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Barrie Stucco Painting, Repair and Removal Service
Stucco is the most common exterior covering in Barrie for the last 10 years. Stucco is a combination of powdered limestone or cement that is then blended with sand and water until it reaches a mortar-like consistency (it has a rough textured appearance when finished). It gives a hard, flexible, and waterproof surface to protect your home while looking architecturally stylish. However, stucco can suffer from chips, cracks, and fading.
Like many homeowners in Barrie, the exterior surface of your home might be finished with stucco. Stucco is usually applied by hand over metal wire or lath that allows the stucco to bond to it and give it more strength. Generally, stucco lasts for years but over time it can begin to get dirty, start to crack, and look fairly unsightly if it’s not kept up.
Stucco repair and painting is one of the greatest things you can do to protect the masonry on your home. Not only does it refresh the look of your home, but it actually shields the exterior of your home from water damage as well. Beyond Painting has a team of professional painters to make sure your home remains the best-looking house on the block for years to come.
Our Barrie stucco painting services:
- Stucco washing and cleaning
- Stucco restoration and repair
- Stucco siding painting
- Stucco or plaster painting
Important Note: Painting stucco isn’t a very difficult job but extra care must be taken when cleaning your stucco and getting it ready for paint. This might involve repairing and sealing hairline cracks and other deficiencies present in your home. Moisture intrusion can ruin your stucco and the new paint so we take every precaution to make sure we’re doing this the right way.
Beyond Painting is a full-service interior and exterior painting contractor serving the Barrie and surroundings. Contact us for a free quote.
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Prevent Moisture Damage on your Home
You’ve probably noticed that when it rains, the water causes discoloration and graying of the stucco from being moist. That’s actually rained water and moisture getting inside the natural grooves and cracks of the stucco. Beyond Painting can help seal all those hairline fractures and cracks and prevent future splitting of the masonry.
On some homes, you may notice water stains coming down from windows and other wood trim areas onto the stucco surface. This is caused by years of water running down the stucco. When you paint stucco, it seals all the nooks and crannies in the wall. Thus, staining has a tendency to just slide down the surface of the coated stucco and harmlessly absorb it into the ground.
Popcorn and Stucco Removal
Popcorn and Stucco on your ceiling was a huge trend decades ago, but now a cleaner, sleeker, and the simpler-looking ceiling has dominated the current taste of house interiors.
Why removing stucco?
- Cleaner. Popcorn and stucco catch and collect dust and spider web. Having a smooth surface on your ceiling will eliminate rooms for these dirt particles to landing and sticking on your ceiling.
- Looking fresher. For some people, popcorn and stucco may look like unfinished or dirty stuff sticking on your ceiling.
Removing popcorn and stucco on your ceiling can be time messy process and time-consuming. You will need to hire proper painting contractors with experience and are responsible to commit themselves to fully carry out all the process from start to finish as well as taking into account all meticulous measures.
- First, a painter would need to cover all walls, furniture, house items, as well as floors. Removing popcorn and stucco will involve repeatedly scraping, sanding, and putting on plaster, which will cause paint chips, plaster, paint, and dust to crumble and fall all over your house.
- Then the painter will need to scrape and sand the popcorn and stucco with a scraper or putty knife.
- After all, the surface of the ceilings is scraped, the painter would need to level out the surface and fill all the holes and damages from the scraping process. This involved putting skim coat plaster on the ceiling. This is a process that isn’t as easy as one might think. The painter must know how much to plaster the ceiling to create a level surface so they will not have to sand the plaster as much. Too much plaster on an area of the ceiling will cause more works in the plaster sanding process. Too little will cause the ceiling to not leveled out.
- Sanding the plaster is the next process. This is the messiest part of the job as dirt will come off the plaster. The goal of sanding is to level out all the surface of the ceiling, so the painter would need to do it all over again he failed to level-out the ceiling. Sometimes the painter could sand too much or too little in certain areas. Sanding too much would mean to redo plastering and sanding it again. Too little means to go back to further sanding the surface until it leveled-out. The painters have to redo this process over and over again until all the surfaces of the ceiling become smooth and level.
- Now it is time to prime the ceiling with latex primer.
- After the painter prime all the surface, they can now apply the paints. It might take one or two coats of paint, depending on the quality of the paints. The better the print quality the less coating process it will need to take.
- The last step is to clean and remove plastics and clothes that cover all walls and house items. The painter must be responsible for all cleaning processes, not leave it to the customer to do.
Stucco Repair
Maybe you want to keep your stucco instead. You might want to leave the old-school taste in your house interior. But you may notice that there are some irregularities in the flow of your ceiling stucco. You see there are bumps on some part of your ceiling that looks like skin rashes. Or maybe you want to add stucco to your ceiling.
Why repairing your stucco?
Irregularities on ceiling stucco may be caused by long-term exposure to temperature change, humidity, water moisture, as well as sunlight. This is especially visible when you are putting on your pot ceiling light and you can see the uneven spread of your stucco.
Keys to Successful Stucco Painting
Painting stucco requires a lot of patients and meticulous attention to detail, which is why many property owners rely on the experience of a stucco contractor to provide the highest level of stucco painting.
The hardest part of a stucco painting project is repairing damaged areas, fixing loose stucco, and removing all dirt and mildew that tends to accumulate on porous surfaces such as stucco. While there are some talented painters and savvy homeowners when it comes to home improvements, none can compete with the skills of a seasoned stucco contractor that does stucco repair on a daily basis for ensuring that perfect paint job.
Benefits of an Experienced Stucco Contractor
Once the surface is properly prepared, knowing exactly which paint will be the most durable and eye-appealing is a skill that comes with experience. At Beyond Painting, we’re experts at assisting with a color selection so you are 100% happy with the color AFTER it is applied. We’ll also advise you on the sheen of the paint for your project (note: avoid high-gloss and stick with flat or low-sheen paint).
Don’t just trust anyone with your stucco painting project; trust a company that specializes in all facets of stucco work for both residential and commercial customers. We not only paint stucco, but we also repair it and install it so we have a full understanding of the ins-and-outs of everything from traditional stucco to synthetic stucco.
Looks that will Last
When you paint stucco, you have the ability to change the color of your home completely. We use stucco paint that lasts over 20 years without peeling or blistering. So not only do you have a fresh, new color on your home, but it is also protecting the masonry surfaces from rain, snow, and wind. Stucco painting is a great way to change the color of your house, update its look, and protect your home from moisture.
Stucco homes that are painted by Beyond Painting have less staining, fewer cracks, less moisture content, and can be fully customized to the homeowner’s color preference. Think of an investment in having your home painted as an investment in the foundation of your home. What better investment could you make?
Looking for stucco painting services in Barrie to give your house a fresh look? Call Beyond Painting today to schedule a free estimate for exterior and interior painting service for your home.