Eastern Suburbs · 6054
Painters in Bassendean.
River-flat character stock and post-war brick, with damp problems the coating cannot fix on its own.
The housing
What we're usually painting in Bassendean
Federation and inter-war cottages near the river, extensive post-war and 1960s brick, and newer infill on subdivided blocks.
Common substrates
- Face brick and painted brick
- Weatherboard and fibro on the older cottages
- Lime mortar on pre-war masonry
- Tile and iron roofing
- Timber verandah posts and floors
What the weather does here
River flats — damp ground, cool wet winters and hot dry summers. Rising damp and salt attack in the lower courses of older brickwork is common and is a building problem, not a painting one.
Worth knowing
The Bassendean specific bit
Where we find rising damp we say so and quote the painting around it, rather than coating over a wall that will blister again within a year. Painting damp masonry is the single most common way a repaint gets blamed for a fault it did not cause, and it is worth an honest conversation before the job rather than a warranty argument after it.
Services
What Bassendean calls us for most
Painting in Bassendean?
Tell us what you're after and we'll come back within one business day. If it needs a measure we'll book one — free, and we'll put a fixed price in writing.