Stuart is two different painting jobs wearing one zip code. The older streets near downtown carry real wood siding and fascia that need patient prep, and the newer neighborhoods are stucco over block. Both sit in salt air coming off the St. Lucie River all day. I'm Martin, the owner of Pineapple Cove Painting Company, and I prep each house for what it is actually made of, then put on two full coats of Sherwin-Williams rated for this coast.
The older homes around downtown Stuart and the historic neighborhoods are the ones where prep separates a repaint that lasts from one that peels by next summer. Wood siding, fascia, and soffits from that era hold decades of paint layers, and the failing ones have to come off. That means real scraping and sanding back to sound wood, priming every bare spot, and replacing tired caulk at the trim joints before any finish coat. I quote that prep honestly at the walk-through, because on these houses it is most of the job.
Then there is the river. Salt air off the St. Lucie works on every exterior in town, chalking cheap coatings and eating at anything left unsealed. It is exactly the condition Sherwin-Williams builds Emerald and Duration for, so those are the coatings I put on Stuart walls, in two full coats, every time.
Stuart's newer CBS neighborhoods paint more like the rest of the Treasure Coast: full pressure wash and mildew treatment, fresh caulk at seams and window perimeters, spot-prime, and two coats. Different house, same standard. Either way, the estimate you get after the free walk-through is exact and holds for 30 days.
Most exterior paint failures on this coast are prep failures. So the prep is the job. Here's what comes standard on every home, at every price.
Every exterior starts with a full wash so paint bonds to clean walls, not chalk and grime.
Peeling and flaking paint comes off down to a sound surface. New paint is only as good as what's under it.
Keeps Florida rain out of your walls, which matters more here than almost anywhere.
Bare spots get primed first so the finish coats grip evenly and cure to one uniform color.
Emerald or Duration, rated for coastal sun and salt air. Not a coat and a touch-up. Two coats, always.
Plants, roof lines, pool decks, and walkways get covered and masked before any paint moves.
The site gets picked up every evening, and the job isn't finished until we walk the exterior together and you're happy.
Every project is priced exactly at a free walk-through. What you choose on the quote is the paint system, and that decides how long the job lasts.
Sherwin-Williams SuperPaint. A proven coating and the honest budget choice. Same full prep and same two coats as every tier.
Sherwin-Williams Duration. The one most of my customers choose, because the extra years of protection usually make it the better value.
Sherwin-Williams Emerald. The top of the line, for when you want to paint the house once and not think about it for a long time.
What moves the price: overall size and wall area, one story or two, how much prep the surface needs, and the number of accent colors on shutters, doors, and trim. Your paint choice matters too. Every tier above gets the same prep and the same two coats, and I'll tell you plainly which one your walls actually need.
Every project is priced exactly after a free in-home walk-through, and your written estimate holds for 30 days. No pressure, no expiring "today only" number.
These are our projects, not stock photos. This is what the work actually looks like while it's happening.
Failing paint gets scraped and sanded back to sound wood, every bare spot gets primed, and the trim joints get fresh caulk before any finish coat. On Stuart's older homes that prep is most of the job, and I price it honestly at the free walk-through instead of surprising you later.
It does. Salt air off the St. Lucie chalks cheap coatings and works into anything left unsealed, which is why bargain repaints near the water look tired so fast. I use Sherwin-Williams Emerald and Duration, coatings rated for exactly this exposure, in two full coats on every Stuart exterior.
A single-story CBS home typically runs four to six working days. Older wood-sided homes can run longer because the scraping, sanding, and priming take the time they take. I give you the honest schedule at the walk-through and keep you posted every day.
This page covers exterior work in Stuart. Here is the rest of what I do here and nearby.
Wondering about budget first? Read the full guide to what it costs to paint a house on the Treasure Coast, book your free walk-through online, or head back to the homepage.
The walk-through is free. We look over the whole exterior together, wood, stucco, and all, and you get a written estimate that holds for 30 days.
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