Northern California’s Commercial Stucco Contractor
More Than Two Decades of Experience in Stucco Installation and Repairs
Choose Airtight for Your Next Commercial Stucco Project
Stucco can be a beautiful addition to any building, but no matter what you do, no wall treatment lasts forever. Alongside regular painting, stucco exteriors also require ongoing stucco care and maintenance on top of repairs. When installed correctly and properly maintained, the stucco on your commercial building should last for decades.
However, if you’ve started noticing moisture seeping through your walls that has begun to affect your stucco, or you see any chipped paint, cracks, or deterioration, it’s time to get in touch with the Airtight Construction team. We can handle everything from stucco repairs to new work. We can also assist you in determining the cause of possible water damage or other underlying issues and the best steps to make it right, including above-grade waterproofing.
Proactive Planning Prevents Costly Stucco Repairs
At Airtight Construction, our approach to stucco installation places a special emphasis on the design and integration of waterproofing and exterior drainage elements located behind your stucco. Our team understands that the proper planning and installation of waterproofing, drainage, and sheet metal elements as part of the project can mean the difference between the system failing after only a few years or performing for decades.
An Exterior Stucco Contractor With Guaranteed Work
When you choose Airtight Construction as your go-to stucco contractors, you benefit from our two decades of expertise, and we only use the best products, no matter the size of your project. Not sure where to start? We can provide expert professional recommendations on what’s popular and appropriate, complete with a quote for your project that’s easy to understand and removes the planning burden from your shoulders.
We Specialize in Commercial Stucco Projects
Airtight Construction has a decade’s worth of experience working with owners, managers, and tenants on buildings of all sizes. For every stucco repair or installation project, we complete the work efficiently and with minimal or no disruption, even when plastering or painting is required. Our company has built our reputation on innovation, reliability, and unmatched craftsmanship. We keep you informed at every step of your project so you always know what to expect next.
Discover Our Full Range of Building Exterior Services
Does the exterior of your building need more than stucco repairs? Airtight can solve the problem.
Common Stucco Questions
Why Choose Stucco for Your Building?
Traditional masonry stucco is a cement-based exterior layer applied by plastering. When painted, stucco can be used to create a range of beautiful effects, part of what has made it such a popular commercial finish. Another reason is that stucco makes it easy and cost effective to prepare exterior walls for painting or other finishing treatments.
When completed by professionals, new stucco dries into a solid, hard exterior layer that’s durable and generally does not require a lot of maintenance. However, you will still want to schedule general inspection and maintenance for it once a year—it cannot simply be forgotten, no matter the quality of the initial project. That’s why Airtight Construction is happy to handle all of your building’s stucco needs from initial installation to ongoing maintenance and repairs.
What Causes Long-Term Damage to Stucco?
Natural forces like wind, rain, and sun are enough to cause damage to stucco over time. Even the best stucco work can be damaged by seasonal changes in temperature and seismic movement from the ground. Buildings also settle into their foundations over time, and hot weather can induce shrinkage or peel paint. On top of climate conditions, cities are also harsh environments where pollutants can corrode and wear away your exterior building, no matter how durable.
It’s not just about appearance, either. Chipped and worn paint can allow water to seep into your stucco, which in turn cracks the surface design. While you may be able to service small stucco cracks on your own, larger stucco repair projects should be handled by a company like Airtight Construction. Our team is experienced not only in exterior stucco repairs—we’re also able to handle general building-related maintenance and search for deeper issues within the stucco that might otherwise be overlooked.
When you begin to notice patterns of stucco damage, it’s important not to simply address the repair, paint over it, and hope for the best. You need to make sure that there’s not a deeper issue. If there is, a quality long-term repair should be completed, and the source of any underlying serious damage (such as water seeping from damaged pipes, a roof leak, or a blocked gutter) should be addressed.
Otherwise, you will end up in the same place down the line, shelling out money for additional repair work until the underlying problems are addressed. This is especially important at commercial or business premises, where crumbling stucco isn’t only bad for your company’s reputation—it can also create a liability issue.
How Serious Is Stucco Damage?
Although stucco is generally low-maintenance and long-lasting, the cement portion of the mix is prone to cracking. As mentioned above, this damage can be due to external damage and environmental stresses. If unreliable contractors completed the initial work, you may also see larger cracks develop due to incorrect mixing proportions, improper mixing, poor painting techniques, or simply low-quality work.
Exterior hairline cracks are generally not a major concern when there aren’t other signs of a deeper problem—although they do open the door for water to enter into your stucco walls. Water will soften the stucco over time, causing it to crack off in sheets.
Trapped moisture inside the wall can cause flaking painting, wood rot, mold, musty smells, drywall swelling, and other problems. When that happens, it’s important to find a reliable contractor like Airtight Construction to identify the problem.
Can Stucco Be Repaired?
The good news is that most minor stucco cracks can be addressed with caulking, stippling, and blending before painting the area when underlying problems are not present. Large, wide, or deep stucco cracks, however, can be indicative of larger structural issues. These cracks often occur near the top of window and door frames, in joints between masonry/concrete and wood frames, or where vertical walls intersect.
Cracks wider than 1/16 inches need immediate attention. When looking at the crack, should the edges no longer appear to match, it can be a red flag for structural changes in the building like uneven foundation settling. Don’t try to self-repair a large stucco crack yourself. Most general building maintenance teams lack the experience to tackle structural building issues. ATC not only has the expertise to identify the root cause of the problem—we also provide a solution to ensure it doesn’t reoccur.
Contact ATC Today—Northern California’s Most Reliable Stucco Contractor
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