Stucco Woes: The Perfect Storm By Joseph Lstiburek Building Science Insight 29: last updated 2010/01/22 Download PDF As in most things gone horribly wrong, it is a bunch of seemingly small things that come together to create an almost unimaginable nightmare—in this case the “perfect stucco storm.” Unlike most water rants, particularly rainwater rants, we are not going to talk about this being the architect’s fault for not having overhangs—or this being the fault of that increasingly popular and peculiar … [Read more...] about Eastern PA: Stucco Failure Capital of USA
Kick Out Flashing
STUCCORxCURRENTLY TREATING: Kick Out FlashingSpend a few hundred today and save thousands tomorrowMissing Kick Out flashing is a big red flag as we very often discover significant damage to stucco, sheathing, and framing in these locations.One of the biggest potential leak areas on any house is where the eave overhang meets a vertical wall. In this area, where the stucco wall continues past the bottom edge of the roofline, Kick Out Flashing must be installed where the first few courses of roofing abut the … [Read more...] about Kick Out Flashing
Setting the Record Straight on Refinishing Stucco
Note: The name of the community (“Maple Hill”) and resident (“Mr. Rogers”) were changed before posting for privacy. This is a copy of Ai Restoration’s response that was sent to all residents of “Maple Hill.”Ai Restoration was contracted by a homeowner at Maple Hill to perform the needed restoration work to their stucco this spring. They received a letter with an attached article which has been circulating around Maple Hill and asked us to review it. The letter was written … [Read more...] about Setting the Record Straight on Refinishing Stucco
