Siding & Stucco Repair
in Los Angeles
Dry rot at the base of a wall, cracked stucco, a window that leaks behind the siding: repaired by the crew that also replaces whole exteriors, so you get the honest answer on which one you need.
Professional, licensed & insured Fixed-price proposals Permits pulled & closed Our own crew, not subs
Tell us about the project. We call back to schedule the on-site estimate.
Siding and stucco repair in Los Angeles: Right Image Builders (CSLB #1021284) repairs rot, cracked and hollow stucco, failed window and deck flashing, termite and woodpecker damage and soft boards with its own crew, matched so the repair disappears. Repair when the damage is local; replace when the barrier behind the whole wall has failed — we tell you which at the free on-site assessment, in writing.
Licensed general contractor, CSLB #1021284, licensed since 2016, 5.0★ Google (45 reviews), 4.9★ Angi (103 reviews). Planning ranges by tier and neighborhood are in the siding cost guide.
Right Image Builders repairs siding and stucco across Los Angeles: soft boards and sill rot on 1950s ranches, stucco cracks and failed weep screeds, window and deck flashing that lets water behind the wall, termite and woodpecker damage. We open the wall, fix what is behind it, match the material and finish, and tell you plainly when a repair would only be delaying a replacement. Free on-site assessment: (818) 210-4544.
Repair or Replace:
How We Decide
A repair is the right call when the damage has one cause and one location: a planter that kept the base of a wall wet, a window that was never flashed, a deck ledger that was sided over, a crack where the house settled. Fix the cause, open the wall far enough to reach dry wood, replace the barrier and flashing in that area, match the siding or stucco, and the repair lasts.
Replacement is the right call when the damage is spread across a wall or the house: the original felt paper is torn behind most of the siding, the stucco has failed to the lath in several places, or boards are soft on more than one elevation. Patching those walls one section at a time costs more over five years than doing the wall once. The free assessment, with a probe and a moisture meter, tells you which case you have; the repair vs. replacement guide explains the signs.
Small repairs under about 10 percent of the wall's replacement cost do not need a permit in the City of Los Angeles; larger sections and anything that changes the wall assembly are permitted through LADBS or your city.
The Repairs We See
Most Often
Dry rot at the base of walls
Soil, planters and sprinklers against stucco or siding rot the sill plate and the bottom of the studs; we cut back to sound wood, sister or replace framing, re-flash and re-side.
Cracked and failed stucco
Hairline cracks are refinished; cracks that let water in and stucco that has lost its bond to the lath are cut out and rebuilt with new paper and lath.
Window and door flashing
Water staining below a window almost always means the flashing stops short; we open the siding around the opening, flash it properly and reinstall.
Deck ledgers
Ledgers that were sided over without flashing rot the band joist; we open, repair and flash so the deck and the wall both last.
Termite and woodpecker damage
Damaged boards are replaced and the cause addressed; in fire-hazard zones the replacement board must meet the WUI code.
Matching old siding and stucco
Lap profiles, board widths and stucco textures are matched so the repair reads as original, then primed and painted or color-coated.
Transparent from the first visit to the closed permit.
Professional, licensed and insured, and we put that in writing at every step, because a remodel is a trust decision before it is a construction decision.
California general contractor license CSLB #1021284 (General Building B), active since 2016, with general liability and workers' compensation insurance. Check the license yourself at cslb.ca.gov before you sign anything, with us or anyone else.
The proposal lists what is demolished, what is built, which finishes are included and which permit covers it. If it is not written down, it is not in the job.
When walls, floors or roofs open up we photograph what is behind them and send you the pictures. Anything beyond the scope is priced in writing before the crew continues. You never find out from the invoice.
California law caps a home-improvement deposit at $1,000 or 10 percent of the contract, whichever is less. We follow it. Progress payments follow the work, and the final payment comes after your walkthrough.
We submit the plans, meet the inspector and close the permit. You get the closed-permit record, which is what a buyer, an insurer or an appraiser will ask for.
The people who estimate the job are the people who build it. No subcontractor hand-offs, no call center; your project lead answers the phone during the job and after it.
How We Price a Siding replacement
in Los Angeles
Every siding replacement in Los Angeles gets one fixed, written price after a free on-site visit: we measure the house, check what LADBS requires for the lot and price the whole scope before you sign anything.
What moves the number is the scope you choose, the condition we find behind the walls and the finish level, never a surprise invoice: anything we uncover during the work is priced in writing before the crew continues, and the final payment comes after your walkthrough.
Setting a budget first? The siding cost guide shows the current planning ranges by tier and neighborhood.
Three Steps.
Zero Surprises.
Free Exterior Assessment
We walk every elevation, probe for rot and check the barrier, flashing and weep screed, and tell you honestly what the wall needs.
Fixed-Price Proposal
An itemized fixed price by elevation and material within 3–5 business days; hidden rot found at tear-off is priced in writing before the crew continues.
Install, Inspect, Warrant
Our own crew, a closed permit, and a 10-year written workmanship warranty at completion.
Get Your Repair
Assessed for Free
Tell us about the house and what you are seeing on the walls; a senior member of our team will reach out within 4 business hours.
Prefer to talk it through?
Read before you hire anyone.
Plain answers on costs, permits, materials and hiring, written for Los Angeles houses and kept current.
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Press a screwdriver into the bottom edge of the siding and the trim at the corners and below windows: soft wood, paint that bubbles or boards that flex are rot. Stains on the inside of a wall, a musty smell in a closet on an exterior wall and sprinklers that hit the house are the usual signs behind it.
Yes. Lap siding is matched by profile and exposure, board-and-batten by board width, and stucco by texture (sand, lace, dash or smooth) with a color coat or paint across the repaired area and a natural break so the patch disappears.
Small repairs, roughly under 10 percent of the wall's replacement cost, do not need a permit in the City of Los Angeles. Opening a wall section to the sheathing, replacing the weather barrier and lath, or changing the wall assembly is permitted, through LADBS or your city's building department.
Yes. Most of our repair work is on exteriors installed by someone else, which is often why they failed: no barrier, no flashing, siding over rot. We fix the cause, not just the surface.
When the weather barrier behind the siding has failed across the wall, when the stucco has lost its bond to the lath in several places, or when boards are soft on more than one elevation. In those cases a repair buys a year or two; a replacement of that wall, or the house, buys decades.
Not without your written approval. The fixed price covers the scope we agreed, the LADBS permit and the inspections; if the house in Los Angeles hides a problem, you get a written, priced change order before the crew touches it, and the final payment is only due after your walkthrough. Current planning ranges are in the siding cost guide.
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