Stucco & Exterior Repair in Lakewood
Lakewood stucco repair for postwar tract houses: window corners, patio connections and rear additions repaired, then the whole house recoated.
Lakewood's postwar tract houses were built with the same stucco details street after street, so they tend to show the same problems: cracks from window corners, stains where patio covers meet the wall and a seam where a rear addition was added later. Because the patterns repeat, the fixes are well understood. We repair those spots properly and then recoat the house so it looks even from the curb.
Repeating weak points
Tract houses here typically have aluminum or vinyl replacement windows set into the original openings, often without head flashing. Cracks spread from each corner. Rear patio covers were often bolted to the wall with no flashing above the ledger. And many houses have a family room or bedroom added at the back, joined to the original walls with no paper lapped between them. We repair each of these with the flashing and lapping the original work skipped, then rebuild the plaster around it.
Recoating the house
After the weak points are repaired, one color coat across every wall seals the hairline cracks and replaces faded paint with a single even finish. We wash the walls, fill cracks, prime the patched areas so they do not show through and apply the coat by side so the color stays consistent. Owners choose between a traditional cement color coat and an elastomeric finish, and we explain how each behaves on these walls. Trim, fascia and eaves are painted to match in the same visit.
Stucco & Exterior in Lakewood: questions
For a few small cracks, yes. Cracks from window corners, at patio ledgers and along addition seams usually return after patching, so those spots are fixed first, and a full recoat often follows to even out the finish.
The number of windows and seams to repair, patio ledger corrections, total wall area and the coating chosen make up the price. Because tract houses are similar, we can describe each item clearly in the written quote.
Yes. We read moisture below windows, under patio ledgers and along addition seams, then cut a small inspection hole wherever the meter reads wet, so any framing repair is in the quote before work starts.
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