Painting in McKinney, TX

Older wood-sided homes near the downtown square typically have multiple layers of paint built up over decades. That buildup needs to be scraped and sanded down to a stable surface before new paint is applied. Skipping that step causes the new coat to fail at the same rate as the old layers beneath it, regardless of paint quality.

Yes. Stucco and stone exteriors on newer McKinney homes develop fine cracks at corners, trim transitions, and around window frames as the structure settles. Those cracks need to be filled and primed before painting. A new home that skips this step will show those cracks through the paint finish within a year or two.

McKinney sits on expansive clay soil that swells with rain and shrinks in dry heat. That soil movement shifts the foundation slightly, and those shifts show up as cracks around door frames, at ceiling corners, and along drywall seams. Patching and feathering those areas before painting is the correct fix, not painting over them.

Yes. Wood trim on homes built in the early to mid-1900s near McKinney's downtown can rot, split, or lose its profile from decades of weather exposure. We remove the damaged sections, install new trim matched to the existing profile, and paint the new and existing trim together so the finished result looks consistent throughout.