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EIFS Repair in Oakville & the GTA

Holes, cracks and soft spots in an EIFS wall, cut out and rebuilt layer by layer by a crew that installs the system. The visit is free and the quote is fixed and in writing.

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Narrow side yard beside a new house: a smooth white wall with horizontal joint lines, a ladder leaning on it and a dark base above the soil
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Four EIFS problems and what each repair costs

The finish and meshed base coat that keep rain out of an EIFS wall are about an eighth of an inch thick, over foam that stops no water. A mark matters once that skin is broken.

A puncture or a cracked dent

A ladder, a bin, hail or a woodpecker went through the finish. Each spot is cut square and rebuilt.

Per spot
$120–$400
Several on one visit
$450–$1,200

A crack that keeps coming back

Off a window corner, the opening has no diagonal mesh. Along a floor line, the wall has no joint. We add the mesh or cut in the joint.

Per crack
$120–$400
Time on site
Usually 1 day

A soft, hollow or stained area

Water is behind the system. We find where it gets in, remove the section to the substrate, let it dry and rebuild it.

Rebuilt section
$18–$34 / sq ft
Time on site
3 to 5 days

Split sealant around windows and doors

Hard, split caulking is cut out and renewed with backer rod and new sealant.

Sealant renewal
$6–$12 / linear ft
Renew
Every 5 to 10 years

What goes back into the hole, from the sheathing out

Caulk pushed into a puncture has no mesh in it, shrinks and holds water behind it. A repair rebuilds every layer the damage reached.

Sheathing and barrier

Wet sheathing dries first, and soft sheathing is replaced before anything covers it.

Foam board

Crushed or wet foam is cut out square and new board goes in at the same thickness.

Reinforcing mesh

New mesh laps at least two and a half inches onto the sound base coat around the opening.

Base coat

The mesh is bedded in base coat, which cures before any finish goes on.

Finish coat

Texture is matched first, then colour. On a faded wall the new finish runs to the nearest corner or joint.

EIFS walls our crew built or replaced

All projects
Modern three-level house with black finish on the left block, light grey on the upper right box, bare plywood on the stair tower and scaffold frames stacked in front
Milton

A failing system replaced

The old system came off this house and a new EIFS went on in black and light grey.

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Rear of a two-storey house with a smooth light finish on the upper walls, light stone on the ground floor and black-framed windows
Mississauga

An older house re-clad in EIFS

A first-generation exterior at the end of its life, replaced with a drained EIFS above a stone base.

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Customers on the advice and the work

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“Great consultation! I asked many questions and received clear, detailed answers to everything. You can tell they truly know stucco and have real experience. Very professional and patient. I'll definitely reach out again when I buy a house and need stucco work done.”
★★★★★
Vasyl Poberezhnyi · Google review
★★★★★
“Honest and very hard working”
Jim Clark · Google review
★★★★★
“Very professional! Highly recommend”
Bonnie Chung · Google review
Two-storey house with cream stucco walls and black-framed windows, a ladder leaning against one wall and construction debris on the ground

An older barrier EIFS wall can still be repaired

Many EIFS walls from the 1980s and 1990s have no drainage layer behind the foam, so the finish, the sealant joints and the flashings do all the waterproofing.

On these walls a repair always includes the joints near the damage. We check every window and door joint on that elevation and tell you which are due for sealant renewal. How the two kinds of EIFS differ is on the EIFS systems page.

When we tell you not to patch it

If the system has failed, a new EIFS installation runs $18 to $28 per square foot. If only the finish is tired on every side, that is a restoration. These are the signs:

  • Large areas sound hollow when tapped, on more than one wall.
  • The sheathing behind the test opening is wet or soft over a wide area.
  • The same spots have been patched before and have failed again.
  • The walls have no joints at the floor lines and are cracking there on every side.
Two-storey modern house with white stucco on the left walls, house wrap and blue window tape on the right walls, over a stone base

Send two photos and get a price range

Musa calls you back to book the visit, usually within a day.

  1. A close-up and a wide shotEach mark with a coin beside it, and one photo showing where on the house it is. Use the form, or text them to (905) 973-6470.
  2. Free site visitWe tap the wall around the damage and check what is behind it.
  3. Fixed written quoteOne price in writing. Finish coats go on from April to November, and an open hole can be sealed temporarily in any month.

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EIFS repair questions

Can EIFS be patched, or does the whole wall have to be redone?
It can be patched when the damage is local and the wall around it is solid. The whole wall only comes into question when large areas sound hollow or the sheathing behind is wet over a wide area.
Will the patch show?
On a newer wall a small patch can blend well. On a wall that has faded in the sun a lone patch stays visible, so we carry the new finish to the nearest corner or joint line and tell you that before we start.
Can I fill the hole with caulk or spray foam myself?
As a temporary cover to keep rain out for a few weeks, yes. As a repair, no. Both shrink, neither has mesh in it, and it all has to be cut out before the real repair.
Do you repair EIFS that another company installed?
Yes. Most of our repair work is on walls we did not build, including EIFS that is 20 or more years old.