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Exterior restoration + wood repair

Bungalow Restoration: Rotted Wood Out, Fresh Paint On

Daltonn’s Painting & Handyman Services restored the exterior of this Terrell bungalow. Rotted bottom boards and rotted wood around the windows were replaced, an old window patch was rebuilt with solid pieces so it no longer shows, and the whole house was brought into one green-and-cream color scheme. The covered porch deck was sanded and finished with Sherwin-Williams Forté.

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Finished green bungalow with cream trim and a Daltonn’s yard sign in the front yard — Finished

HomeBungalowProjectWood repair + full exterior repaintPorch deckSherwin-Williams FortéProofVideo walkthrough + photos

Watch the walkthrough · 1:18

See the job from day one to the finished house.

Real footage from this job: Daltonn showing what needed to be fixed, the repairs in progress, and the finished house.

Finished project

Green and cream, front to back.

The finished home now has new wood where the rot was, no visible window patch, a refinished porch deck, and one green-and-cream color scheme from the front porch to the back addition.

Finished front corner of the green bungalow with cream trim, porch, and windows — Front corner and porch

Finished front and side of the bungalow viewed from the driveway — Front and side, one color scheme

Finished green side wall with cream trim bands — Side wall and trim bands

Finished green siding and cream trim at an exterior corner — Siding, trim, and downspout

How it got here

Same wall. Day one, the repair, and the finish.

01

Rotted bottom boards

“So we’re going to remove all these bottom boards… A lot of rot around these windows is getting replaced.”
Daltonn, on the walkthrough

The lowest boards had rotted along the side of the house. They came off, new boards went on, and the wall was prepped and painted with the rest of the house.

Original bottom boards at the meter corner before replacement — Day oneOriginal bottom boards

Bottom boards removed along the side of the house during repairs — RepairRotted boards removed

Finished meter corner with new bottom boards and fresh paint — FinishedNew boards, fresh paint

02

The old window patch

“It used to be a bigger window and they patched it in… We’re gonna put solid pieces so that way you can’t tell it was a patch.”
Daltonn, on the walkthrough

The wall below this window had been patched in where a larger window used to be. The patch boards came out, the wall was opened up, and solid pieces went back in so the patch no longer shows.

Patched-in section below a window where a larger window used to be — Day onePatched-in boards below the window

Wall opened below the window with the old patch boards removed and the framing exposed — RepairPatch removed, wall opened

Finished wall below the window where the old patch was rebuilt with solid pieces — FinishedSolid pieces, no visible patch

03

The porch deck

The covered porch deck was sanded and refinished with Sherwin-Williams Forté.

Worn covered porch deck before sanding and refinishing — Day oneWorn porch deck

Finished covered porch deck after sanding and Sherwin-Williams Forté — FinishedSanded, Sherwin-Williams Forté

Work completed

The repairs came first. Then the paint.

“Back here was an addition that was just done. So we’re going to be using these colors… and continuing the whole house with it.”
Daltonn, on the walkthrough

Removed and replaced the rotted bottom boards
Replaced rotted wood around the windows
Removed an old window patch and installed solid pieces so it no longer shows
Pressure washed, scraped, and sanded before painting
Carried the back addition’s green-and-cream color scheme across the whole house
Sanded the covered porch deck and finished it with Sherwin-Williams Forté

The bungalow’s worn white side wall before the restoration began — Day one · the original white siding

Daltonn and the customer holding a Daltonn’s yard sign in front of the finished bungalow

Start to finish

Daltonn and his crew did the work.

The rotted boards, the window patch, the scraping and sanding, the paint, and the porch deck were all done by Daltonn and his crew. Daltonn was on this job from the first walkthrough to the final photo with the homeowner.

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