Stucco and plaster jobs in progress #188
Updated January, 2026 !
27th anniversary of jobs in progress !
Pebble dash stucco replaced in Chevy Chase
Washington, DC
New pebble dash stucco.
The Chevy Chase area of Washington, DC is sometimes referred to as
Chevy Chase, DC.
Ghosts are used to throw on the pebble dash.
Windows are covered with styrofoam before tearing off the stucco.
Re-coating old stucco
Warrenton, Virginia
Old stucco had sloppy patches but never had been painted.
New natural white cement and white sand finish livens up the old house.
A rubber membrane on the crown is insurance this will never leak.
Angular chimney is steeple like.
EIFS rots another house
Woodbridge, Virginia
Typical of EIFS, this door jamb had completely rotted out on this 19 year old house.
Framing had rotted badly, including the lam beam supporting the house.
We finished the repairs with no styrofoam, but cement mortar and a synthetic finish. You can't tell.
You may have seen the garage side we repaired last summer.
Water ran freely down the window into the wall. EIFS was already pulling away from the house.
Gap over the door was caulked shut, deflecting water into the door jamb.
The metal wrap was also a water funnel.
Pebble dash stucco
Warrenton, Virginia
Wall is chipped every 4 inches or so. The scratch coat is mixed with half water and half flex-con, an acrylic bonding admixture. This is a very solid, very permanent bond.
View of the finished wall.
Plastic splatter screen keeps mortar out of the neighbor's yard.
Finished house is like new.
We put on our Washington, DC style window sills. Color is white portland cement, lime and white sand
Stucco is replaced on the dormer with new flashing.
Stucco patches for new flashing
The Plains Virginia
A new roof required new flashing. The stucco was cut back so the flashing could go under the stucco, not over the stucco.
Every roof line on this Spanish house was patched.
The edges had been patched before, but the flashing over the stucco leaked.
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