(For Painting)

Usually a house does not get painted during the best possible time of year for painting. Where the humidity changes from season to season you would do best if you could paint in comfortable temperatures and low humidity. For an example: the North Eastern United States tends to have some very nice painting weather during the fall when the high temperatures may be in the 60s and 70s F, and the humidity is lower than in the summer. The lower humidity allows the wood to dry more thoroughly and it also prevents new seasoned wood from absorbing to much moisture. Of course these nice weather conditions do not last long and if there happens to be frequent rain spells around this period of time the wood may not have time to thoroughly dry between rain storms. Getting a coat of primer on bare wood while the moisture content of the wood is low may be a critical factor of a long lasting paint job, as excessive moisture in the wood will eventually make its way to the exterior air and can loosen some of the primer in the process, thus; pealing paint.