Brick & Masonry · Perth, WA
Specialist brick repainting and masonry coatings across Perth. We clean, prepare and coat brick with premium, breathable systems. Free quotes.
Brick & Masonry · Perth, WA
Brick Repainting & Masonry Coatings across Perth
A rendered look isn't the only way to modernise a Perth home. Repainting brickwork, or coating it with a proper masonry system, can transform a tired or dated exterior completely, and it protects the brick at the same time. Whether you want to freshen faded painted brick, change the colour of your home, or bring a bare brick exterior into this decade, brick repainting is one of the most cost-effective updates you can make.
At LA Painting & Decorating, brick and masonry have been a core part of our exterior work across Perth for 18 years. Perth is double-brick country, and we repaint and coat every kind of it, from smooth face brick to textured clinker and tumbled brick, on painted homes and bare, porous brickwork alike. We repaint painted brick homes, apply premium masonry coating systems, restore feature walls and carry out full exterior colour changes. Every job is prepared and coated with systems chosen for the surface and for Perth's climate, so the finish looks sharp and holds up for years rather than months.
Corrie WhittenPerth, WA“A wonderful family run business. Always booked up but worth the wait. Luke and Lauren run a tight knit business, built on passion, refined skills and customer satisfaction. Luke and the team made quick and seamless work of a full exterior and partial interior paint job at our home in Burns Beach. Done within 3 days with an exceptional eye for detail and pride in the quality of work produced, there was nothing we weren't happy with at the end of it. Not only were this team remarkable at their job, but they were also courteous of our family being in the home while working; they were respectful, polite and so easy going. If you need anything painted and want the best finish possible, book LA Painting, we can't recommend them enough!”
Brick and masonry aren't the same as a plasterboard wall or a timber fascia, and they can't be treated like one. Brick is porous, it moves, and it can carry moisture and salts out to the surface. Painting it well is as much about preparation and the right coating as it is about the colour, which is exactly where a specialist makes the difference. Done properly, painted brick is a durable, protective, low-maintenance finish. Done as a quick roller job over dirty brick, it peels within a season.
If your home mixes brick with rendered sections, we can bring the whole exterior together in one consistent finish: our render & texture restoration work covers the rendered walls, and this page covers the brick. For a straightforward repaint of an already-sound, coated exterior, our exterior painting service may be all you need. Not sure which applies? We'll tell you honestly before we quote.
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The preparation nobody sees is what makes a brick repaint hold. We clean, treat and prime masonry properly every time, because on a porous surface it's the only way a finish lasts.
As a Dulux Accredited Painter we specify the correct premium masonry coating for your brick and exposure, breathable, UV-stable and built for the surface, rather than whatever's cheapest on the shelf.
With 18 years coating and repainting brick homes across Perth, we know how local brickwork behaves, which systems perform, and what your particular exterior needs to look right and last.
Clean cut-ins, consistent coverage across textured brick and mortar lines, and a result that reads as one finish across the whole home, not just the easy walls.
You'll get a clear written quote, a realistic timeframe and honest advice, including whether your brick genuinely needs coating or whether a simpler repaint will do.
Fully licensed, insured and accredited, and focused on a finish that still looks sharp years down the track, backed by a workmanship warranty and a 4.9-star record.
Warning signs
Brick lets you know when it's due for attention, and catching it early keeps the job simple. Here's what tells you a brick home in Perth is ready for repainting or coating.
Painted or coated brick fades and chalks under Perth's UV over the years, going flat, patchy and powdery to the touch. Once the colour has washed out and the surface leaves residue on your hand, the coating has largely done its job and the exterior is ready for a refresh.
Sometimes the brick is perfectly sound but the colour is simply of its era, or a red or brown brick that no longer suits the street. Repainting or coating the brickwork is the quickest way to bring a dated home into a modern palette without touching the structure.
Where an old coating was applied over poorly prepared or damp brick, it lifts, blisters and flakes away, usually worst on the most exposed walls. Flaking has to be cleaned back to a sound surface and the cause addressed before recoating, or the new paint peels straight off with the old.
Brick holds dirt, pollution and green or black organic growth in its texture, and on a coated wall that keeps returning after a wash it's a sign the finish has broken down and gone porous. A fresh masonry system seals the surface so it stays cleaner for longer.
