What's Included

How stucco chimney repair is done in Taintsville

Matching the stucco texture

Stucco finishes range from smooth troweled faces to sand, float and dashed textures. Preservation Brief 22 asks for the finish coat to be worked to match the texture of the original, since texture decides how well a repair blends in long before color does.

Our stucco specialists study the finish on your Taintsville chimney before mixing anything, and they try an unusual texture on a sample first. You see that sample before the final coat goes on the chimney, so the finished patch holds no surprises.

Scratch coat, second coat and finish

Preservation Brief 22 walks through the sequence. The first, or scratch, coat is scratched or cross-hatched to give the next coat a key. The second coat is roughened for the finish. Each coat usually needs 24 to 72 hours to dry before the next goes on, and the finish coat is worked to match the original texture.

That means a proper stucco repair on your Taintsville chimney takes more than one visit. We plan the schedule with you, cover the open work at the end of each day and return for each coat, and the written estimate states how many trips the repair involves.

When the damage is in the framing

Stucco on a framed chase is only as good as the wood behind it. If water has rotted the sheathing or the framing, repairing the finish alone covers a structural problem, and that part of the job becomes chimney chase repair.

Our team tells you at the free inspection whether the trouble on your Taintsville chimney stops at the stucco or goes into the chase. Where it goes deeper, the chase repair and the stucco finish are priced together, so one crew carries the job from framing to final coat.

Cleanup and a written record of the work

Stucco repair is messy work, with cut-out debris, dust and splatter around the base of the chimney and on the roof. Our crew covers the open work at the end of each day, protects the roof and plantings below and hauls the debris away when the job is done.

When the stucco repair on your Taintsville chimney is finished, you receive a written record of the work we did, including the areas repaired, the materials used and the curing or painting notes that apply. It is useful for your own files and for anyone who inspects the chimney later.