Stucco painting in Houston.
Ray walks the house himself, marks the cracks and the weathered walls, and for most homes writes the price on the spot.
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What goes into stucco painting in Houston?
Stucco painting in Houston is a repaint that starts with cleaning a stucco wall and making the minor repairs it needs, primes the patches, and finishes with a masonry paint that lets the wall breathe, so the house gets a new color over a sound, even surface.
Rise and Prime Painting paints stucco across Houston and the north side, in Tomball, Spring, The Woodlands, Conroe and Humble. Ray Gomez owns the company and has been in the trade over 20 years, and on a Houston house he walks the walls himself before anything gets priced.
Stucco is all over this city, on homes and commercial buildings alike, and it's a forgiving finish right up until water gets behind it. So most of the work on a stucco job goes into finding where that might be happening: around windows and doors, along the cracks, and anywhere the wall looks stained or soft. The trim, siding and everything else outside are exterior house painting in Houston, and Ray looks at all of it on one walkthrough.
- Ray walks Houston houses himself
- Sherwin-Williams Loxon on masonry
- 3-Year Workmanship Warranty
Text Ray a photo of the stucco.
One photo of each wall and one up close of any crack or stain show Ray what the stucco needs, and both of those move the price.
Or request the free estimate onlineWhat a stucco painting proposal can include.
Surface preparation takes up most of the hours on stucco. The proposal for your house lists which of these apply, and the price is fixed for that scope.
Cleaning
Matched to the condition of the wall.
Stucco holds dirt, chalked paint and mildew in its texture, and a coating bonds to whatever it touches first. How the walls get cleaned depends on the shape they're in. Most repaints involve pressure washing or another cleaning method that suits the surface, and a crumbling patch gets a gentler hand.
Crack and patch repair
The minor repairs, made before paint.
Hairline cracks, chipped corners and small holes around light fixtures and hose bibs are filled, then textured to blend with the wall around them. These are the minor repairs that come with stucco painting, and they're written into the proposal.
Joints around windows and doors
Where water finds its way in.
The joint where stucco meets a window frame, a door or a trim board is the usual point of moisture entry behind a wall. Failed caulk around windows, doors and anything else that passes through the stucco is cut out and replaced before the coating goes on.
Primer where the wall calls for it
Patches and bare spots sealed.
Fresh patching material and bare stucco soak up paint at a different rate from the old finish. A wall that's been patched may need a masonry primer over the repairs first, so a patched area doesn't show through the finish as a dull spot.
The masonry coating
Sherwin-Williams Loxon.
Stucco is alkaline and porous, and it breathes. For masonry and stucco, the system Ray trusts is Sherwin-Williams Loxon, one of what he calls his Professional Coating Systems We Trust. The product for your walls is named on the proposal before you sign.
Trim, fascia and soffit
The wood at the edges of the stucco.
Most stucco houses have painted wood around the edges: fascia, soffit, window trim and doors. They can go on the same proposal, so the whole elevation is finished in one job.
What to look for on a Houston stucco wall.
For property owners, stucco maintenance is mostly catching the spots that need attention early, such as loose areas, open cracks and stains under the windows, before water has a way in.
- Cracks, fine or wide: a wide or recurring one is a repair question first
- Dark streaks under a window, which can mean water behind the stucco
- Fascia and soffit at the eave, with the trim around them
- The walls that take the sun, settled at the inspection
A wall seen from the front. Not to scale.
Fine cracks, and wider ones
Hairline cracks are normal in stucco as a house settles and the wall heats and cools. A wide crack, a stair-step crack, or a stucco crack that keeps returning after it's been filled is a stucco repair question before it's a paint question, and it gets a closer look first.
Soft spots and stains
A wall that gives when you press it, bulges, or carries dark streaks under a window can mean moisture damage behind the stucco. Paint won't fix that. Ray marks it inspection required instead of guessing at a price for it.
