CSLB #1044105, Class B (General Building) and C-35 (Lathing and Plastering)
Se habla españolMonday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm
Services
Exterior
Who We Serve
San Jose stucco and exterior contractor
Repair, resurfacing and new installation from a crew that came out of commercial plastering. Twelve years of union training and standards, brought to houses and apartment buildings across the South Bay and the Peninsula.
Most consultations scheduled the same or next day.
Google 4.8 from 25 reviews
Yelp 5.0 from 57 reviews
Family owned, founded 2018
CSLB #1044105, Class B and C-35
Se habla español
Why we started
On a commercial job, a plasterer serves a four year apprenticeship before anyone hands him a wall. There are inspections and a foreman who answers for the work. On the residential side, most of that structure disappears.
That gap is what this stucco company was built to close. Homeowners still get taken advantage of out here, by licensed and unlicensed contractors alike, and most of the time they have no way of knowing until the wall starts failing. We run residential and multifamily work on commercial habits, because that is the standard this trade trained us to, and because a homeowner should not have to be an expert to get the job done right.
Core work
Which one you need usually comes down to how much of the wall assembly behind the stucco is still doing its job.
Cracks, holes, bulging sections, staining under windows, soft spots that give when you press on them. We find and correct whatever caused the failure rather than skinning over it. When patching is not enough, the answer is resurfacing or a full re-stucco, and you will hear which one you are looking at before any work is priced.
More on stucco repair
New construction, stucco on an addition someone else framed, or going over sound existing stucco to change the finish. Which of those your house needs comes out in the walkthrough, and if what is underneath is not sound, we will tell you that instead of selling you a finish that will not hold.
More on new stucco and re-stucco
Failing wood, fiber cement or vinyl siding repaired or replaced. Once the siding comes off we see what the wall has been hiding, which is usually where dry rot and old water damage turn up.
We repair the framing and sheathing and build the new exterior on a wall that can carry it. What is behind the siding decides the number, confirmed with you in writing before we move forward.
More on siding repair and replacement
Apartment and multifamily exteriors are a core part of what we do, almost always in occupied buildings. Residents keep using the property while the work happens, and that constraint shapes the whole schedule.
More on multifamily and apartment exterior renovationNot sure which one your house needs? That is what the free estimate is for.
Finish guide
Most people know the look they want and have no name for it. These are the four textures that come up most often on Bay Area houses.
A coarse, splattered finish thrown onto the wall rather than troweled flat, leaving a heavily pebbled surface.
When it suits a house
Common on Bay Area homes built from the fifties through the eighties. It hides imperfections well and is the texture most people are trying to move away from when they call about resurfacing.
Not sure which one is on your house? Send a photo with your estimate request and we will tell you what you have and what it can be changed to.
Full exterior scope
We hold a Class B General Building license alongside the C-35, so the trades that surround a stucco job stay under one contract instead of turning into your scheduling problem.
On the exteriorDry rot and wood repairRotted wood repaired only after you approve the price.
On the exteriorWindowsInstalled and flashed into the wall assembly correctly.
On the exteriorEntry and patio doorsEntry, patio and sliding doors, set and flashed into the wall.
Inside the houseDrywall repair and installationInterior repairs where exterior work opens a wall.
On the exteriorCarpentry and framingStructural repairs, trim, fascia and rebuilt wall sections.
On the exteriorInterior and exterior paintingInterior and exterior repaints, including after plaster or stucco work.
Inside the houseInterior plaster and VenetianVeneer plaster and polished finishes.
For the tradeStucco patch-backClean patch-back on your schedule, matched to the existing texture.Who we work for
Homeowners
“There’s a crack under my window and it keeps coming back.”
You want to know what is actually wrong, what it will cost and who is going to be standing in your yard. You get a written scope, a start date, and the same phone number the whole way through.
Stucco repairProperty managers and HOAs
“The board needs a scope and a number they can vote on.”
Board votes, reserve studies and owners who need to see where the money went. You get documentation at every stage and one point of contact who answers.
Property managers and HOAs
Multifamily renovation
“I need this done without my phone ringing off the hook.”
Owners who need the buildings to keep earning while the work happens, and a schedule they can hold someone to.
Multifamily renovation
General contractors
“I need crews who show up when the inspection is called.”
Contractors who need a trade partner that hits the inspection date and does not become the reason the job is still open.
For general contractorsFrom the founder
“On the residential side, most jobs, even licensed contractors, have no training or safety at all. My focus when I started the company was to bring what I learned from the union into the business, in order to help homeowners.”
Jose Dominguez, Founder and CEO
What that looks like in practice
“I had some light shine through the garage that I noticed after a side gate installation and got in contact with Jose. He asked me to take some pictures for evaluation. After twenty minutes he called and gave me the rundown that it’s not any damage that needs large repair and just needs some sealing that a handyman can do. He was very honest and knowledgeable. I appreciate him and the business.”
Review on Yelp
In writing
As a licensed stucco contractor, every exterior stucco assembly we install carries a two year warranty against water intrusion, covering material and labor. It covers exterior stucco, and we do not stretch it to cover work it was never meant to cover. The full terms are in writing before the job starts.
Projects
Recent exteriors across the South Bay and the Peninsula, finished by our crews.
A resurfaced exterior is not only a new color. The cracks stop telegraphing and the details at the windows and the weep screed get corrected while the wall is open.
It is also the point where anything the old exterior was hiding comes to light, the rot, the bad flashing, the cracks that were only ever papered over. None of it gets closed back up without a number attached first.
