Stucco repair costs in Fresno

Fresno heat is the long kind. The National Weather Service office in Hanford has counted as many as 69 days of 100-degree highs in one year, in 2021, and as many as 142 days of 90 or hotter, in 2014. Even the mildest year on its list still had 15 triple-digit days.

That sun shapes how stucco work should be done here. The national standard for applying cement plaster says hot or dry weather shortens the time between coats. It also says that when it's hot, dry and windy, fresh plaster has to be rewetted more often. One way is a fine fog spray, generally morning and evening. A summer patch that bakes dry in an afternoon can shrink and crack. Before work starts, ask your crew how they'll keep the new coat damp.

Winter has its own limit. The same standard says plaster can't go on a frozen wall and has to be kept from freezing for a day after it sets. Fresno does freeze: the Hanford office's record is 50 nights at or below 32 degrees, in 1949. Between triple-digit summers and frosty winter mornings, spring and fall give a fresh coat the easiest start, so that's when to book a full re-coat if you can.