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Stucco repair costs in Houston

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What it usually costs

  • Fix the cracks$197 – $789 per crack
  • Patch a damaged spot and match the texture$8.37 – $11 per sq ft
  • Re-coat a whole wall$5.00 – $12 per sq ft
  • Repair water damage behind the stucco$30 – $49 per sq ft

A ballpark, not a quote. Some of these are national averages adjusted for Houston prices, so your job could land outside them.

Stucco repair in Houston

Houston is wet, and stucco does its worst work when water gets stuck behind it. The face of the wall sheds rain fine. The trouble starts when water sneaks in at a cracked joint or a badly flashed window, then sits against the framing in all this humidity. That hidden rot is what a good contractor should go looking for. If studs have to come out, the Houston Permitting Center handles it under a Residential Repair Permit, which covers replacing structural members.

The ground moves too. A USDA soil table for Harris County rates soils like Aris as very limited for houses, because of shrink-swell clay and a shallow water table. When a slab heaves and settles, rigid stucco can crack.

Storms test every wall here. Harvey dropped as much as 56 inches of rain near Friendswood in 2017 and flooded nearly every one of Harris County's 22 watersheds. If you live east of Highway 146 in La Porte, Seabrook, Shoreacres, Morgan's Point or Pasadena, the state counts you in its windstorm catastrophe area. To stay eligible for state windstorm insurance, repairs there must meet a code written for 120 mph gusts.

One more local quirk: the city has no zoning. Deed restrictions do that job subdivision by subdivision, and the city helps enforce them. Read yours before you change the look of your house.

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Questions homeowners ask

How accurate is a photo estimate?
It’s a ballpark, not a quote. A photo tells us a lot about the type and size of the damage, but a local pro who walks the wall will always be more precise. Use our number as the range to expect before you start calling around.
What does stucco repair usually cost?
Small patch jobs often land in the low hundreds. Cracks across a whole wall, or water damage behind the stucco, can run into the thousands. Your photo and ZIP help us narrow it to a range that fits your area.
Do I need to know the square footage?
No. Take your best guess if you can, but if you’re not sure, just skip it — we’ll estimate the size from your photo and your answers.
Is this really free?
Yes. No signup, no credit card, no spam. We only make money if you choose to connect with a local pro — and that’s up to you.
What photo works best?
A clear shot of the damaged area in daylight, plus one from a few steps back so we can see how big it is. More photos help.

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