What stucco work costs in Central Bucks County, PA
Every service, with a typical range. None of it is a quote.
Whole-house stucco remediation in Bucks County typically runs about $30–$35 per square foot of home, placing most projects between $45,000 and $140,000. Partial remediation of one or two elevations generally falls between $18,000 and $55,000. An invasive moisture inspection — the step that decides which of those you need — runs $450 to $1,600.
Every figure below is a typical range for this area, gathered from what local work generally runs. None of it is a quote, and none of it is a judgement about your home. Two houses on the same street, built by the same builder in the same year, can differ by tens of thousands depending on where the water went.
What your property actually needs can only be settled by a registered contractor who comes out and tests it. The full breakdown of what moves these numbers is here.
A remediation quote should name the water management going back on the wall — the two-layer water-resistive barrier, the weep screed, the flashing at every opening and roof-wall intersection. Those requirements, quoted from the code, are what a scope is measured against.
Working against a closing date? A stucco item on an inspection report needs a different sequence — see what to do about a stucco finding on an inspection report.
Stucco remediation
| Work | Typical range |
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Stucco off to the sheathing, rotted wood replaced, the drainage plane and flashing that were missing built properly, then re-clad. The permanent fix rather than another patch. |
$45,000–$140,000 whole job |
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When the failure is confined to one or two walls — usually the weather side, or the elevation with the roof-wall intersection nobody flashed. |
$18,000–$55,000 whole job |
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Stucco to fiber cement conversion Remediation where the wall comes back as fiber cement lap or panel rather than stucco. Same tear-off and repair underneath; a different exterior on top. |
$48,000–$135,000 whole job |
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EIFS / synthetic stucco remediation The foam-board synthetic system, not hard-coat. It fails differently, it has to be tested differently, and barrier-type EIFS has no drainage path at all. |
$40,000–$120,000 whole job |
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Sheathing and framing repair behind stucco The part of the job nobody can price until the cladding is off: replacing OSB and structural framing that water has already destroyed. |
$6,000–$40,000 whole job |
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Window and door flashing rebuild Rebuilding the openings that leak: pan flashing under the sill, proper head flashing above, and the sequence of laps that sheds water instead of collecting it. |
$1,200–$3,500 per opening |
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Manufactured stone veneer remediation Adhered stone veneer on the front elevation fails for the same reasons stucco does, and on the same houses — usually with no weep screed and no clearance at grade. |
$22,000–$70,000 whole job |
Inspection and testing
| Work | Typical range |
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Stucco inspection and moisture testing Invasive probe testing that measures the moisture content of the sheathing behind the wall. The only way to know what you actually have before anyone quotes a repair. |
$450–$1,600 whole job |
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Forensic water intrusion testing Spray-rack and thermal testing that identifies the specific path water is taking — for disputes, insurance claims, and remediation scopes that have to be defensible. |
$1,500–$6,000 whole job |
Stucco repair and upkeep
| Work | Typical range |
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Stucco crack repair and sealing Routing, filling and sealing cracks so they stop taking on water — and an honest read on whether a crack is cosmetic or a symptom of something behind it. |
$900–$5,000 whole job |
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Kickout and step flashing installation The small piece of metal at the bottom of a roof-wall intersection that diverts a whole roof's runoff into the gutter instead of into your wall. |
$1,000–$4,500 whole job |
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Stucco patching and colour matching Rebuilding damaged sections in matching texture and colour, so a repair does not read as a patch from the kerb. |
$1,200–$7,000 whole job |
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Replacing the perimeter sealant at windows, doors, penetrations and control joints before failed joints let the next few winters in. |
$1,400–$5,000 whole job |
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Repair of traditional stucco on solid stone and brick — with breathable lime mortar, because modern cement on historic masonry does more harm than the crack it covered. |
$4,000–$25,000 whole job |
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Stucco cleaning and stain removal Low-pressure cleaning for organic growth, rust bleed and dirt — done at a pressure that will not drive water into the wall or strip the finish. |
$600–$2,800 whole job |
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Elastomeric coating and painting A flexible coating that bridges hairline cracking and sheds water — appropriate on a sound wall, and actively harmful on a wet one. |
$4,500–$16,000 whole job |
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Mould remediation behind stucco Cleanup of growth found in the wall cavity once the cladding is off. Almost always a line item inside a remediation rather than a job on its own. |
$1,500–$9,000 whole job |
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