Stucco & Exterior Repair in Hawthorne
Hawthorne stucco repair for houses and small apartment buildings: stair walls, landings and window openings fixed and finished in one even coat.
Hawthorne has a large stock of stucco houses and small apartment buildings, and on the multi-unit buildings the trouble spots are exterior stairs, landings and the walls beneath them. On houses, cracks gather around windows that were swapped without new flashing. We repair both, schedule work on occupied buildings so tenants keep their access, and leave the walls with a consistent finish.
Stairs, landings and the walls below
Exterior stairs clad in stucco hide wood stringers and landing joists inside. When the tread surface cracks or its edge flashing fails, water seeps into that framing, and the plaster below starts to stain and bulge. We open the stair from the side, inspect the framing, replace rotten pieces and rebuild the landing with a waterproof membrane that turns up under the wall paper. The stucco is then rebuilt over new lath. We phase stair work so at least one route stays open for the building at all times.
Windows changed without flashing
Many houses here had aluminum windows replaced with vinyl retrofit units set into the old frames, sometimes with new stucco patched around them and no flashing. Cracks then spread diagonally from each corner. We remove the patch, flash the opening properly, add a sill pan where the window is being replaced again and rebuild the plaster with a control joint at the corner if the wall is long. A color coat across that whole wall hides the repairs. Screens and trim are reset after.
Stucco & Exterior in Hawthorne: questions
On a plain wall, often yes. Around windows that were replaced without flashing, or below stairs and landings, cracks come from water getting in at those details, so the details need fixing before any patch will hold.
It depends on the number of openings and stair sections involved, framing repairs inside stairs, wall area and access. On apartment buildings we can price by unit or by side so the owner can plan the work.
Yes. We take moisture readings around windows and below stairs, probe stair framing from beneath where we can and open a small section if needed, so the written quote reflects what is really inside the wall.
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