Riviera Beach Waterfront Trim & Shutters Detail

Project Overview

Riviera Beach Waterfront Trim & Shutters Detail

Homes along the Riviera Beach waterfront face a punishing paint environment — salt air off the Chesapeake, summer humidity, and direct UV exposure that breaks down ordinary exterior paint twice as fast as it would inland. This homeowner had beautiful bones: cedar clapboard siding that had held up well, but trim and shutters that were badly weathered, with chalking paint, hairline cracks at the corners, and shutter louvers whose color had bleached beyond recognition.

We approached this project as a precision detail job rather than a blanket repaint. Every linear foot of trim was hand-scraped and sanded, then primed with a shellac-based primer to seal in any tannin bleed from the wood. Window surrounds and door casings received two coats of a semi-gloss alkyd finish — chosen specifically for its durability in coastal conditions. The shutters were removed, degreased, primed, and finished with two coats of a deep slate blue, then re-hung with all-stainless hardware to resist corrosion.

The contrast between the natural cedar body and the sharp new trim and slate shutters made the home look intentionally designed rather than just maintained. Down in Riviera Beach, where neighbors walk the shoreline and see your house from the water, details like this matter — and our crew delivered them with the care they deserved.