Stucco chimney repair for homes in Lake Eola Heights
Stop cracks from letting water behind the finish. Free inspection in Lake Eola Heights, then a written scope from our family team.
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Stucco details we put in writing in Lake Eola Heights
These checks keep a stucco repair in Lake Eola Heights from growing without your say.
- Cracks mapped by location, length and width
- What the stucco is applied to, masonry or lath
- Rusted lath, bead or fasteners in the repair area
- Failed older patches removed and rebuilt
Stucco repair, step by step, for Lake Eola Heights homes
What our pros look at, and why, on stucco chimneys in Lake Eola Heights.
The crown and the drip edge above the stucco
Section R1003.9.1 of the Florida residential code has the top of a masonry chimney pitched so water runs off, finished with a drip edge and a bond break at the flue liners. A drip edge throws water clear of the faces below.
When a crown has no overhang, rain runs straight down the stucco and soaks the top of every face. We check that detail on every stucco repair and quote crown work separately where it would protect the new finish. A crown that already has a good drip edge is noted as sound, so you are not sold work the chimney does not need.
Why we avoid adding lath over sound masonry
Fastening metal lath to sound brick or stone damages the masonry, and the Park Service guidance warns that even slight moisture can rust that lath, which expands and can spall the stucco and the masonry behind it.
On a sound masonry chimney we bond the new stucco directly to the prepared surface. Lath goes where the assembly calls for it, such as a framed chase, and is never a shortcut on masonry. Where old lath is already fixed to masonry and rusting, we remove it in the repair area rather than patch over it.
Old patches that failed at their edges
Patches that were too hard, too thin or feathered over the old finish tend to crack along their outline. A ring of cracks around an old repair is a clue that it never took hold.
We remove failed patches back to sound stucco and rebuild them properly. Leaving a failed patch in place and patching around it only adds another edge for water to find. The outline of the new repair is chosen so the old failed edge is removed completely.
Chimney stucco that matches the house walls
When the chimney and the house share one stucco finish, the repair has to fit the wall around it as well as the chimney itself.
We look at the wall finish too and explain how the repair will sit next to it. If the house has been painted, repainting the chimney face often gives the most even result. If the wall itself has cracks near the chimney, we note them too, even though they fall outside the chimney scope.
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Before your stucco repair in Lake Eola Heights
Questions that come up on stucco visits in Lake Eola Heights, answered plainly.
What if the wood behind the stucco is soft?
Then the job includes more than a finish repair. We stop, show you what we found and explain the framing repair, which is priced separately as chase repair. Nothing is added without your approval.
Do you repair the crown at the same time?
We check the crown on every stucco job, because water from a cracked crown often causes the stucco damage below it. Crown repair is priced on its own line, so you can do both together or schedule them separately.
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