Service
Stucco
Stucco is an excellent cladding and an unforgiving one. It works when the assembly behind it drains and dries; it traps water and rots framing when it does not. Most of the stucco failures we are called to in this region are not stucco problems at all — they are flashing and drainage problems.
What’s included
- Traditional three-coat stucco
- Synthetic stucco and EIFS repair
- Crack repair, patching, and colour matching
- Moisture intrusion investigation and remediation
- Weather-resistive barrier and flashing correction
- Fog coating and re-colouring
Every job carries our ten-year workmanship warranty, a fixed written price, and one lead carpenter from demolition to walkthrough.
We look behind the wall before quoting a repair
A cracked stucco wall may need a patch, or it may be telling you the framing behind it is wet. We investigate before we quote, because patching over a moisture problem sells you a repair that fails and costs more the second time.
Three-coat done at the proper pace
Traditional stucco needs its scratch and brown coats to cure before the finish goes on. Rushing that is how you get map cracking across a brand-new wall. We schedule around the weather and the cure, not around the calendar.
Matching an existing finish
Texture and colour matching on a repair is genuinely difficult — sand, float technique, and age all matter. We sample onto a test board and get your sign-off before touching the wall.
Two other companies quoted me a patch job. This crew opened up one corner first and showed me the framing was wet — the cracking was a symptom, not the problem. It turned into a bigger project than I wanted, but they were right, and I would rather have found out from a contractor than from a home inspector in five years.
Marcus T.Vancouver, WA
Questions
Common questions
- Is stucco a bad choice in a rainy climate?
- No, but it is unforgiving of bad detailing. Properly installed over a drainage plane with correct flashing at every penetration, stucco performs well here. Installed directly over sheathing with sloppy flashing, it fails — which is what gave it a poor local reputation.
- What do cracks mean?
- Fine hairline cracking is often just normal curing and cosmetic. Cracks that are wide, stepped, or concentrated at corners of windows can indicate movement or moisture. We will tell you which kind you have.
- Can you change the colour?
- Yes — a fog coat or an elastomeric finish will re-colour stucco without re-stuccoing, provided the substrate is sound.
Get started
Ask about stucco
Tell us roughly what you have in mind. We reply within one business day, and the site visit is free.
Prefer to talk? (971) 977-3858, monday – friday, 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
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Tell us what you're planning
We'll walk the site, look at what's actually there, and give you a fixed written price. No pressure, and no charge for the visit.
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