Georgia
Along the Chattahoochee, river humidity stacks on top of long Georgia heat, and shaded lots under mature hardwoods stay damp enough to grow mildew on a north wall. That is hard on the city's older exteriors. The antebellum and early twentieth century frame houses of Wynnton, Dinglewood and the Weracoba-St. Elmo blocks around Lakebottom rely on painted wood that swells and moves with the moisture. Green Island Hills and Cherokee Heights bring Georgian, Tudor and Spanish Revival elevations where stucco and painted brick fail along mortar joints. The old mill housing in Bibb City and Rose Hill was built plain and has been repainted many times since. What Rhino Shield changes is the amount of material on the wall: a ceramic coating built to 10 to 12 mils at minimum, where the film a brush leaves is eight to ten times thinner. It grips the surface and gives with it rather than blistering off, and the 25-year warranty travels with the property rather than the owner.