A powdery white bloom on brick or mortar is efflorescence, salts drawn out of the masonry by moisture. It's common on Perth brickwork, and it has to be treated and the moisture understood before coating, because painting straight over it traps the problem and pushes the coating off later.
West- and north-facing brick that cops the worst of the afternoon sun, and walls exposed to driving rain, weather faster than sheltered elevations. A tired, greyed-off, lifeless look across those walls is a clear sign the exterior is due for attention.
Often it's simply that the home looks tired from the street. Faded, dated or patchy brickwork drags down the whole appearance of an otherwise good house, and a well-chosen repaint is one of the highest-impact changes you can make to how it presents.
What we do
Whatever state your brickwork is in, and whatever look you're after, there's a service for it. Here's how we repaint and coat brick homes across Perth.
The core of what we do: repainting already-painted or previously coated brick homes back to a clean, even, modern finish. We prepare the surface properly, address any failed areas, and recoat the whole exterior so the brickwork looks fresh and is protected again. It's the most common brick job we take on, and the lift it gives a tired painted home is immediate.
For bare, porous or bagged brick, a premium masonry coating does far more than paint. These thicker, breathable systems are formulated to grip masonry, seal it against moisture and stand up to Perth's UV, giving a durable protective finish that ordinary exterior paint can't match on brick. On a bare or bagged home it's the difference between a finish that grips and lasts and one that flakes off within a couple of seasons.
Where painted brick has faded, chalked or started to fail, we restore it rather than replace it. The surface is cleaned back, treated and recoated with the right system, bringing tired painted brickwork back to life and re-protecting the wall underneath. It costs a fraction of stripping the brick or re-cladding, and the result reads as a fresh repaint rather than a patch-up.
Feature brickwork, whether an entry, a fireplace surround or an internal accent wall, can be repainted or coated to suit a new scheme. We get clean, sharp results on feature walls, where the texture and mortar lines make preparation and cutting-in matter most. It's a quick, high-impact way to update a single wall without redoing the whole room or exterior.
Changing the colour of a brick home is one of the most dramatic updates available, and it's what most of our brick clients are after. We help you choose a colour that suits the house and the street, then coat the full exterior to a consistent, even finish. A deep charcoal, a soft white or a warm grey over old red brick can make a home look completely rebuilt from the kerb.
Beyond colour, the right system seals and protects the masonry against water, salt and UV for the long term. We specify and apply protective coatings matched to brick and to Perth's conditions, so the finish is doing a real job long after it goes on. On exposed and coastal homes especially, that protection is what keeps the brick sound and the colour holding for years.
Preparation
On brick and masonry the preparation decides everything. A coating is only ever as good as the surface under it, and porous, contaminated or damp brick is unforgiving of shortcuts. Here's what a proper job involves before any colour goes on.
Brick holds years of dirt, dust, salt and organic growth deep in its texture. We pressure clean the whole surface back to sound, clean masonry, because a coating applied over a dirty wall simply won't bond and will fail early.
Old flaking coating, chalk, mould and any loose material are removed so the new system has a stable base to grip. Anything left behind becomes the weak point the coating lets go from.
Where salts have bloomed out of the brick, we treat them and address the moisture behind them before coating. Painting over efflorescence traps it, and it pushes the coating off from behind, so it has to be dealt with first.
Cracked mortar, damaged brick and gaps around windows and eaves are made good before painting. Sealing these keeps water out of the wall and gives a neat, continuous surface for the coating.
Porous and repaired masonry is primed and sealed with the correct masonry primer so the topcoat goes on evenly and adheres properly. On thirsty brick the right primer is what stops uneven suction and patchy, short-lived finishes.
Every one of these steps exists for one reason: adhesion. Get the surface clean, sound, dry and primed, and a quality masonry coating bonds and lasts for years. Skip it, and even the best paint peels. Preparation is where the longevity of a brick repaint is won.
How we do it
A lasting brick finish is a sequence, not a coat of paint. Every brick home we coat follows the same seven stages, from the first inspection to the final walkthrough.
We inspect the whole exterior, identify the type and condition of the brickwork, check for any coating failure, efflorescence or damage, and work out exactly what your home needs before we quote.
We assess how porous and sound the surface is and, where needed, test how an existing coating is adhering. This tells us which preparation and which masonry system the brick actually requires.
