<<<<Paint compare>>>>

NPA is pleased to launch its new paint comparison website www.paintcompare.co.uk (in beta mode), where you can browse thousands of top name paints and the best branded painting related items, at rock bottom prices!

Easy, simple, value for money paint.

Now you, the NPA site user, has access to a multitude of the best paints money can buy at the lowest prices! If you are looking for any type of paint whatsoever, from tester pots, spray cans, non drip solid paint blocks, right up to large trade size paint tubs and cans, paintcompare searches thousands of products with just one click, enabling to find EXACTLY what you want, at the price that YOU want to pay! Quite simply the easiest way to COMPARE PAINTS of all types.

1,000’s OF PRODUCTS AT THE CHEAPEST PRICES!

NPA has really pushed the boat out this time with their new paint comparison website, “NPA PAINT COMPARE”! Browse literally thousands of lines of paint with just ONE CLICK and easily sort and match to the price and colour you want! Its that easy!

So exactly what types of paint does “paint compare” sell and from whom?

We’ve teamed up as an affiliate supplier with some of the UK’s top paint and DIY suppliers, with the BIGGEST names, such as Wickes, B&Q, Godfrey DIY, Tooled up, Focus DIY and many more, to bring you the BIGGEST range and the BEST quality paints at ROCK BOTTOM prices!

We’ve got all types of paint for you: Emulsion paints, Gloss paints from the top names in DIY, Aerosol spray paint, enamel paint, varnish, paint stripper, thinners, overalls, dust sheets,  in fact THE LOT!

And if you are planning to do some painting and decorating yourself, but dont want to commit to buying a large quantity of paint until you see what a certain colour would look like then no problem, why not purchase a PAINT COLOUR TESTER POT from the comfort of your own home and have it delivered the NEXT DAY!

No matter what paint you are searching for online, Paint Compare will have what you are looking for! So dont delay. compare paint today!

Visit NPA Paint compare today and save money on painting and decorating items.

A site user writes…………

Hello,

I have a quick question regarding your wall coating.  What is the process for re-applying the protective wall coating after 25 years?  Does it need to be stripped and re-applied, or can a new coating be simply laid over the old?

Hi, thank you ever so much for your email, it’s always nice to hear from users of the website who talk with such enthusiasm about their houses.

It is very difficult for me to comment on a coating on a certain house as each job presents its own challenges and each house is different (one reason why exterior wall coating companies such as ours rarely have an “average” price list as no two houses are ever the same), however one thing is for sure, i am pleased to hear that you had a coating that has lasted for 25 years.

If I may, i would like to post this question on our blog to encourage other users to read and respond, although it would be posted anonymously, if that is ok with you?

In some cases, when the installation of the coating was conducted in a textbook fashion in perfect weather conditions with excellent quality coating materials and using a Graco president airless spray machine connected to a twin or single tool diesel compressor, then yes there is no reason why it cannot last for 25 years, in fact I myself have surveyed houses that have had a textured coating over 35 years ago (!), however admittedly it was waaaaaay past its sell by date, but (most of) the all coating was actually still on the house.

In that case, usually the best method is total removal and start again from scratch. This can sometimes mean the removal of the render, Tyrolean or pebbledash wall coating underneath the exterior wall coating also.

Basically in that case, the best way is to start from scratch and do the whole job again.

In some cases though, the coating and the wall surface underneath can be in such good order that, once satisfied the wall and coating are sound, the resins and solvents from the initial primer coat (sometimes called “slush coat”) that is introduced to the wall prior to spraying the top coating, will soften and bind the existing wall coating to the new coating being added, and the exterior wall coating surface will continue to perform for hopefully the next 25 years.

Removal is often the best way, but not necessary 100% of the time and again, the coating has to be analysed and the house has to be surveyed before a definitive answer can be given on your question, so please accept my apologies for this answer being somewhat generalised but I hope that you can understand why!

I hope this information helps you and I will email you any suggestions that other website users put forward, for your consideration.

Kind regards

Guy Alexander Bell. Bsc.(hons)
Surveyor
www.neverpaintagain.co.uk

<<<<A house in Plymouth, Devon, UK>>>>

Whilst a lot of people choose to give us brief instructions as to what they want doing to their house, from time to time we enjoy a nice chat with someone who has experienced getting quotes from other companies to have their house painted and here is one of them!

A site user writes………

Hello, hows it going? I saw you on the internet after seeing one of your teams working on a house here in Plymouth and I see you have an office here, so can you contact me for one of your free quotes please if you dont mind as i want what they had on my house please!

I’ll tell you a bit about it. it is prob late Victorian, has damp, mainly at the rear and lots of cracks that someone at some stage has put a load of gunk in it to seal the crack but its obvious looking at it, it needs far more repairs done and some more cracks have appeared to the front and the side after the winter we had, which was very cold.

I have had 3 quotes so far but i am to be honest not interested in any as the salesman from these companies ( guess you wont be able to print who they are yes?!?),

anyway, the 1st fella was about 18 years old (!), was selling some sort of coating that that trowel on and roll into a pattern and looked awful but he tried, badly, to convince us it would look grate on our Victorian house! By that time we knew he was a fool and showed him the door. Grate indeed, it is a bit like suggesting buying a vintage 1920s rolls Royce and shoving alloy wheels and a sports exhaust on it as some fool says it would look “nice”, where do some of these wallcoating firm,s get their staff from!? (sorry guys, i dont mean you!)

…..and anyway he read a script and we couldn’t wait for him to leave, and then the other 2 turned up in flash cars, the 1st one seemed in a hurry to leave, even before he gave us the stupid price he did, and the last one we had around was a fairly nice chap dont get me wrong, but the price he quoted was absolutely astronomical and he didnt have any houses already painted in Plymouth o show us which put us off a bit!

I have heard grate things about NPA, especially as I know my mate had you guys do his house in Glenholt and he was well chuffed with it, plus he said you have display houses we can see in Plymouth so i would like to see  a few also.

Now I am sure you know, being from Plymouth yourself (!), that people generally dont have a lot of dough down here and as we only bought the house last year, it skinted us, so I would be very keen to get a quote s can you send someone around to see my house as i am very keen to get the cheapest price you can to have my house painted, thanks in Anticipation from John, Plymouth.

THANKS JOHN AND THANKS FOR GIVING US PERMISSION TO POST YOUR EMAIL, I HOPE IT HELPS OTHERS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A PRICE FOR WORK TO THEIR HOUSE.

EDITORS NOTE: We never print peoples details unless they give us permission. We will update this post at a later stage if “john” decides to go ahead with us………….

Hello again! Well, the NPA blog is back after a long absence and What an absence its been!!!!!!!!

Please bear with us whilst we update and tidy up the blog and we’ll back on track very soon! Please remember, we are open all thru the Christmas and new year period!!!!!!

Stay tuned for some exciting changes happening to NPA over the coming year in 2010 including a new paint comparison website where we plan to massively increase the range and scope of products and services available to you so stay tuned!