Self-performing stucco crew
Lath, scratch, brown, and finish all performed by Southwest Stucco employees — never sub-subbed. One accountable trade partner from pre-con through punch.
For General Contractors
A stucco sub built forserious commercial work.
Multi-crew, multi-elevation, schedule-driven commercial stucco for general contractors across greater Los Angeles. Owned scaffold. Bonded and insured. 30 years of references.
Capabilities
The numbers your project manager actually needs.
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- CSLB License (C-35)
- #702110 · Active
- Bonded & Insured
- Current bonding letter + COI on request
- Years in Business
- Since 1995 · same family
- Self-Perform
- Lath, scratch, brown, finish — 100% in-house
- Crew Capacity
- Up to 4 concurrent crews
- Owned Scaffold
- Frame + system · up to 6 stories
- Manufacturer Programs
- Omega, La Habra, Merlex, Sto, Senergy
- Service Area
- Greater Los Angeles · Conejo & SF Valley
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Why GCs Keep Coming Back
One accountabletrade partner.
Scaffold under one roof
We own and install our scaffold inventory. No day-rate creep, no third-party schedule risk, full coordination with paint, roofing, and window trades.
Honest schedule commitments
We bid the schedule we can hit. We staff up to multiple crews when the milestone calendar demands it. Brown-coat production tracked weekly and reported into OAC.
Submittal-ready in 5 days
Mock-up panels, color samples, manufacturer cut sheets, and control joint layouts delivered within 5 business days of contract execution.
Bonded and insured
Current bonding letter and certificate of insurance available at bid day. We name the GC and owner as additional insured and waive subrogation per standard master subcontract terms.
One PM, weekend reachable
Your point of contact during construction is a real owner of the company. Weekly OAC, real-time field reachability, and answers when weather hits.
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Pre-Con Through Punch
Six stages,one accountable team.
- 01
Pre-Con & Bid
We walk the plans, ask the right questions, and submit a line-item bid with takeoffs, value-engineering options, and schedule assumptions inside 5 business days.
- 02
Submittals
Mock-up panels on the actual building, color and finish samples, control joint layouts, manufacturer cut sheets, and shop drawings (EIFS only).
- 03
Mobilize
Scaffold, mixers, materials, and crew arrive on the milestone you committed to. Coordination with framers, window installers, and roofers locked in pre-mobilization.
- 04
Lath & Inspection
Self-furring metal lath with weeps, casing, and control joints installed to detail. Pass first inspection.
- 05
Scratch, Brown, Finish
Three-coat or one-coat per spec, screeded plumb, moist-cured between coats, finish coat troweled or sprayed by experienced hands.
- 06
Punch & Hand-Off
Walk every elevation with your superintendent, hit every punch item, deliver close-out documentation.
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Recent Commercial Scope
Project profileby the numbers.
Mid-Rise Apartment, Woodland Hills
Three-coat hard-coat with acrylic finish
- Scope
- 32,000 sq ft of wall · 4 elevations · acrylic 16/20 finish
- Duration
- 7 weeks
Tilt-Up Plaster Veneer, Van Nuys
Three-coat over CMU/tilt-up
- Scope
- Tilt-up office building · plaster veneer over self-furring lath · smooth finish
- Duration
- 5 weeks
Multi-Unit Residential, Los Angeles
One-coat fiber-reinforced with finish
- Scope
- One-coat assembly · ~18,000 sq ft · sand finish
- Duration
- 6 weeks
Hotel Renovation, Beverly Hills
Three-coat hard-coat, custom color
- Scope
- Exterior re-stucco · Santa Barbara hand-rubbed finish · live operations
- Duration
- 9 weeks (phased nights and weekends)
Retail Tenant Improvement, Calabasas
Three-coat with integral color
- Scope
- Storefront re-skin · 4,500 sq ft · smooth-trowel finish
- Duration
- 3 weeks
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Reading For PMs
All posts →Field notesfrom a 30-year sub.
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Common GC Questions
Asked at bid day.Answered up front.
Southwest Stucco Inc. is a family-owned C-35 plastering contractor in Calabasas, CA — CSLB License #702110 — serving general contractors across greater Los Angeles since 1995. We self-perform lath, scratch, brown, and finish with up to 4 concurrent crews and own and install our scaffold.
Free Estimate
Have a project coming up?let's talk before bid day.
Email a draft scope and plan set, or call the office. We respond same-day on GC inquiries.