Stucco & Exterior Repair in San Fernando
San Fernando stucco repair for older homes with past additions: roof-to-wall joints, seams and cracked corners fixed, permits through the city.
San Fernando is a compact city, served by its own permit office, with a center of older stucco homes, many extended over the years. Every extension added a roofline meeting a wall and a seam between new and old plaster, and those are where these houses leak. We find the joints that are failing, flash them properly and rebuild the plaster so it matches the rest of the house.
Roofs meeting walls
Where a low roof runs into a higher wall, correct practice tucks the plaster over counterflashing, which in turn overlaps the roof's step flashing, with a kick-out at the bottom to throw water clear of the wall. On many additions here that detail is missing, and the stain on the ceiling below gives it away. A strip of plaster just over the roofline comes off, install step and counterflashing in the right order, add the kick-out and rebuild the plaster. That repair often ends a leak that has been painted over inside many times.
Seams and corners
Additions and closed-in porches meet the original house along vertical seams, and window corners crack wherever the framing was not reinforced. We open failing seams, tie the framing, lap the paper and add a control joint where the two structures need to move independently. Corners get mesh reinforcement before the plaster is rebuilt. If a past addition was never permitted, the city may ask questions when a permit is pulled for related work, and we explain that before anything starts.
Stucco & Exterior in San Fernando: questions
In plain wall areas, yes. At roof-to-wall joints and seams with additions, the missing flashing or lapping is the real problem, and a patch there fails with the next storm. Those joints need opening and rebuilding to stay dry.
The number of roof joints and seams to rebuild, plaster area, any interior repairs after the leak is fixed and permits where needed make up the price. The quote shows every part separately. Permit fees are separate.
Yes, especially where roofs meet walls. Readings above the roof line and a small opening reveal any missing flashing and any wet framing, and that sets the scope before we commit to a price. Photos come with the quote.
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