Giving your house a fresh coat of paint? What you need to know

Kya de Longchamps has advice on giving your house a fresh coat for spring.

PAINTING your house’s exterior is a fast, deeply satisfying way to smarten it up for spring, but it doesn’t end there. The business of putting on those new coats, gives us a chance to assess the condition of the entire envelope along the way — vital for weather and damp protection and to keep those pricey kWs of heat inside.