Exterior paint
Paint

Paint the outside of a house

PRO STEP
Siding, trim, doors and shutters: gallons, primer, caulk and ladders, with lead-safe rules for older homes.
0 of 18 answers are yours. The rest are typical defaults — check each one.
House length
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Outside wall to outside wall, the long side.
ft
in
House width
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The other way (the gable ends, if it has them).
ft
in
Or the floor area
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Living space on every floor, if that’s what you know; we work out the walls from it. Leave 0 to use the length and width.
sq ft
Stories
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Wall height
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From the ground to the eaves.
Gable ends
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Triangle walls under a roof peak: 2 on a plain gable roof, 0 on a hip roof.
2
Roof pitch at the gables
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Siding
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The paint now
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What are you painting?
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Windows
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12
Exterior doors
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2
Garage door to paint
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Pairs of shutters
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0
Soffit depth
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Coats
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How you’ll apply it
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When was the house built?
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Older paint may hold lead: before 1978 in the US, before 1990 in Canada.
Common sizes
1,500 sq ft
2,000 sq ft
2,500 sq ft
3,000 sq ft
Paint 3 × 5-gal + 4 gal + 3 qt
Siding 2274 sq ft