Fishers residential exterior trim

We just completed a large Fishers house that included all the wood trim, large front porch, and shutters. We used Sherwin Williams Duration exterior in a satin finish on the wood and a Lowes Valspar satin (midnight green) on the shutters.

Ryan was on vacation most of this job so missed all the prep. I first pressure washed all the wood trim and front porch. Then I spent almost an entire day prepping the wood that included scraping and a lot of  caulking (5 tubes.) The porch posts were in need of a lot of repair and I probably spent 3 hours on them alone.

There were some difficult areas to get to because of the height and roof lines. The front of the house had peaks over the front porch so had to use several ladders to get to the peaks. The south side of the house had a peak over the garage that we used special ladders to reach. It took us a while to figure how we were going to reach the overhang. Look at the photos and you will see what we had to do.

The thick "Duration" paint really filled in a lot of the rough cedar and looked great in the satin finish.  The shutters were really faded and the Valspar satin paint made them look almost brand new.