With your home painting project you first need to work around the house before you can work on the house. So that nothing gets damaged, you need to protect surrounding landscape plantings, air conditioning units, BBQ grills and the like from cleaning agents, paint chips, paint splatters and other debris.
- Turn off power to the air conditioner condensing unit.
- Turn off gas to the BBQ grill and other appliances.
- Using canvas drop cloths cover the exterior appliances, foundation plantings and other delicate plants that could be damaged. Don't use plastic tarps since they do not breathe like canvas and the plantings will swelter under the plastic sheets.
- You may want to tie a cord around tall bushes near the house and pull the bush away from the home and stake it in the ground so the bush does not interfere with painting.
Once this is done, it's a good time to remove things affixed to the home.
- Remove light fixtures, mailbox, shutters, decorations, etc.
- Patch, repair and paint shutters and any other items. You'll replace these once the painting of the house body is complete.
