Stucco guides

Straight answers about stucco

Most people who call us have already been looking at a wall for weeks, trying to work out whether it matters. These guides are what we would tell you before quoting anything — including the times the answer is that you do not need us.

The Guides

Start with the question you actually have

Each one answers a single question and tells you what you can determine yourself — and what genuinely cannot be worked out from the outside of a wall.

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When should you worry about stucco cracks?

How to read crack width, direction, and pattern — including the pencil test.

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How do I know if my house has synthetic stucco?

Four physical tests you can do yourself in about ten minutes.

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How do I know if water is getting behind my stucco?

Seven signs, and why one of them alone means very little.

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Is it cheaper to repair or replace stucco?

Extent, moisture, and substrate decide it — and none of the three is how old the wall is.

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How long does stucco last?

Published lifespans, why Florida walls fail early, and what actually shortens them.

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How much does it cost to repair stucco on a 2,500-square-foot house?

Why house size is the wrong input, and what the damaged area actually costs regionally.

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Why We Publish These

A wall you understand is a wall you cannot be oversold on

Stucco is unusually hard to buy. The failure is often invisible, the person telling you what is wrong is the same person selling the fix, and the difference between a repair and a replacement can be an order of magnitude in price.

So these guides give away the diagnosis. Several of them will tell you that what you are looking at is cosmetic, or that the job is a painting job, or that the right thing to do is watch it for thirty days and see whether it moves.

That is deliberate. We would rather lose a job we should not have had than sell you a wall you did not need.

When you want someone to look at it

Residential and commercial stucco repair, replacement, installation, EIFS, and painting across Melbourne and Brevard County. Tell us what you are seeing and where it is on the wall.

Stucco repair in Melbourne

Tell us what you are seeing

Where it is on the wall, how long it has been there, and whether it has changed.