House and Villa Painters in Wichit

Wichit is the big family-housing belt south of Phuket Town

Wichit lies between Phuket Town and Chalong. Chao Fa East Road and Chao Fa West Road run through the sub-district side by side from north to south, and the cluster of large shopping centres at the bypass road junction is a landmark every Phuket resident knows. The lanes that branch off those two roads hold a great many housing estates, from two-storey townhouses to detached houses with gardens. Painters in Wichit therefore spend most of their time on family homes, unlike the beach zones in the list of areas where we paint across Phuket island, where rental villas and hotels dominate.

Estate houses in Wichit that were built around the same time tend to share a design and the same materials: rendered brick walls, a gabled or hipped roof of concrete tiles, a fence of masonry and steel, and a carport at the front. After years of sun and rain the whole lane develops the same faults. West-facing walls fade, roofs turn dull with black staining, and interior walls show the marks of daily life.

Why do Wichit tile roofs fade so fast, and when can they be repainted?

A roof takes direct sun all day, so the coating on concrete tiles fades before the walls do. Monsoon rain keeps the tile surface wet for long periods, and algae and black deposits settle in the channels of the tile profile, above all on the side shaded by trees. Houses at the foot of the hills west of Chao Fa West Road, where the air is damper and shadier, show staining sooner than houses out on the flat.

Roof painting suits tiles that are still sound but have lost their colour. The usual steps are a pressure wash to remove the deposits, full drying, a primer made for roofs and then top coats formulated for roof use. The work needs clear skies, so painters generally recommend the dry season, roughly November to April. Work on a roof counts as work at height and appears as its own line in the quotation. Details are on the roof painting service page.

Broken or missing tiles, or water reaching the ceiling, are not a painter's job. Phuket Pro Painters does not take on waterproofing or leak repair; a roofer needs to finish those repairs first.

How is an occupied house painted inside with the least disruption?

Most homes in Wichit are lived in full time, often with children, older relatives or pets. Interior painting is therefore sequenced by room. A bedroom whose occupant can sleep elsewhere for a night or two goes first, and the living room and kitchen follow. The painters use water-based interior paint, which has a milder smell than solvent-based products, and keep the windows open while each coat dries. During long wet spells the humid air slows drying, and the gap between coats is extended as the paint manufacturer states on the label.

A Wichit townhouse usually has a stairwell wall that rises two full storeys. That wall needs a small indoor scaffold or an extension ladder, and is worth pointing out to the painter at the survey. Scope and room-by-room paint choices are covered under interior painting for houses and rooms.

How do estate rules and lane conditions in Wichit affect a painting job?

Wichit is largely flat. A pickup carrying scaffolding can reach the front of the house in nearly every lane, which makes Wichit an easy zone to work in compared with the hills.

Shop buildings and the Wichit coastline

Both Chao Fa roads are lined with shophouses, restaurants, clinics and offices. Their front walls take more dust and soot from the road than houses inside the lanes. Owners of those properties can read our approach to painting commercial buildings and offices. The eastern shore of Wichit runs down Sakdidet Road to the tip of a peninsula, where salt air is far harsher than in the estate lanes. That stretch has its own page: painting work in Cape Panwa and Ao Makham.

Booking a painter to look at a house in Wichit

Phuket Pro Painters sends painters to survey and measure homes in Wichit without charge. A written quotation, including the workmanship warranty terms, follows before work starts, every time. Owners who want the whole property done, inside, outside and roof, will find the overview under complete house painting. Further south the housing changes to detached homes and pool villas, described on the page about house painters in Chalong.