What keeps water out of a stucco wall is everything underneath: the weather barrier, the lath, the flashings at every penetration, and the way the system terminates at windows, decks, roofs and grade.
When we are called out to a stucco failure, the crack is almost never the problem. The problem is a missing kickout flashing, a window without a proper flange, a deck ledger lapped the wrong way, or a system that was installed tight to grade with nowhere for water to leave.
So we open it, photograph what we find, show you, and rebuild the assembly correctly before anything gets refinished.
A moisture intrusion repair on a large Niwot residence. Open the assembly, find the actual failure, relath, and refinish so the repair disappears into the wall.
What was behind the finish.
Corrected barrier and new lath.
Refinished and matched.
They look similar from the street and behave completely differently in Colorado. The right answer depends on the substrate, the exposure, whether the ground under the building moves, and what is already on the wall.
We install both. That is the reason we can tell you which one you actually need.
Sometimes, and often not. Hairline cracking is normal movement. What matters is where the crack is and whether water can get behind it. That is a fifteen minute look, and the estimate is free.
Yes, and we do it often. One review on this site is from a Larkspur homeowner whose 52 year old wood sided house we refinished entirely in stucco.
Matching texture and colour is a real part of the job, not an afterthought. We keep colour charts on file and match on site.
A large share of our work is the removal and replacement of poorly installed systems. We will tell you honestly whether yours needs replacing or just correcting.
Send photos with your request and we can usually tell you what we are looking at before we drive out.
