How Often Should You Paint Your Walls if You Live in Granville, Ohio?

People in Granville, Ohio, contact Blue Tape Painting LLC to ask our professional opinion on how often interior painting should be done. The question is, how often does a homeowner need to paint to keep things looking fresh and vibrant?

Some General ‘Rules’

Generally speaking, the average wall of an Ohio home gets repainted every three to seven years. That’s in line with what manufacturers recommend. Some people like to paint more often, just because they want to. There’s nothing wrong with that!

Another factor for painting sooner than later depends on lifestyle factors, such as the amount of traffic in the room, daily activities that can affect the walls and more. To get a grip on how long wall paint lasts, consider these options:

Paint Quality & Prep

The look of wall paint is influenced by paint quality and the technique used to apply the paint. Preparation factors, such as using a primer and pre-sanding the surface will stave off chipping, peeling, or cracking of paint. Skipping these two steps most likely means you will have to repaint sooner.

Room Condition/Environment

This includes things like the shape of the walls, the amount of sunlight it receives, humidity levels and more. Determining the condition of the current paint is also a consideration of condition. Is the paint mostly intact (not chipping or peeling) and are the colors still vibrant?

Traffic

Some rooms in Granville, Ohio, homes endure a lot of traffic and activity while others are less used and more quiet. High-foot-traffic rooms are more subject to wear and tear. Good examples are a children’s playroom or a hallway that everyone passes through many times per day.

Room Functions

Now let’s look at the types of rooms in homes, starting with:

Bedrooms

The paint in adult bedrooms tends to have greater longevity than children’s rooms. Adult bedrooms tend to be painted every five to seven years on average. As we know, kids tend to be harder on their walls. They may draw on them, get sticky fingerprints on them, damage them with rambunctious play or spill things on them. Children’s rooms are most often repainted every three to five years.

Living Rooms & Dining Rooms

Living rooms tend to be painted less often although, again, much depends on the level of traffic and activity in the living room. The general rule is to repaint them every five to seven years. Dining rooms are about the same as living rooms in terms of repainting frequency.

Hallways & Stairways

These areas naturally experience much greater volumes of foot traffic than most other areas of a home’s interior. There’s more walking, hand-touching, pet interaction, spills, possible effects from outside weather conditions when doors are opened and more. That’s why hallways and stair walls are repainted every two years on average.

Can You Paint Too Often?

The answer is no. Walls can be repainted as often as anyone decides to do so. If good prep work is done, such as sanding and priming, Granville, Ohio, residents can hire the professionals of Blue Tape Painting LLC to repaint just for the sake of “making a change” whenever the mood strikes.