Photographs of exteriors finished by our crews.
Single story home with dated board and batten siding before the exterior was rebuiltBeforeAfter
A multifamily property in San Jose built with vinyl siding over its original exterior. Siding hides what is behind it, and on buildings of this age what is behind it is usually the real job: dry rot, termite damage, and sheathing that has been quietly taking on water for years.
The siding came off one elevation at a time. Because the walls were open and the framing exposed, the city required a structural upgrade, so hold-downs and shear walls were engineered and installed before anything went back on.
Permitted, inspected and closed out with the city. The buildings went from a siding exterior that was hiding water damage to a stucco system that is structurally upgraded and detailed to keep water out.
Every one of these started with a free estimate.
How it goes
Jose or the office qualifies the job by phone first. It saves you a visit if we are not the right contractor for it.
We look at the walls, sound the problem areas and talk through what you actually want the house to look like when it is done.
Scope, materials, finish, schedule and price in writing. If a permit is likely, we confirm requirements with the building department before we quote.
Contract signed, a deposit collected, materials ordered and a start date set. You know who is coming and when.
Daily cleanup, cure time respected, then a final walkthrough together. Warranty terms and care instructions handed over in writing.
Let us talk about money
What a project costs comes down to square footage, how many stories, access, what the finish is, and above all what condition the wall assembly is in behind the stucco. Two houses on the same street can price very differently, because one has dry rot behind the wall and the other does not.
So here is how we handle it. On the phone we will give you the range we would expect for a job like yours, along with the things that could push it up. If that range is not close to what you had in mind, we say so right there and neither of us spends an afternoon on it. If it is workable, we come out, we look, and you get a written number that reflects what is actually on your house.
When we do open a wall and find rot, you get the repair priced in writing before we go any further. No verbal change orders, no discovering the number at the end.
The people behind it
Jose Dominguez is a plasterer who spent twelve years with Plasterers Local 300. He served a four year apprenticeship, worked as a journeyman, then ran crews of nine and ten as a foreman. He ran the sprayer and the pump, trained in plastering, and served as an assistant instructor in the union apprenticeship program, teaching the trade to the next group coming up.
That work was commercial: airports, convention centers, professional sports stadiums and large corporate buildings across San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Buildings where the inspection is real, the details are drawn and nobody gets to improvise. Twenty three years in the trade in total.
He founded Plastering Solutions Inc in 2018 with Luz Dominguez, who runs the financial side of the company as CFO. Today the crew carries a combined 132 years in the trade: a foreman, a crew lead, carpenters, our painter with twenty years of painting experience, a project manager who handles estimating and a client communication lead who makes sure you are not left guessing about the schedule.
The mission has not changed since the first job: “We build quality projects that protect our clients’ investments and generate pride for our team.”
What clients say
25 reviews on Google, 57 on Yelp. Read them at the source rather than taking our word for it.
“[...] The repair work included approximately 36 Ft. of weep screed installed as the stucco was cracking and bulging on that side and 2 access doors installed; also 1 other wall was restuccoed. [...] There is office support that responds immediately to the questions we had along the way; was actually able to speak to a live person!”
Grant T., San Mateo, on Yelp
“[...] Jose is very professional and timely with communication, making Plastering Solutions easy to work with. The crew is also very hardworking and respectful. Jose is fast with providing a consultation and quote at a reasonable price. I was really surprised by the fair price, especially in this economy. [...]”
Vincent L., San Jose, on Yelp
Same crew, same standard, on your house.
Where we work
We are a stucco and plastering contractor based on San Jose Ave, and from that shop we cover the South Bay, the Peninsula and parts of the East Bay.
San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Cupertino, Campbell, Los Gatos, Saratoga, Los Altos, Milpitas, Morgan Hill
Menlo Park, Atherton, Hillsborough, Burlingame, San Mateo, Redwood City, South San Francisco, Daly City
San Leandro, Pleasanton, Livermore, San Ramon
Questions
If yours is not here, ask us on the phone. We would rather answer it before you sign anything.
Requirements vary by city and by scope. We confirm with your local building department before we quote. If a permit is needed, we handle the plans, the engineer and the submittal ourselves, and you know that before you sign anything, not partway through the job.
No. Both are free, whether or not you move forward afterward. The phone call is where you get a starting range for a job like yours, so you can decide if a walkthrough is worth scheduling before anyone drives out.
Texture, yes, in most cases. Color is more variable and depends on the specific wall, so we walk you through what to expect for yours at the free walkthrough. Our stucco repair page covers why color match varies and what to do about it.
It depends on the size of the house, the weather and whether we find dry rot once we open things up. We will give you a schedule with your written proposal, before you commit to anything. Each coat needs time to cure. More on new stucco and re-stucco.
Small hairline cracks, a little caulking, or a loose piece of trim are often a handyman job, not ours. Send photos. You will get an honest read, including when the honest read is that you do not need us yet.
If a building needs hold-downs, shear walls or other structural correction, we get the engineer and the permit moving before the crew starts on that elevation. It becomes part of the sequence, not a surprise partway through the job.
Yes. California license #1044105 is Class B General Building and C-35 Lathing and Plastering, both active. We are also bonded and insured. Ask and we will send the certificate before the job starts, or verify us directly with the state contractor licensing board.
Free estimate
Call and you will usually get Jose. Yelp calculates our response time at 10 minutes, with a 100 percent response rate. Start with a photo or a phone call, whichever is easier.
Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm. Se habla español.
CSLB #1044105, Class B and C-35. Two year warranty against water intrusion on exterior stucco.
