Stucco & Exterior Repair in Walnut
Walnut stucco repair for two-story and ranch homes on larger lots: long walls, patio covers and fading plaster repaired and recoated.
Walnut is a city of two-story and single-level homes on generous lots, with long stucco walls, wide backyards and patio covers built off the house. Hot summers fade and crack the plaster, and the patio connections let water in during winter storms. We repair those connections, add joints where long walls need them and recoat the house evenly.
Patio covers and long walls
Patio covers on larger lots often span the whole back of the house, fastened through the stucco along a long ledger. Without flashing above it, every storm runs water into the wall. We reset the ledger with cap flashing and a gap for drainage, or set the cover on new posts of its own, then mend the plaster and any soft framing behind it. Unbroken walls crack wherever they please, so joints are added along the repaired walls, aligned with windows and corners.
Recoating for the heat
Sunny walls here chalk and craze through the summer months. After repairs, the walls are washed, the bigger cracks are closed with an elastic filler and a coating goes on that spans the hairlines and keeps its color longer than plain paint. Lighter shades keep the plaster cooler on hot days. Fascia and rafter tails dried by the sun are mended and primed before painting. If the neighborhood has an association, we match its approved colors, prepare the paperwork and hold the work until approval arrives, so nothing has to be redone.
Stucco & Exterior in Walnut: questions
For small cracks on dry walls, yes. Under a long patio ledger, a patch fails because water keeps arriving from above, so the ledger needs flashing first. Long walls with random cracks benefit from joints added during the repair.
Ledger correction or cover rebuilding, framing repairs behind it, joints on long walls, the coating and fascia repairs set the price. We list each part so you can choose the scope that fits. Association paperwork is included in the scope.
Under patio ledgers, always, because rot tends to hide behind them. Elsewhere a meter shows whether stained cracks have let water in. Those findings set the size of the repair. Photos come with the findings.
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