behind the fascia is what’s ruining the paint.
Read our Learning Center guides on how James Hardie siding holds up in Michigan’s freeze-thaw cycle and vinyl against fiber cement.