Stucco & Exterior Repair in South Pasadena
South Pasadena stucco and plaster repair for period houses: original finishes matched, decorative details reset and changes prepared for review.
South Pasadena's period houses carry plaster finishes and decorative details that are worth keeping. Visible changes are reviewed, so repairs must match what is there. Behind those finishes, older lath and missing flashing cause most of the damage. We repair the hidden parts properly and match the visible ones, with drawings or samples ready when the city asks.
What the street sees
Front walls of period houses often have decorative vents, molded window surrounds and plaster textures applied by hand decades ago. A repair that changes any of these will be noticed. We document the existing details with photos and measurements, remove only what must come off and rebuild it to the same profile and texture. Where a decorative piece is too damaged to save, we cast or form a replacement to match. Samples go to the owner and, where needed, to the city before the final coat.
What sits behind
Most damage in these walls comes from water reaching wood lath or the framing through openings without flashing. Bulges, stains and hollow areas mark the spots. We open those sections, replace rotted lath and framing, install flashing at the windows and doors involved and lap new paper before rebuilding the plaster. Raised floors can be bolted and braced during the same work, under a separate seismic price. Interior plaster stained by the leaks is repaired after the outside is sealed, and the new work is photographed layer by layer for the owner's records.
Stucco & Exterior in South Pasadena: questions
For a crack on sound plaster, a hand-matched patch works. Where walls bulge or sound hollow, the lath behind has usually failed, and on the street side any repair must match the original exactly. We show you samples before the final coat goes on.
Hand finishing, decorative detail repair or replacement, lath and framing repair, flashing and any seismic work make up the price. Each item is listed apart, with the street-facing work shown separately. Samples are part of the price.
Yes. Walls are sounded, stains and openings are metered and open small areas where the readings are high. On period houses, what sits behind the plaster decides most of the cost. Photos record each finding.
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