Exterior trim painting Miami homeowners ask about is usually one problem in disguise: the fascia and soffits give up long before the walls do. Florida Painting Company repaints fascia, soffits, window and door casings, shutters, columns and gable trim across Miami-Dade, either as a stand-alone trim job or folded into a full exterior house painting project. Same licensed crew (License #17BS00019), same prep, smaller scope.

Signs Your Trim Is Failing

Cutting in fascia and porch trim by hand on a Miami-Dade job. Brush work on fascia and casings, spray and back-brush on soffits.

• Black mildew lines along the underside of the eaves and around soffit vents.
• Paint lifting at fascia board joints and mitered corners.
• Chalk on your hand after wiping the trim.
• Rust bleeding from nail heads on aluminum fascia wrap.
• Wood that gives under a screwdriver at corners and drip edges.
• Caulk split away from the stucco at window casings.

On west-facing eaves in Kendall and Westchester the fascia takes the 4 pm sun straight on; that is where the paint lets go first, so that is where we start every walk-through. Most fascia painting Miami calls we take begin with the second or third item on that list.

What We Do on a Trim Job

1. Pressure wash the trim and let it dry fully; damp fascia is why so many Miami trim jobs peel within a year.
2. Scrape and sand failing paint back to a sound edge, then feather the transitions.
3. Probe every board for rot. Soft wood gets flagged for replacement before paint, never buried under it.
4. Spot-prime bare wood with an exterior alkyd primer and bare aluminum with a bonding primer.
5. Re-caulk joints and casings with a paintable urethane or elastomeric caulk.
6. Two coats of 100 percent acrylic exterior enamel, satin or semi-gloss, brushed on fascia and casings, sprayed and back-brushed on soffits.

Trim color is where most of the curb appeal lives, and it is the part of exterior trim painting Miami HOAs watch most closely. If you are changing it, the HOA and city rules section of our Miami paint colors guide covers what needs approval before we open a can.

Two Miami Rules That Change a Trim Job

In Coral Gables, the Board of Architects has to approve almost any exterior color change, trim included, even repainting the same color, and approval typically runs three to four weeks. And if your home was built before 1978, tell us: the EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting rule applies once more than 20 square feet of exterior paint is disturbed, which changes how we scrape and contain the prep.

Before You Call

Exterior trim painting Miami quotes go faster with a little prep on your end. Have two photos of the worst spots, the year the house was built, your HOA or city, and whether you want shutters and doors included in the quote. If the stucco body needs paint as well, our stucco painting cost guide shows what a full exterior runs so you can decide whether to bundle.

That is exterior trim painting Miami homeowners can count on: fascia, soffits, casings and shutters prepped right and painted to last. Request a free written estimate or call the number below and Sebastian will set up a trim inspection anywhere in Miami-Dade.