Painting & Decorating

Exterior paint in rain/wet conditions

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 3.04 PM

Hi, We booked a Dulux decorator to paint our wooden windows, Georgian boxes and railings, garage doors etc last year. All the painters said we should wait till summer as the wood should be really dry before painting. Sole to my decorator as it's been raining constantly for 2 weeks now and he wants to start in a week, when the rain will just stop. He can't move us to later in the summer due to other jobs, I appreciate we'll never get 5-6 weeks of sunshine with no rain but surely painting the exterior now is a job that will not last. Is this right? Will the job last 4-5 years? He says it'll be covered by a 2 year guarantee but that's not a long time for exterior work. I'd expect it to last around 4-5 years. Any advice would be great as we must get this done this year, wood is starting to rot. Cheers!