The Residents’ Society arranges for the outside of every house and garage to be painted on a regular schedule.
The Society keeps a small amount of paint for residents to use on repairs. Please contact the Committee if you need it.
Paint types and colours
- Black weatherboards: Black Solignum Architectural Woodstain. Do not use ordinary paint!
- Black vertical-slat gates: Originally Black Solignum Architectural Woodstain, though some have been painted with different paint systems. Check carefully.
- White exterior woodwork: Brilliant white gloss.
- Green exterior woodwork: Gloss, mixed to BS4800 colour 12 B 21. Note that there is no direct equivalent in the RAL colour system, but RAL Design 110 60 20 should be very close. Get a sample to test before ordering a lot!
This diagram shows several different versions of the original BS4800 colour from various online sources, plus a near match from the RAL Design set. There is no good match in the basic or extended RAL set. Be wary of on-screen colours: they are created by a different process from paint colours and may not come out the same in reality.
New painting strategy
Originally the whole estate was re-painted every 3 years, but with improving paint technology that was extended to 4 years around the year 2000.
From 2019 onwards the Committee proposes to move to a longer painting cycle. This will require a greater initial investment to prepare the surfaces and apply a new type of paint, but should allow us to delay re-painting most items for at least 8 years. The longer cycle means that we can afford better preparation and a neater job each time, and should also save money in the long term.