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Bell Engineering & Construction · Lake Worth, FL
Looking for a stucco contractor in Lake Worth, FL? We repair cracked, stained and water-damaged stucco on the 1940s and 1950s block homes, the bungalow streets and the older storefronts of Lake Worth Beach and the neighbourhoods just west of it. The owner is a Florida Certified General Contractor and a certified energy engineer, and he inspects every job. Free estimates.
Design awards: CSS Design Awards Special Kudos 2026 · Web Design Awards Winner 2026
Scope of Work
Why Lake Worth Is Different
The City of Lake Worth Beach is an incorporated city with its own Building Division at 1900 2nd Avenue North and its own online permitting portal. Addresses in the unincorporated area west of the city that people also call Lake Worth permit through the Palm Beach County Building Division instead. The mailing address does not tell you which one applies, so we confirm the authority from the parcel record before we write the estimate, and as a licensed general contractor we pull the permit when the scope needs one.
The city also has local historic districts: College Park, Old Lucerne, Northeast Lucerne, Southeast Lucerne, South Palm Park and the Old Town Commercial District downtown. Exterior work inside them can need a Certificate of Appropriateness alongside the building permit. Whether a given stucco repair needs one depends on the scope and the address, so we ask the city at the estimate rather than guess, and we scope the finish to the character of the wall.
The Walls Here
Much of Lake Worth Beach was built in two waves: wood-frame bungalows from roughly 1910 to 1935 and concrete block homes in the 1940s and 1950s, with Mediterranean and Moorish Revival storefronts downtown. Close to the Atlantic and the Intracoastal, stucco spends its life in salt air, driving rain and sun. Over decades that opens hairline cracks at window corners and roof edges, lifts paint, and lets moisture reach the block or lath behind.
Older walls have also been patched before, often with a texture that never matched. We tap the wall for hollow areas, probe the suspect spots, cut back to sound material and rebuild the backing where it has failed. Then we match texture and colour as closely as a weathered wall allows, and tell you honestly when painting a whole elevation will look better than a spot repair.
How We Work
We inspect the whole elevation: cracks, stains, window and door edges, roof-to-wall joints and the ground line, so the estimate covers the damage that is there.
City of Lake Worth Beach or Palm Beach County, and a historic-district check where the address calls for one, before anything is cut.
Loose and damp stucco comes out, the backing is repaired, and new coats go on with the finish matched.
The site is left clean and the work carries a written one-year workmanship warranty.
Local Proof
In 2025 we built a wheelchair accessibility ramp at a Lake Worth Beach residence; read how it was designed on our wheelchair ramp page. We do not put prices on a diagnosis, and estimates are free.
Stucco by Town
Nearby, see stucco in Boynton Beach and stucco in West Palm Beach, or return to the stucco and masonry hub. Also serving Greenacres.
Also in Lake Worth
Stucco repair often leads straight to the roof edge above it: see roofing in Lake Worth. If you manage an association building, property management in Lake Worth covers the board side. Land services in Lake Worth handle clearing and site work around a wall or addition, and our food truck in Lake Worth is there when you want to feed a crew or a party after the job.
Questions, Answered
It depends on the scope and on the address. The City of Lake Worth Beach has its own Building Division at 1900 2nd Avenue North, while the unincorporated area west of the city permits through the Palm Beach County Building Division. A small cosmetic patch is treated differently from a large replacement. We confirm the authority from the parcel record at the estimate and pull the permit when one is required.
Exterior work in the local historic districts, such as College Park, Old Lucerne and the Old Town Commercial District, can require a Certificate of Appropriateness with the building permit. Whether a particular repair does depends on its scope, so we check with the city at the estimate before work is scheduled.
Salt air, driving rain and decades of sun and movement open hairline cracks, usually first at window corners and roof edges. A hairline crack is often cosmetic, but one that lets water reach the block or lath behind it is not. We look for the source of the water as well as the crack.
We match texture and colour as closely as the existing wall allows. Older walls have weathered and may carry earlier patches, so a perfect spot match is not always possible. When painting a full elevation will give a better result, we say so at the estimate.
Yes. The work differs: older wood-frame walls need the backing and moisture path checked closely, while block homes need cracks, joints and the finish over the block repaired. We walk the wall and tell you which you have before pricing the job.
Yes. Estimates are free, and we do not put a price on a diagnosis over the phone because the cost depends on what is behind the surface. Every job carries a written one-year workmanship warranty. Call (561) 779-3213.
Free estimates and a licensed contractor.