Stucco repair and replastering
A crack in stucco is a symptom. Filling it without establishing what moved is how the same crack returns in the same place, and the second repair costs more than the first because the first one is now part of the problem.
Find out why
before you patch.
What the crack is telling you
Fine map cracking across a field is usually the plaster itself and often cosmetic. A diagonal running off a window or door corner is stress concentrating where the opening interrupts the wall. A stepped crack that follows the block or the framing line suggests movement in what is behind it.
Moisture staining, efflorescence or a hollow sound under a tap are different signals again, and they point at water getting behind rather than at the surface failing.
Patching, or replastering
A localised repair is right when the wall is sound and the damage is contained. Once a wall has enough repairs on it, or the substrate is the problem, patching becomes a way of spending money slowly.
A full replaster resets the surface, buries the history, and is the point at which control joints and details that should have been there originally can be put right.
Texture is the part everybody notices
Matching an existing texture is a craft and a mixing question rather than a product choice. A patch that is flat where the wall has movement, or coarse where the wall is fine, is visible from the pavement for as long as the house stands.
We hold the C-17 licence, so this work stays with us rather than being handed to whoever is available. Matching is done with samples on the wall before the repair is committed.
What owners ask
about cracks.
Why did my last stucco repair crack again?
Almost always because the movement that caused it was not addressed. Filler bridges a gap; it does not stop a wall from doing what it was already doing. Establishing the cause first is the only version of this that lasts.
Can you match my existing texture?
Yes, and we prove it before committing: samples on the actual wall, viewed in daylight, next to the finish they have to sit beside. A texture matched under a work light and approved indoors is a different texture outdoors.
Patch or replaster the whole house?
Patch while the wall is sound and the damage is local. Replaster once the repairs are accumulating, the substrate is implicated, or you want the details that were missing originally put in properly. We will tell you which one you have.
Do you subcontract the plaster?
No. NeXGen holds the C-17 Lath and Plaster licence, number 0092664, and that work stays under it. It is verifiable with the Nevada State Contractors Board.
The plaster work, in brief.
- First step
- Diagnose the movement, then repair
- Licence
- NV C‑17 Lath & Plaster #0092664, held by us
- Texture
- Matched with samples on the wall, in daylight
- Replaster
- Where repairs accumulate or the substrate is implicated
- Licences
- NV B‑2 #0091645
NV C‑17 #0092664
NV C‑3 #0092662
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Lath & plaster
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Talk to us
Tell us what you are building. We will tell you what it involves and where the money usually goes.
Or call (702) 913‑7007 · info@nxgbuilds.com