Stucco & Painting in Colorado Springs

Exterior work in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado Springs sits at 6,035 feet, and the UV load at that altitude breaks down paint film and stucco color coat faster than it does at lower elevations. Hard-coat stucco tract homes from the 1970s and 80s sit all through the northwest side, Rockrimmon and Peregrine and Mountain Shadows among them. They show diagonal cracks off window corners and hairline map cracking on south and west walls. Stucco repair comes before stucco painting, every time.

The Springs sits in hail alley. Storms coming off the Palmer Divide bruise roof surfaces and drive water into stucco through the cracks already there. Flat and low-slope roofs on Powers corridor commercial buildings hold that water. Roof coating seals those surfaces. On the residential side, wind-driven grit strips deck finish fast, which is why deck restoration starts with sanding to bare wood.

Older frame housing in the Old North End, Patty Jewett, and Old Colorado City runs to lap siding and wood trim that chalks under high-altitude sun. House painting on those homes lives or dies on prep: scrape, spot prime bare wood, caulk moving joints. We run two coats minimum. For storefronts and offices we do commercial painting on a schedule that keeps doors open.