House Painters Auckland Offering Full Painting Services Just In Time For Summer

Auckland house painters, BJA Painting Services, has extended their painting services to full deck painting and paint staining, just in time for New Zealand’s approaching summer season.

With summer just around the corner and spring already in full swing in New Zealand, BJA Painting Services is taking on all manner of deck painting and deck staining work. From renovating existing painted decks to painting freshly constructed decks, BJA Painting Services is ready to get that new outdoor entertainment place a fresh lick of paint.

BJA Painting Services understands that the deck is the quintessential form of outdoor entertainment for Auckland homes and knows that apart from good lumber, the most important part of a great deck is the paint job.

By using quality paints from Resene and Dulux, BJA Painting Services can provide a lasting coat of paint that can withstand the everyday extremities of kiwi outdoor living. Be it a firey barbeque or a heated game of beer pong, every surface painted by BJA Painting Services can survive it.

If deck staining is required, then the wood is stripped back to its virgin finish to allow the stain to truly shine through and enhance the natural grain and texture of the wood. Deck staining is a practice that looks easy on paper but can easily be ruined with excessive amounts applied at once or improper technique in applying the stain.

Brian, the owner and operator of BJA Painting Services says, “Staining is one of those things that everyone thinks they can do. Sure it looks easy, just smearing some stain on with a rag, but most of the time you’ll do it wrong. Stain is something that is much less forgiving than paint and that’s why you’re better off getting a professional to do it. You’ll save more money that way.”

Deck painting also comes with its fair share of trials and tribulations as not a lot of painting DIY people commit enough time in paint preparation. Decks are usually extensive structures, spanning many feet in diameter and thoroughly preparing that paint can seem like an endless task. That is why a lot of Auckland decks are coated in many layers of paint and all of them begin to bubble up and crack over a few kiwi summers.

“Paint needs a solid foundation in order for it to survive many years of hard abuse,” Brian says, “If you are covering an old paint job that is bad, that bad quality will carry on to the new paint, no matter what brand it is. A house is only a solid as it’s foundation, and if the foundation is rotten, the house will fall. The same thing goes with paint. If you apply paint to cracking or bubbling paint, or dirty and mildew encrusted bare timber, that paint will never survive a summer or two.”

The mark of quality from this West Auckland painting company all starts with a thorough and extensive surface preparation regime with all the old paint and dirt stripped away and buffed to provide a willing and absorbent surface for the paint to adhere to.

Another problem with deck painting in Auckland is that there is not enough awareness about the benefits of getting a deck painted and many Auckland homeowners simply leave the bare timber decks to the mercy of the elements. This is something that shortens the life of the deck and causes it to rot much faster than a deck that is sealed with paint.

Once a deck has begun to rot or warp from the elements, it’s usually too late to be able to fix it simply by painting or staining it.

That’s why BJA Painting Services recommends getting all new decks painted or at least stained in order to protect the investment the homeowner has made to their home.

“The amount of decks I have seen that are beginning to rot is heartbreaking,” Brian says. “I get calls to come do some deck painting when it’s already to late. All I can do then is provide the owner with a number of a builder to replace the deck timbers and to call me once it’s been done. I can’t apply paint to rotting decks as it’ll just fall through in a couple of months’ time anyway.”

BJA Painting Services is ready to paint any deck in Auckland City with a full service area providing coverage all over Auckland and it’s wider regions.

To book a free quote for deck painting and staining, visit the website to arrange a time and get that deck ready for the kiwi summer.