Stucco in Oahu & Chicago.

A long section of stucco soffit on this Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie home in Oak Park had failed, leaving the original wood lath exposed beneath the dentil trim. We tore out the damaged stucco, re-wired the ceiling with new metal lath and re-stuccoed it, then blended and feathered the new work into the original and painted it to match the rest of the wraparound soffit.

• Failed stucco torn out down to the lath
• Re-wired with new metal lath
• Re-stuccoed, blended and feathered into the original
• Painted to match the wraparound soffit

OutcomeThe repair now reads as part of the original roofline.

Stucco work across the face of a three-story historic storefront in downtown Dixon, finished in an even gray texture beneath the building’s red cornice and window hoods. A boom lift carried the work to the upper floors.

• Three-story commercial facade
• Even, consistent stucco texture
• Upper floors reached by boom lift