Stucco & Exterior Repair in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills plaster and stucco repair for Spanish revival and traditional homes, matched by hand and prepared for the city's design review.
Many Beverly Hills houses wear smooth or hand-troweled plaster as part of their architecture, along with arched openings, decorative vents and tile roofs meeting plastered walls. Repairs have to disappear into that finish, and visible changes may go before the city. We repair the plaster by hand, fix the flashing that let water in and prepare samples or drawings when the city asks for them.
Finishes that must not show
A patch on a smooth plaster wall is visible in raking afternoon light unless the trowel work matches. We cut repairs to clean lines, build the scratch and brown coats back up and hand-trowel the finish, then compare it to the surrounding wall in different light before the color coat. Where a whole wall has weathered unevenly, a single finish coat across it reads better than a perfect patch on faded plaster. We show owners both outcomes on a sample board before choosing, since the decision is mostly about appearance.
Arches, vents and tile roofs
Arched windows and doors crack at their springing points, where the curve meets the straight wall. Decorative clay vents and grilles set into the plaster often have no flashing behind them. Tile roofs meeting a wall need counterflashing tucked under the plaster, and many older houses rely on mortar instead. We repair each of these properly, matching the profiles of any trim or molding we disturb. Changes visible from the street are documented for the city, and the work starts once the review is complete.
Stucco & Exterior in Beverly Hills: questions
For a small crack in a wall that has aged evenly, a hand-matched patch works. On walls that have faded in patches, or where cracks start at arches and roof lines, the cause and the finish both need attention, and a larger repair usually looks better.
Troweling a smooth finish by hand is slow work, so the finish and the area drive most of the price, followed by flashing at arches, vents and roof lines. We price each item separately and note any design review the city requires.
Yes. We read moisture around arches, vents and roof lines and open a discreet test area where the numbers call for it. On a finished plaster wall, knowing what is underneath decides between a patch and a section rebuild.
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