Interior painting in Daly City

Painting in Daly City's cool, foggy summers

The nearest NOAA normals station, San Francisco Oceanside, about 3.1 miles northwest of Daly City Hall, averages summer highs of only 62.1F and winter lows of 46.1F, and reaches 80F or more on about 5.4 days a year. The Draft EIR for the city's General Plan update notes a high incidence of cool, foggy summer weather. Paint and caulk dry slower in cool, damp air, and bathrooms that don't vent well peel first.

We give each coat the drying time the can calls for, longer when the fog sits in, and use a finish that can take moisture and a wipe in baths and kitchens. Patching, sanding, caulking and priming come before the first coat. Furniture gets moved and covered, and in a lived-in house we finish one room before opening the next.

Worth knowing about Daly City

• Coastal ocean upwelling and northwest winds give Daly City a high incidence of cool, foggy summer weather, and wind speeds run higher along the western coast.
• The Safety Element rates ground-shaking potential high because most of the city sits on weak to moderately consolidated, loose to firm sands.
• Westlake, one of western Daly City's oldest subdivisions, dates to the early 1950s; its single-family homes are generally split-level and detached, on lots of 3,000 square feet or larger.