Getting prepared for the summer re-paint

With the feeling of spring in the air, it is a good time to start preparing for the summer facelift. Very often people leave painting of homes to the last minute, so that their home looks great for guests over the end of year holiday period. Contractors get booked up with work, and time runs out quicker than one thinks. This could leave you doing a rushed job using an unskilled painter, proving to be disastrous very soon after the fact. Identify what needs to be done now, choose the best contractor you can afford and do some product research so that you are informed when the contractor recommends his product of choice.
Peeling paint can be scraped off walls now, so that the affected areas have dried out completely at the time of recoating. Many times the high-pressure water jetting done by contractors removes paint from these areas, but at the same time forces water into the substrate. If over-coated the day after this has been done, as is the case many times, the coating - particularly if it is a high quality sheen paint - serves only to trap this moisture in the substrate effectively perpetuating the original problem.
Choose the best quality paint you can afford and save for it rather than settle for a cheaper option.
Planning time has begun!