Stucco & Exterior Repair in San Gabriel
San Gabriel stucco repair for bungalows, ranch homes and newer two-story houses: added rooms, kitchen vents and faded walls repaired and refinished.
San Gabriel mixes older bungalows near the mission with ranch homes and newer two-story houses, and many have grown with extra rooms. Each addition, each new kitchen vent and each relocated window left a mark in the stucco. We repair those marks so they stop cracking, seal the penetrations properly and refinish the house so old and new sections match.
Penetrations and vents
Kitchen hoods, dryer vents, gas lines and plumbing pipes all pass through the stucco, and each hole is a place for water to enter. Many were cut in later and sealed with caulk alone. We remove failed sealant, install proper vent hoods and pipe sleeves with flashing behind them and rebuild the plaster tight around each one. Heavy-use kitchen exhausts get a hood with a damper and a drip edge, since grease and steam stain the wall below when the cap is poorly made.
Additions and the finish
Second stories and rear rooms added to older houses meet the original walls along seams that crack when the two parts settle differently. We cut out the failed seam, fasten the framing together, layer new paper so it sheds water outward and form an expansion joint where movement will continue. Then the house gets a color coat in one shade. Where the addition was built with a different texture, we can skim either section so the house reads as one design.
Stucco & Exterior in San Gabriel: questions
Around a vent or pipe sealed only with caulk, a patch will not last, because the penetration itself leaks. Along an addition seam, movement reopens patches. On plain wall areas, small cracks patch and refinish well once the leaks around them are fixed.
The number of penetrations to seal, seam length at additions, any retexturing and the final color coat decide the price. Each part is listed so the sealing work and the cosmetic work show up as separate figures, and you can tell how much is sealing leaks and how much is finish.
Yes, at each vent and pipe and along addition seams. A moisture meter shows whether water has spread around a penetration, and a small cut confirms it. That keeps hidden framing damage out of the surprises column.
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