Patches, full re-stucco, color coats and interior plaster. Javier Ortega's crew matches your texture by hand, so people notice the house, not the repair.
Services
Plaster is a craft with real chemistry: mix, moisture, cure time and weather. Doing only this is how we get it right on 40-year-old walls and brand-new ones.
Cracks, holes from old vents and fixtures, impact damage and crumbling corners, cut back to sound stucco and rebuilt in proper coats.
Quote a repairNew paper, lath and a three-coat system over the whole house, with real cure time between coats. The 30-year fix, done once.
Quote a re-stuccoSound stucco that's faded, chalky or stained gets a fresh cementitious color coat. New color, same texture, about two days.
Quote a color coatSmooth and Venetian-style plaster for entries, arches, stairwells and fireplaces, plus repair of original lath-and-plaster walls.
Quote plaster workSand, lace, dash or smooth: we sample your wall and match it in raking light, so the patch is invisible at 6 PM too, not just at noon.
Quote a matchAdditions, ADUs, garages and new homes: weather barrier, lath and stucco that pass inspection the first time.
Quote new workRepair or redo?
Most stucco problems don't need a whole new wall. Here's how we decide, and we'll show you the evidence on site before you spend a dollar.
Most homes start hereFix what's failing, match the texture, blend the color. The rest of the wall stays.
When patching stops making senseStrip to the frame or go over sound stucco, then build a new three-coat system.
Signs your stucco needs work
Five minutes, no ladder. Check off anything you notice and we'll tell you what it usually means.
Texture & finish
Patches hide at noon and show up at 6 PM, when low sun rakes across the wall. Switch the light and see why we match texture in the evening.
How a re-stucco runs
Stucco cracks when it's rushed. Here's the schedule we hold to on a typical whole-house job, and why each day matters.
We probe soft spots, map cracks and find the water source. A patch over a leak comes back.
Windows masked, plants wrapped, ground tarped. Failed stucco is cut back to sound edges.
New paper and lath where needed, then a scratch coat raked so the next layer grips.
The brown coat builds the wall flat and true, then cures about a week. This is where others cut corners.
Texture matched in raking light, color blended corner to corner, site cleaned and walked with you.
Just a patch? Small repairs follow the same coats on a smaller scale, usually two short visits: one to rebuild, one to texture and color once it has cured.
About Adobe Ridge
He grew up on job sites around Leland, then spent ten years on commercial plaster crews from Jacksonville to Raleigh. In 2011 he got his own license to do residential work the way he was taught: small crews, real cure times, and texture matched by hand instead of sprayed and hoped for.
Today Adobe Ridge has finished more than 900 walls across New Hanover County and the edge of Jacksonville. Javier still walks every estimate himself.
"Anyone can make a wall flat. Making a patch disappear into a 40-year-old wall is the actual job."
Recent work
Repairs you can't find, full re-stuccos and plaster details. Tap any photo to see it larger.
Reviews
"They patched three spots where the old owners cut in vents. I honestly can't find them anymore, even in the evening light."
"Full re-stucco on our 1978 ranch house. Javier's crew let the brown coat cure a full week before finishing, which another bidder said we didn't need. Two summers later, not a single crack."
"The color coat made our house look new. Same texture, fresh color, done in two days."
"Matching a 1990s lace texture is apparently hard. Two other companies said they'd have to redo the whole wall. Adobe Ridge matched it on the first try."
"Smooth plaster in our entry and stairwell. Beautiful work, and they protected every inch of the floor."
"I called about a crack expecting bad news. Javier showed me it was cosmetic and quoted a small repair instead of the re-stucco another company pushed. That's why he got the job, and my next one."
"They explained everything to my parents in Spanish and to me in English. Everyone knew what was happening every single day."
"Lath and stucco on our new detached garage. Passed the lath inspection with zero corrections."
"Very clean crew. They masked every window and wrapped the roses, and we didn't find a single speck on the glass afterward."
"Fast, fair, and on time. Exactly what they said they'd do."
"Water damage around our bay window meant a big patch on the front of the house. You can't tell where the old wall ends and the new one begins."
"Javier walked us through the three-coat process before we signed, then showed us each coat as it went on. Learned a lot, and we love the result."
Service area
Based in Leland. We cover the towns below every week, and we'll tell you straight if your address is too far for us to do it right.
Somewhere else nearby? Call (910) 555-0103 and ask.
FAQ
Still unsure? Text us a photo of the wall. Javier usually replies the same day.
(910) 555-0103Yes, and it's most of our repair work. We study the wall in low evening light, make a test patch, and adjust the sand and trowel work until it disappears. Then we color coat the whole wall section so the color matches too.
Not if it's done right. We blend to natural breaks like corners, trim and downspouts, and apply color to the full section instead of dabbing the patch. Spot-painting is why most repairs show.
A typical house takes two to three weeks: prep and lath, scratch and brown coats, about a week of cure time, then the finish and color coat. Small repairs usually take two short visits.
Usually not. Thin cracks are common as stucco cures and the house settles. Wide, growing or stair-step cracks, or anything with staining, deserve a look. Send us a photo and we'll tell you which one you have.
Yes. We repair and install traditional three-coat stucco and one-coat systems over foam, and we'll tell you which one your house has before quoting.
Yes. North Carolina contractor license #9104502 for lathing and plastering, with general liability and workers' comp for the whole crew. Every job carries a two-year workmanship warranty.
Free estimate
Free estimates · Mon–Fri
Book a free on-site estimate or text a photo of the wall. You'll know within two days whether it's a patch or a project.