Stucco Installation in Central Florida
Stucco installation puts a new stucco finish on a home, addition, or bare wall, building it up in proper coats so it lasts in Central Florida's climate. While most of our work is repair, we also install new stucco for additions, exterior resurfacing, and walls that need a fresh system. Anicette Stucco has worked with stucco across Lake County and Greater Orlando for more than 15 years, so a new install is done with the same eye for texture and moisture control that repairs demand. We are insured and every estimate is free.
Call (407) 456-2006 or get a free estimate.
When you need new stucco
- Additions and new wallsthat need a finish to match the rest of the home.
- Full exterior resurfacingwhere the old finish is beyond repair.
- Bare block or sheathingthat needs a complete stucco system.
- Matching a new sectionto an existing textured wall.
If your project is really a repair rather than a full install, we will tell you, and point you to our stucco repair hub instead.
How stucco is installed
New stucco is built in layers, and getting the layers and the cure right is what makes it last. The exact assembly depends on what you are building on - block, framing with lath, or an existing surface being resurfaced - so treat the sequence below as the shape of the job rather than a single fixed recipe.
- Preparation. We prepare the wall, install lath or the appropriate base where needed, and set up for a clean, weather-ready application.
- Scratch coat. The first coat is applied and keyed so the next coat bonds.
- Brown coat. The leveling coat builds the wall out true and flat.
- Cure. Proper curing in Florida's heat and humidity is essential for a durable finish.
- Finish coat and texture. We apply the finish and texture it to match your home or your chosen look, then prepare it for paint.
Built for the Florida climate
New stucco here has to handle humidity, heavy rain, and heat, so the details matter: proper coats, correct cure time, and moisture control at edges and penetrations. Doing those right up front is what gives a new wall the best chance of staying sound. No stucco is crack-proof - some fine curing and settlement cracking is normal on any new wall - but the difference between a wall that develops hairlines and one that starts letting water in a few seasons later is almost always in the detailing. If a crack on a new wall keeps widening rather than settling down, that is a different conversation and a structural engineer's one, not ours.
Why preparation decides the outcome
New stucco rarely fails at the finish coat. It fails because of what happened before the first coat went on. If the base is not right, if the lath is not properly fixed, or if the wall was not prepared for the way water will run down it, then no amount of skill in the finish coat will save it. New stucco is a system, and the visible surface is the last and least important part of it. We spend a disproportionate amount of a new install on the parts you will never see again.
Curing, and why it cannot be rushed
Stucco gains its strength as it cures, and in Florida heat the temptation is to move fast because it dries fast. Drying and curing are not the same thing. A coat that dries too quickly in direct sun cures weakly and is more prone to cracking later, which is why the schedule includes proper cure time between coats and why we sometimes work around the weather rather than through it. A wall that was rushed tends to show it, and it shows it long after the contractor has gone.
Matching new to old
Where new stucco meets an existing wall, on an addition or a resurfaced section, the join is the hard part. Getting the new work flat and true is straightforward. Getting it to read as the same wall - the same texture, the same way light falls across it - is the craft. We treat that join as the deliverable, because it is the thing you will look at every day.
Frequently asked questions
Something not covered here? Call (407) 456-2006 and ask.
Yes. We install new stucco on additions and new walls and match it to your existing finish.
Yes. Matching new stucco to an existing wall is the hardest part of an installation, and it is where the hours go.
It depends on conditions, but proper cure time in Florida's heat and humidity is built into the schedule because rushing it causes problems later.
Yes. Installation builds a full new system in coats, while repair fixes an existing finish. We do both.
Yes. On a new installation we would rather see the substrate before we price it, so the visit is the estimate.
Sometimes, but not always. It depends what is underneath and why it failed. We will tell you honestly whether resurfacing is sound or whether the old system has to come off first.
Installation or restoration?
Homeowners often ask for new stucco when what they actually need is restoration of what is already there, and the two are priced very differently. If the existing wall is fundamentally sound and the problem is cracking, weathering or a tired finish, restoring it is usually the better value. Full installation makes sense on genuinely new surfaces - an addition, a bare wall, a structure being reclad - or where the existing system has failed so comprehensively that starting again is cheaper than fixing it. We will tell you honestly which of the two you are looking at, including when the answer costs us the bigger job.
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