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Historic Echo Park
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Say "NO" to Stucco
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Take It Off: How To De-Stucco Your Home
A 7-minute video of basic techniques featuring Rob Hanson and
Robin Gutman. This demonstration was conducted at a home in Highland Park in June 2007.
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How to De-Stucco
Restore Your Home's Original Wood Charm
The Echo Park Historical Society considers the "stuccoing" of wood shingled and clapboard
bungalows and buildings as the No. 1 threat to our neighborhood's historic fabric. The application of a coat of stucco to
a wood-sided house, along with the ripping out of wood windows, doors and trim, are misguided attempts at modernizing an old
house. Regular maintenance in addition to limited wood repair and replacement can extend the life of a wood-sided
house by decades and saves the cost of a "stucco job."
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| A bungalow stripped of wood clapboard, doors and windows in preparation for stucco. |
But what do you do if your home has already been stuccoed? Chances are
the wood shingles and clapboard are still there underneath a layer of stucco, chicken wire and tar paper. With a little
skill, a hammer, crowbars and a pair of wire cutters, you can free your wood-sided house under its stucco shell.
Members of the EPHS can help advise you on stucco-removal.
We also have sponsored stucco-removal workshops, pictured below.
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| De-stucco workshop starts on Echo Park Avenue bungalow. |
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| Hammer away at stucco to wire and tar paper underneath. Create a "u" shape to define a section. |
Anti-Stucco Brochures
Help protect Echo Park's historic shingled and clapboard homes
and buildings. The EPHS has copies available of a bilingual, English-Spanish brochure that explains the reasons
against applying stucco on a wood-shingled or clapboard home.
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| Cut away at chicken wire. Peel away stucco inside the "U" section from the wall.. Then repeat. |
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| A large section of wood has been exposed. Repair nail holes and damaged wood before painting. |
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| The first coat of paint is applied on newly uncovered and repaired clapboard. |
De-Stucco Candidate Needed
The EPHS is looking for a stuccoed house to serve
as the site of another de-stucco workshop. Contact us if you are interested.
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