Stucco & Exterior Repair in North Hills
North Hills stucco repair for single-story homes and rear additions: seams, gutters spilling on walls and sun-worn finishes repaired properly.
North Hills houses are mostly single-story, many on lots large enough that a room or a second unit has been added at the back. Stucco problems here follow three causes: seams between the old house and the additions, gutters that overflow onto the walls and long years of strong sun. We trace each crack to its cause and repair it so it stays repaired.
Gutters and stains
A clogged or undersized gutter that spills over during storms soaks the wall below it every time. The stucco there shows a dark stain line, efflorescence and eventually cracks and blistered paint. Fixing the plaster without fixing the gutter wastes the repair. We clean or replace gutters, add downspout extensions that carry water away from the foundation and, where needed, increase the gutter size. Then we repair the plaster below, which by then is often wet behind the finish and needs its paper renewed.
Additions and the finish
Rear additions and converted spaces meet the original house along seams that crack when the two structures move separately. We open the seam, fasten the framing, overlap the building paper in shingle fashion and set a control joint that gives the movement a straight line. After the repairs, the whole house gets a coating that bridges hairline cracks from the sun and brings the old and new walls to one color. Fascia boards split by heat are replaced at the same visit.
Stucco & Exterior in North Hills: questions
Not below an overflowing gutter or along the seam with an addition, because water or movement will crack it again. Away from those spots, a patch or a coating over a dry wall usually works well, and we point out which areas fall where.
Gutter work, seam repairs, plaster rebuilt below stained areas and the area of the final coating set the total. We separate the gutter and drainage work from the stucco so you see the cost of fixing the cause.
Under gutters and along addition seams, yes. Readings trace how far the damp spread, and an inspection cut exposes the paper. That decides whether the repair is a surface fix or a section rebuilt from the paper out.
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