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An increasing number of cases of poor maintenance of plastered and painted facades characterized by early and unexpected onset of defects and damage to the surface have been recently reported in Singapore. With large amounts of money being spent for such maintenance activities, a growing industry demand has been to provide for suitable quantitative tools to predict the onset and occurrence of defects and the ensuing damage to the external paint finish. The prediction of service life of the paint finish is the cornerstone of any such quantitative tool as it helps to establish the planning horizon over which the various costs that arise during the intended lifetime of the paintwork are incurred. This paper presents a comprehensive qualitative assessment of the factors that affect the service life of external paint finish on plastered facades of public housing in Singapore. Visual surveys of 1754 housing blocks around …