New Lenox, Illinois
Synthetic stucco recoating in New Lenox, IL
Steady 1990s and 2000s subdivision growth along Route 30 and the Metra line with EIFS front elevations over siding on a large share of two-stories, close to Joliet, on solid mid-market values that support the single-elevation recoat.
New Lenox is ten minutes east of Joliet on Route 30, and the subdivisions that filled in from the early 1990s through the 2000s, off Cedar Road, Nelson Road and Schoolhouse, used the same front-elevation EIFS pattern as Plainfield: synthetic stucco on the street side, siding everywhere else. It is a two-story town with a lot of fronts coming due at once, and the single-elevation recoat at $1,800 to $4,500 is the job we quote most often here.
Because the fronts face the street, the failure that gets noticed first is cosmetic: uneven fading and chalk that makes a 15-year-old house look older than the vinyl-sided one next door. The failure that matters is at the garage. Most of these fronts wrap the garage door opening, the trim around the door was sealed with painter’s caulk at the build, and that joint has split. We replace it on every New Lenox recoat and it is inside the price.
New Lenox also has a commercial pocket along Lincoln Highway and around the Silver Cross hospital campus, where the medical office buildings and retail are EIFS-clad and show parapet staining. Joliet Stucco & EIFS covers that on the commercial page; house prices are on the cost guide.
Why the garage door corners crack first
On New Lenox fronts the garage is the giveaway. The EIFS wraps the garage door head and jambs, the door slams a few thousand times a year, and the base coat cracks along the top corners of the opening from the vibration. Those cracks are structural in the small sense: they open the mesh, and water gets behind the finish above the widest door on the house. We rout and re-mesh the garage-head corners on every recoat here, and we probe the jambs on both sides. It is a five-minute check that has caught more wet sheathing than any other spot in town.
New Lenox neighborhoods we cover
- The subdivisions off Cedar Road and Route 30
- Walker Country Estates and the Schoolhouse Road area
- The Lincoln Highway retail strip
- Nelson Ridge and the streets off Nelson Road
- Old New Lenox near the Metra station
- The Silver Cross hospital corridor and its medical buildings
New Lenox questions
- What does it cost to recoat the stucco front of a New Lenox two-story?
- Front elevations here run 500 to 900 square feet of wall and price at $1,800 to $4,500 in the published table, with hairline cracks, the garage-head corner repair and the trim sealant included. Chalking fronts get a bonding primer inside that range.
- The cracks are only at the garage door corners. Can you just patch those?
- Yes, if the rest of the front still matches and meters dry. Corner crack repair with re-meshing runs $400 to $900 for the elevation. If the front has faded so a patch would show, we tell you and quote the recoat instead.
- How long does a front-only recoat take?
- Two to three days: wash and patching on day one, primer and first coat on day two, second coat on day three, with weather buffer. You can use the driveway most of the time; we ask for the garage door to stay closed during coating.
- Do you do the medical office buildings near Silver Cross?
- Yes. Commercial EIFS recoats are priced at $3 to $6 per square foot of wall plus lift and staging, with night and weekend work for occupied buildings on the same quote. The walk-through is scheduled within the week.
Price your New Lenox front
Send the New Lenox address and what you are seeing. You get a range from the published table within one business day, then a visit with a moisture meter. Or call (815) 768-3130.