Advice for Tampa Bay Homeowners and Property Managers

Painting advice on the internet is mostly written for a national audience, and most of it is wrong for Florida. Paint that lasts a decade in Ohio has a much shorter life here. Sun, salt air, summer storms, and humidity that never really lets up all shorten the clock.

Everything on this page comes out of actual jobs across Pinellas County. When we say exterior paint runs five to seven years on Tampa Bay stucco, that is what we see on walkthroughs, not a number copied from a manufacturer's brochure.

The articles cover three things: knowing when your home is actually due, what proper prep looks like and why skipping it costs more later, and how to get ready before a crew shows up so the job goes faster.

If you have a question that is not answered here, call 727-251-6951. TBF would rather tell you your paint has another two seasons in it than sell you a job you do not need yet.