Exterior Woodwork & Masonry Painting

Fascias, soffits, guttering, cladding, windows and doors — the exterior details that fail first, prepared and coated so they stop being an annual problem.

The Details That Fail First

Exterior masonry usually weathers slowly and evenly. Timber does not. Fascias, sills, bargeboards and door frames are where exterior paintwork almost always fails first, and where neglecting it stops being cosmetic and starts costing money.

Exterior masonry, render and timber painting is a significant part of our work. It needs a different approach to painting a wall: bare timber has to be treated and primed, moving joinery has to be prepared without being painted shut, and any rot has to be dealt with rather than filled over and coated.

We prepare properly — cleaning down, removing failed coatings, sanding back to a sound edge, treating and priming bare timber, and cutting out and repairing minor rot where the section is still sound. Where timber is too far gone to save, we will tell you it needs replacing rather than take money to paint it.

Coatings are chosen for the substrate: flexible exterior systems on timber that moves with the seasons, and the correct primers on previously coated metalwork and uPVC-adjacent details.

Timber details are where exterior paintwork fails first — and where catching it early is the difference between repainting and replacing.

What We Offer

Fascias, soffits and bargeboards
Guttering, downpipes and exterior metalwork
Timber cladding and weatherboarding
Windows, sills, frames and sash joinery
Front doors, side gates and garden joinery
Minor rot cut out and repaired
Knotting, treatment and priming of bare timber
Render repair and masonry making good
Access equipment included in the quote

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Exterior timber fascias and woodwork freshly painted on a Surrey property by Gould D&F

What We Cover

Fascias, soffits and bargeboards — high-level timber that is awkward to reach, so it gets left, so it fails.
Guttering and downpipes — cast iron and previously painted plastic, prepared with the right primer for the material.
Timber cladding and weatherboarding — including breathable finishes where the timber needs to move.
Windows, sills and sash joinery — prepared and painted so they still open afterwards.
Front doors — hand-finished, because a front door is looked at more closely than any other exterior surface.
Garden joinery, gates and fascia trim.
Render repair and masonry making good — cutting out cracks and blown areas ahead of coating.

For walls, render and full-elevation work, see our exterior painting service — the two are usually quoted together.

Rot, Repair and Honest Advice

The commonest failure we are called to is filler and paint applied over timber that had already started to rot. It looks solved for a season, then comes back worse, because the moisture was sealed in rather than removed.

We cut out soft timber back to sound material, treat it, and make good with an appropriate exterior repair system where the remaining section can carry it. Bare and newly exposed timber is knotted, primed and undercoated before any topcoat.

Where a fascia or sill is too far gone to repair honestly, we will say so. Painting it would be easier and would still get paid for — but you would be paying us again in two years, and that is not the relationship we want with customers who mostly come back to us.

Where We Provide Exterior Woodwork & Masonry

We cover London, Surrey and West Sussex. This work is often combined with a full exterior repaint, which is usually the cheaper way to do it. If your town isn't listed, it's still worth asking — we cover a wider radius than the pages below suggest.

Exterior Woodwork & Masonry — Common Questions

Do you repair rotten wood before painting?

Yes. Minor rot is cut back to sound timber, treated and made good with an exterior repair system. Where a section is too far gone to repair properly we will tell you it needs replacing rather than painting over it.

Can you paint guttering and downpipes?

Yes — cast iron and previously painted plastic both, using the right primer for the material. Bare uPVC is a different question and we will give you an honest view of how long it will last.

Will my windows still open afterwards?

Yes. Preparing and painting moving joinery so it does not seize is part of doing the job properly, and it is one of the more common complaints we get called in to put right.

Do you need scaffolding for fascias and soffits?

Sometimes. Many properties can be done from towers or ladders, but where safe access genuinely requires scaffold it is included in the itemised quote rather than added later.

Can this be done at the same time as an exterior repaint?

Yes, and it usually should be — the access is already up and the preparation overlaps, so combining them costs less than doing them in separate years.

Most customers combine this with: