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I have a deep bow, Pella Window (5′ x 8′) that is roofed with cedar shakes. It extends just a few inches beyond the overhang of the upper eaves of a Dutch Colonial-style cedar shake roof, with gutters.
The cedar shake roof covering the window does not have gutters. The bow window has two 45 degree anges.
Problem is: I can’t get paint to stay on the exterior window framing.
Additionally, the shakes drip dirty cedar onto the painted framing.
What is my solution? Gutters on the window? Re-roof with longer shakes?
Re-roof with asphalt shingles?
Is moisture from the cedar shakes the problem with the paint or do I have some other problem?
Please help me address this issue.
Thank-you.
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Have you primed the frame before painting? If the paint is flaking off, sounds like a moisture problem (probably from the runoff of the cedar???). I'd try scraping off all the old paint, prime the surface, & then paint when the weather is cool & dry. Another possibility: install aluminum caps over the frame....
*Moisture always causes problems with paint and you have plenty there but it is also true that cedar and redwood have extractives that disagree with many paints and require special primers. Your window is likely not made of either of these woods but the wash from the roof above could be a contributor.You definitely need to sand down to bare wood and have it DRY before priming and painting. That may involve a temp gutter and/or tent/tarp.I know a guy who has to paint eery year or two because he refuses to do proper prep work. He's a good paint brush driver but has a mental block about sanding or hard work so he has to keep doing it over and over and over and over and over and over.....
*sounds like bad flashing detail...<<Another possibility: install aluminum caps over the frame.... >>is there a drip edge under the shakes ?the water should normally shed OFF the bay.. it is not supposed to drip down..it also sounds like the water is actually getting onto the top of the trim and keeping the wood surface behind the paint wet.. nothing will keep the paint on if that is true...this is a water problem.. not a paint problem..b but hey, whadda i no ?
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I have a deep bow, Pella Window (5' x 8') that is roofed with cedar shakes. It extends just a few inches beyond the overhang of the upper eaves of a Dutch Colonial-style cedar shake roof, with gutters.
The cedar shake roof covering the window does not have gutters. The bow window has two 45 degree anges.
Problem is: I can't get paint to stay on the exterior window framing.
Additionally, the shakes drip dirty cedar onto the painted framing.
What is my solution? Gutters on the window? Re-roof with longer shakes?
Re-roof with asphalt shingles?
Is moisture from the cedar shakes the problem with the paint or do I have some other problem?
Please help me address this issue.
Thank-you.