The full surface is pressure cleaned to strip dirt, salt, chalk, mould and any loose coating. This is the stage that most decides whether a brick repaint lasts, so it's never rushed.
Failed coating is removed, efflorescence and salts are treated, and cracked mortar, damaged brick and gaps are made good, so the wall is sound, continuous and ready to coat.
Porous and repaired areas are primed with the correct masonry primer to even out suction and lock the surface down, giving the topcoat a stable, uniform base to bond to.
We apply the chosen masonry coating system in the correct number of coats, at the right spread rate, for full, even colour and a protective film built to last in Perth's conditions.
We walk the finished exterior with you, check the coverage and consistency, tidy the site, and make sure you're happy, because the job isn't done until the whole home reads as one clean, even finish.
The coating
Brick and masonry need to let trapped moisture escape. A breathable masonry coating lets the wall dry out rather than sealing dampness in behind the film, which is what causes blistering and peeling. On brick it's the first thing we consider, and a key reason a masonry system beats a standard exterior paint here.
The coating has to hold up to Perth's UV without chalking or fading. We specify systems with UV-stable pigments and binders, which is what keeps the colour true for years instead of washing out in a couple of summers.
A quality masonry coating sheds rain and manages moisture at the surface, keeping water and salt out of the brick and the wall behind it. That protection is the real job of the coating, well beyond the colour it gives.
Masonry systems are formulated to grip a textured, porous surface and flex with the wall through heat and cold. That's why they hold their integrity on brick long after a thin coat of ordinary paint would have started to break down.
Nobody wants a repaint that's faded again in two summers. Premium masonry coatings hold their colour far longer, which matters most on the darker, richer colours popular now, which tend to fade fastest.
This is the difference that catches people out: standard exterior paint and a proper masonry coating aren't the same product. On brick, the coating's thickness, breathability and grip are what deliver a finish that lasts, and choosing the right one for your surface is a core part of what we do.
Questions
Yes. Brick can be painted or, better still, coated with a masonry system, as long as it's properly cleaned, prepared and primed first. Because brick is porous and can carry moisture and salts, preparation matters more than on most surfaces, but done correctly a coated brick exterior is a durable, protective, low-maintenance finish.
For most homeowners wanting to modernise or protect a tired brick exterior, yes. It transforms the look, seals and protects the masonry, and is far cheaper than rendering or rebuilding. The main thing to know is that it's a commitment, since coated brick is then maintained by recoating rather than stripping, which is exactly why doing it properly the first time matters.
A brick exterior coated with a premium masonry system, over properly prepared brick, will typically look good and stay protected for many years, often ten or more depending on the exposure and product. Cheap paint over poor preparation is what fails early. Preparation and the right coating decide it far more than the colour.
Yes. Faded, chalking or flaking painted brick can be cleaned back, treated and recoated rather than replaced. We restore tired painted brickwork regularly across Perth, bringing back the colour and re-protecting the wall in one go.
A premium, breathable masonry coating system made for the surface, rather than a standard exterior wall paint. Breathability, UV-stable pigments and good adhesion to porous masonry are what matter in Perth's climate. As a Dulux Accredited Painter we specify the right system for your brick and exposure.
Porous and repaired brick does need priming and sealing first, so the coating goes on evenly and adheres properly rather than being drunk into the surface unevenly. The correct masonry primer is a key part of a lasting brick repaint.
Yes, and it's one of the most popular reasons people repaint brick. We coat the whole exterior in your chosen colour for a clean, even, modern finish, and we're happy to help you pick a colour that suits the house and the street.
Much less than you might think. A quality masonry coating seals the surface so it holds less dirt and needs little more than an occasional wash. Down the track it's refreshed by recoating, and choosing a durable system now is what keeps that interval long.
Quality ones are, and it's important. A breathable coating lets moisture escape the brick rather than trapping it behind the film, which is what causes blistering and peeling. Breathability is one of the first things we consider when specifying a system for brick.
Masonry coatings are thicker, more flexible and formulated to grip and breathe on porous masonry, where a standard exterior paint is designed for smoother, less demanding surfaces. On brick, that difference is what separates a finish that lasts a decade from one that flakes in a season.
Most brick homes take a few days, depending on the size, the condition of the surface and the weather. Cleaning and preparation take the time they take, and we won't rush the parts that decide how long the finish lasts. You'll get a realistic timeframe with your quote.
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