If you’re the owner of a stucco home, it’s important to take measures to protect your stucco exterior. There are numerous benefits to owning a stucco home, but these can easily be nullified if the stucco system has been improperly installed, or if it is insufficiently protected from damaging factors such as water retention. Whether your home is suffering from some of the physical manifestations of stucco damage (such as staining, cracking, or mold), or you simply want to protect it from future damage while … [Read more...] about Chester County Stucco Remediation – Benefits of Sealing
3 Signs You Need Northampton County Stucco Remediation
Stucco is an incredibly versatile material. The benefits of a well-constructed stucco home are numerous: stucco can insulate your home to minimize energy costs, make it more fire retardant, and reduce noise pollution from outside sources. On the flipside, a stucco exterior that’s been poorly installed can be a true burden on any homeowner. Such shoddy workmanship may not physically manifest until a decade or two after the home has been constructed. Discovering serious issues with your home’s stucco can be a very … [Read more...] about 3 Signs You Need Northampton County Stucco Remediation
Lehigh County Stucco Remediation – Finding the Root Cause
When you’ve discovered signs of stucco damage in your home, it’s important to take the right approach to the issue. Rather than look for a band-aid solution by simply correcting the symptoms of damage, a good Lehigh County stucco repair team will work to find the bigger underlying issue leading to these symptoms. Most signs of stucco damage can be traced back to mistakes or oversights during the original installation of the stucco. It’s important to tackle these issues in a comprehensive manner, in order to ensure … [Read more...] about Lehigh County Stucco Remediation – Finding the Root Cause
3 Common Signs You Need Main Line Stucco Remediation
If you’re the owner of a relatively new stucco exterior home on the Main Line, you may have noticed some physical signs of deterioration. For many stucco homeowners, the consequences of inferior workmanship and installation begin to surface a decade or two after the construction of the home. When you start to notice some of these unsightly physical issues affecting your home, it’s important to take swift action. These outer issues are usually indicative of more serious underlying problems, which need to be … [Read more...] about 3 Common Signs You Need Main Line Stucco Remediation
3 Symptoms and Treatments for Stucco Problems in Mercer County
Stucco homeownership can be both a gift and a curse, depending on who you ask. For owners of well-constructed stucco homes, the material is aesthetically pleasing and also very functional - it makes your home more energy efficient, fire retardant, and reduces sound transmission for those of us in loud, crowded neighborhoods. But for the owners of homes with stucco shells constructed under shoddy workmanship, home ownership can seem like a never-ending cycle of issues both functional and aesthetic. Here are 3 common … [Read more...] about 3 Symptoms and Treatments for Stucco Problems in Mercer County
Common Signs Your Hunterdon County Home May Need Stucco Remediation
For the responsible homeowner, it’s always important to stay vigilant and aware of any issues that may arise with your home. You may think you’ve found your dream home, but in all likelihood, you’ll eventually encounter some home issues that need to be addressed. For the owners of homes with stucco exteriors, it’s especially important to keep a watchful eye for any warning signs that your home may be retaining moisture. Unfortunately, many newer stucco homes suffer from these types of issues. Here are a few warning … [Read more...] about Common Signs Your Hunterdon County Home May Need Stucco Remediation
Beneath the Surface: How Stucco Problems Can Be Symptomatic of Bigger Issues
If you’re the owner of a Montgomery County stucco home, odds are you have a love-hate relationship with your stucco exterior. And if you’re visiting this website, you’ve most likely dealt with some of the common issues plaguing the owners of stucco homes. Many of the houses facing these issues were designed as luxury homes and only built a short time ago, with materials and building practices which at the time were considered top quality. However, time has revealed the errors in the design of stucco homes. The … [Read more...] about Beneath the Surface: How Stucco Problems Can Be Symptomatic of Bigger Issues
3 Common Stucco Problems: How They Happen & How We Can Fix Them
Stucco homes are a bit of a conundrum. When stucco is done right, it can help make your home more energy efficient, fire retardant, and less susceptible to noise pollution. However, if a stucco exterior is poorly installed or not properly maintained, there are several serious issues which can arise and end up damaging your home. Most of the time, these issues are water related and have to do with excess moisture becoming trapped in your home. There are three very common issues which result from poor craftsmanship … [Read more...] about 3 Common Stucco Problems: How They Happen & How We Can Fix Them
There Is No Insurance Coverage for Faulty Workmanship in PA
A common misconception among contractors and owners is that their commercial general liability insurance policy covers property damage caused by faulty workmanship. Pennsylvania breaks with many other states in holding that property damage caused by faulty workmanship is not an “occurrence” as defined in most CGL policies. In Kvaerner Metals Division of Kvaerner U.S., Inc. v. Commercial Union Insurance Co., 908 A.2d 888 (2006), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court of Pennsylvania was asked to decide … [Read more...] about There Is No Insurance Coverage for Faulty Workmanship in PA
Homeowners Face Uphill Battle in Stucco Defect Cases
The local CBS affiliate in Philadelphia has a story that many lawyers already know: defectively installed stucco is causing homeowners to spend thousands of dollars to repair their homes. The story underscores another problem homeowners face: they will not likely recover a dime of their repair costs. The story recounts an all too familiar tale of homeowners who discovered defects related to improperly applied stucco, brought suit against the builder, obtained a judgment, but have been unable to collect on … [Read more...] about Homeowners Face Uphill Battle in Stucco Defect Cases
