Exterior painting in Burlingame

Shingles, siding and stucco on Burlingame's older homes

Burlingame's General Plan says the city's 1910s and 1920s Craftsman and vernacular homes were typically built of wood shingles, wood siding, stucco or a combination of these. Each takes its own prep: shingles and siding need loose paint scraped and bare wood primed, stucco needs cracks filled, and the line where two materials meet needs fresh caulk.

Almost 30% of Burlingame's housing units date to 1939 or earlier, so most exteriors here have old paint under the new. On homes built before 1978, federal lead rules apply to paid scraping and sanding, which is why we ask the build year first. Burlingame needs no permit for painting.

Worth knowing about Burlingame

• The General Plan says Burlingame's 1910s and 1920s Craftsman and vernacular homes were typically built of wood shingles, wood siding, stucco, or a combination of these.
• The eastern part of Burlingame sits in a very high liquefaction zone on young alluvial soils prone to settlement, which the City's EIR links to cracked walls and foundations.
• Burlingame's General Plan describes older neighborhoods full of 1910s and 1920s Craftsman and vernacular homes, 1920s Tudors and Mediterraneans, and postwar ranch and Eichler homes mainly at the north end.