FAÇADE SERVICES · STUCCO
Stucco repair, re-coating and new installation
We find the hollow plaster and the water getting behind it, and fix both, so the new stucco stays bonded to the wall.
Stucco is a cement plaster applied in coats over masonry or metal lath. Water gets in behind it through cracks, open edges and unsealed joints, and over time the plaster lets go of the wall. Banu sounds the wall to map the hollow areas and cuts back to sound edges. Once the water path is closed, we patch or re-coat with plaster matched to the original. On new installations we build the full system: water-resistive barrier, lath, three coats and a weep screed at the base.
What we deliver
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Repairs that stay bonded.
We sound the wall for hollow plaster and cut back to sound edges before anything new goes on.
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The water path fixed first.
We close up cracks, open tops and failed sealant at windows, so the patch doesn't become the next failure.
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A finish that matches.
We match texture and color on test panels before the full repair.
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Access that moves across the wall.
Drops are rigged under our own Special Rigger license and shifted as each section of wall is finished.
Services and capabilities
01 Investigate
- A sounding survey mapping hollow and delaminated areas
- Probes at the substrate, lath and backup wall
- Finish samples and test panels
02 Repair and install
- Delaminated stucco removed back to sound edges
- Crack repair and patching in matching plaster
- Full re-coating of failed elevations
- New three-coat stucco with water-resistive barrier, lath and weep screed
- Control joints, casing beads and sealant at openings
- EIFS repair where the existing wall is EIFS (façade re-cladding)
03 Close out
- Photos keyed to your FISP report
- A coating and sealant maintenance plan
Signs your stucco needs work
- Areas that sound hollow when you tap them
- Map cracking, or cracks running out from window corners
- Bulges and blisters in the surface
- Pieces that have fallen, or edges coming loose
- Staining below cracks and along the base of the wall
- Old patches that don't match and keep cracking around their edges
Questions about stucco
Is our wall stucco or EIFS?
Tap it. Stucco is hard and dense. EIFS is foam insulation under a thin reinforced coating, and it sounds and feels softer. The two take different repairs, so we confirm which one you have before we scope the work.
Can you patch stucco without it showing?
Usually well enough that you won't see it from the street, as long as the patch is cut to a clean shape and the texture is matched. On a wall already carrying many repairs, re-coating the whole elevation tends to look better than chasing patches, and you end up with one consistent surface.
Why does our stucco keep cracking?
Most often water is getting behind it, the wall is moving where there's no control joint, or the plaster went on too thin or dried too fast. We find the cause first, then patch.
Is loose stucco a FISP issue?
Yes. Your QEWI inspects stucco like any other façade material, and delaminated plaster that could fall can be reported as Unsafe. We take it down, repair the wall and hand your QEWI the records.
Let's talk about your building
Stucco cracking or sounding hollow?
We'll tell you whether it needs a patch, a full re-coat or new stucco.