The walls that take the sun
In Houston, Ray pays close attention to the sun-exposed elevations, along with fascia and soffit, trim and anywhere moisture has been getting in. Which walls are the most weathered gets settled at the inspection, one house at a time.
Stucco or EIFS
Traditional stucco is a cement plaster. EIFS, or synthetic stucco, is foam board under a thin finish coat, used on residential and commercial properties around Houston. The two take different repairs, so know which one you have.
The order a stucco job runs in.
Repairs come before primer, and primer before the coating, so nothing gets sealed in under the finish.
Ray walks the house
He goes round every side and works out which walls are the most weathered. For most homes the written estimate comes on the spot, and the price is fixed for that scope.
The walls are cleaned
By whatever method the condition of the surface calls for, so the coating has something sound to bond to.
Cracks and joints are repaired
Cracks are filled and textured, and failed caulk around windows and doors is replaced. Anything found outside the agreed scope is handled as a change order.
The repairs are primed
Patches and bare stucco are sealed with a masonry primer wherever the wall needs one.
Coated, then walked
The masonry coating goes on, then you walk the house with us and the punch list is handled before the job is closed out. The 3-Year Workmanship Warranty on qualifying painting projects starts the day it's completed.
The eaves, trim and edges around a wall.
Recent exterior jobs on brick homes, shown for the finish work around a wall: eaves, gable trim and a covered patio. None of them is a stucco wall.
Take it from the people who've hired us.
Stucco painting questions.
How much does it cost to repaint stucco in Houston?
A full exterior repaint on a stucco house in Houston starts around $3,500 with Rise and Prime, and the price above that follows the size of the walls, the number of stories and how much repair comes first. Wood rot and major repairs are marked inspection required, never guessed. Partial work, such as one elevation or the trim on its own, is still subject to the $1,000 residential project minimum. Ray writes the actual price once he's walked the house.
Is it a good idea to paint over stucco?
Painting over stucco is a good idea when the stucco is sound and the coating is one made for masonry, because it changes the color and protects the surface without re-plastering the house. It's a bad idea over cracks that are still moving, or over water damage behind the stucco, which paint only covers up. That's why the walls get looked at before anything is priced.
What are the downsides of painting stucco?
The main downside of painting stucco is that it commits you to repainting it: once a stucco wall has been painted, it needs a new coat of paint whenever the finish wears, where unpainted stucco only ever needs cleaning and repair. The wrong product can also hold moisture in the wall. A breathable masonry coating, and repairs made before it goes on, deal with the second problem.
What kind of paint is used on stucco?
Stucco takes a masonry coating built for a surface that's alkaline, porous and breathes, and for masonry and stucco the system Rise and Prime trusts is Sherwin-Williams Loxon. The product for your house is named on the written proposal, so you know what's going on the walls before you sign.
Can stucco cracks be repaired before painting?
Yes, minor stucco repair in Houston, TX is part of a stucco painting job with Rise and Prime: hairline cracks, small holes and chipped edges are filled and textured to blend before the wall is primed and coated. Wider or recurring cracks, soft spots and water damage behind stucco are a different matter. Ray marks those inspection required and looks at them before anything is priced.
Do you serve my area?
Rise and Prime offers stucco painting services and minor stucco repairs in Houston, TX and across the north side: Tomball, Spring, The Woodlands, Conroe and Humble. Ray walks the house himself anywhere in that area, and the estimate is free.
The walkthrough sets the real number.
Ray walks the walls himself and writes the price down, so tell him how big the house is and where you've seen cracks or stains.
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Have Ray walk the walls.
Tell us roughly how big the house is, how many stories, and where the cracks or stains are. Ray will walk it and write a price for stucco painting in Houston, TX, with the repairs written into the scope.
The painting cost calculator gives a ballpark for a full exterior, and it shows wood rot and major repairs as inspection required. Booking the walkthrough itself is a free painting estimate in Houston.
Get my free estimateor call Ray on (443) 743-8052