Stucco & Painting in Buffalo Creek

Exterior work in Buffalo Creek, Colorado

The building stock in Buffalo Creek is mountain stock: log, heavy timber, cedar and pine siding, wraparound decks, and steep metal roofs built to shed snow. Wood is the whole exterior on most of these places, so the finish is doing all the work. House painting and stain jobs at this elevation fail on the south and west first, where UV breaks down the binder.

Decks take the worst abuse of anything up here. Snow sits on them for weeks, melts through the day, and refreezes at night, and that cycle pumps water in and out of the grain until boards check and cup. Deck restoration starts with stripping and sanding to clean wood, then fastener work and end-grain sealing. Deck painting or a penetrating stain goes on after, two coats minimum.

Buffalo Creek is wildland interface, and dried-out, split wood is a problem for more than looks. Keeping deck boards, soffits, and siding sealed and sound is basic maintenance up here. Steep metal roofs get roof coating to seal fasteners and seams before rust starts at the low points. Where a cabin has stuccoed foundation walls or a stuccoed chimney, stucco repair handles the freeze-thaw cracking.