Stucco repair costs in Augusta

When Helene came through in late September 2024, Augusta's Bush Field airport logged sustained winds of 45 knots and a gust of 71 knots, about 82 mph. The National Weather Service notes its station readings likely missed the peak.

Months later, the storm was still on the agenda at the Augusta Historic Preservation Commission. At a March 2025 meeting, a Summerville owner explained that hurricane damage, on top of years of wear, had left an old brick retaining wall failing, and that a mason had suggested reinforcing it with stucco. The commission approved the request that night.

That same meeting shows how closely the commission looks at stucco in its districts. It approved an eight-foot cinder block wall on Wrightsboro Road in Summerville, paneled in stucco and accented with brick, on one condition: the brick cap had to stick out at least an inch past the face of the stucco. In May 2025, it approved a rear addition in Olde Town after staff found the design, materials and stucco finish compatible with the historic house.

So in Summerville and Olde Town, the small details of a stucco job, down to where a brick cap sits, can be part of the approval.