EXTERIOR PAINTING · BLOOMINGTON, MN

Exterior Painting Bloomington MN Houses Need

Name: Durahome Painting Plus
Address: 504 Prior Ave N, Saint Paul, MN, 55104, US
Telephone: (612) 250 5396
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.8

★★★★★4.8 from 140+ Google Reviews

Exterior painting Bloomington homes need — starting with the steel window casings that make a 1962 house look tired long before the siding does.

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What does exterior painting cost in Bloomington?

Most Bloomington exteriors run $6,000 to $12,000 ($4,000–$7,000 for small single-story ramblers, $6,000–$9,000 for mid-size, $8,000–$12,000+ for larger west-side homes). What decides where you sit is usually the metalwork and the trim rather than the wall area — a house with twenty original steel-cased windows carries real preparation before a finish coat is opened.

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Steel and Aluminum Casings Age Before the Siding Does

Bloomington's residential building ran from the mid-1950s into the late 1970s, and nearly all of it came with painted steel or aluminum window casings, storm frames and door surrounds. Sixty years later they are the element that most makes a well-kept house read as dated — and the element most often coated over rather than prepared.

Metal fails differently from wood.

It does not rot or check; it oxidizes. What you see is chalking, a dull powdery surface, pinprick rust at the corners and along the sill line, and paint lifting in sheets rather than flaking.

It needs its own preparation sequence.

Any rust comes back to sound material, the surface is degreased — road film and oxidation both defeat adhesion — and a metal-appropriate primer goes on before the finish. Painting metal with the same primer used on siding is the single most common reason casings look poor again within two seasons.

Storms and screens come off.

Cutting around a storm frame leaves an unfinished edge that shows from inside as well as out, and the frames themselves usually need attention. Removing, treating and reinstalling them is part of the scope rather than an extra. The sill line takes the most. Snow sits against it, meltwater runs off it, and it is the first place rust starts on any casing in this city.

Street-level visual impact

Done properly, refinished casings change how a Bloomington house reads from the street more than any other single element — and it is a smaller line item than most owners expect.

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THE OTHER SURFACES

Where a 1950s to 1970s House Gives Up First

The bottom band of the siding.

Snow banks against a wall here for a third of the year, so the first three feet stay wet long after the rest has dried. It is where an under-prepared coating goes first, and where the wash and the caulk lines matter most.

The garage door surround.

On a rambler the attached garage is often a third of the street elevation, and its surround sits directly in the snow line.

The soffit and fascia at a lower roof plane.

Split-level rooflines shed onto or past a wall below them, keeping that band wetter than everything around it.

Original lap siding with sixty years of coating.

Usually sound underneath, and carrying enough film build that scraping back to a firm edge and feathering the transitions is genuinely decisive.

The entry surround.

Modest in area, and the surface every visitor stands directly in front of at eye level. Wood repair on this stock is generally light compared with the pre-war city housing — sills, fascia ends and the occasional corner board — and it is identified by hand at the walkthrough and priced there rather than discovered from a ladder.

ACROSS THE CITY

Exteriors Throughout Bloomington

Durahome works the whole city — the established east-side streets around Oak Grove and Penn Lake, the neighborhoods running toward the Minnesota River bluff, the Normandale and Nine Mile Creek areas, and the larger homes out west toward the Hyland reserve.

classic 1950s and 1960s ramblers and splits on mature streets: original siding, steel casings and prep-heavy projects where the value sits in what happens before the finish coat.

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classic 1950s and 1960s ramblers and splits on mature streets: original siding, steel casings and prep-heavy projects where the value sits in what happens before the finish coat.

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OUR COMMITMENT

Wherever your house sits on that spectrum, the estimate is written for the house rather than for the postcode.

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The Standard Behind the Number

Every elevation and element named, with the substrate against each — siding, trim, fascia, soffit, casings, storms, garage, entry.

What the estimate specifies

The preparation specified surface by surface. Products and coat counts. A start date, an expected finish, and the crew on site daily until it is done. The warranty term, and anything you have chosen to defer written down as excluded.

Our price commitment

What we quote is what you pay. If we misjudged the scope, we absorb it. Behind that sits a stable crew — around 90% of our painters stayed with the company last year — full general liability and workers' compensation, and a job that is not finished until you have walked it, with a 30-day touch-up window and a written warranty of two to five years depending on scope.

IN THEIR WORDS

What Homeowners Say

4.8 stars across 140+ Google reviews, earned over 2,500-plus projects since 2016.

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“Joe did a very good job of keeping us posted on the timing of the phases of our siding repair and house painting project. When there were delays, he explained why and gave updated estimates for completion. Jorge managed the workers well and ensured the work was completed according to agreed upon requirements. The work was completed in a timely manner with high quality and with good attention to detail. We would recommend Durahome to anyone needing siding and/or painting work done on their home.”

Jim Nieling

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★★★★★

“Honest and accountable. I really appreciated that Durahome Painting Plus took my feedback seriously and demonstrated a clear willingness to stand behind their work. Their responsiveness and follow-through showed that they genuinely value their customers’ experiences. Their paint crew was kind, respectful, and easy to have on my property.”

Tatiana Meisenheimer

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★★★★★

“Durahome did an outstanding job of the exterior of our house. From start to finish they always contacted us and provided excellent customer service. They were reasonably priced, and would highly recommend their services. The quality and service of the painting project was above and beyond our expectations. Looks like a brand new house. Thank you Durahome.”

Jacqueline Hed

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