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Exterior, which way to go?
I need to fix up the exterior of the house, the stucco on the most weather
exposed side is cracking and there is moisture penetrating. I am in Northern Calif with hot summers, mild winters and most of the rainfall during the winter months. Which way to go: a new layer of stucco, a texcote application over repaired stucco, or vinyl siding? Advantages, dis- advanatages, pros, cons, most value for the money? |
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On Mar 17, 9:56 pm, Rick wrote:
I need to fix up the exterior of the house, the stucco on the most weather exposed side is cracking and there is moisture penetrating. I am in Northern Calif with hot summers, mild winters and most of the rainfall during the winter months. Which way to go: a new layer of stucco, a texcote application over repaired stucco, or vinyl siding? Advantages, dis- advanatages, pros, cons, most value for the money? Whatever, vinyl siding is the worst possible choice imo... Other choices depend on factors not specified -- age, overall condition of remaining surface, reason for the cracking, etc., etc., etc., ... My recommendation would be to get good stucco guy out and talk over the situation. In that location, common finish so shouldn't be hard to get a competent tradesman (except for the time problem -- if he's good you'll probably have to wait a while). |
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Exterior, which way to go?
Get vinyl with foam behind it . Will last forever
On Mar 18, 1:04 pm, "dpb" wrote: On Mar 17, 9:56 pm, Rick wrote: I need to fix up the exterior of the house, the stucco on the most weather exposed side is cracking and there is moisture penetrating. I am in Northern Calif with hot summers, mild winters and most of the rainfall during the winter months. Which way to go: a new layer of stucco, a texcote application over repaired stucco, or vinyl siding? Advantages, dis- advanatages, pros, cons, most value for the money? Whatever, vinyl siding is the worst possible choice imo... Other choices depend on factors not specified -- age, overall condition of remaining surface, reason for the cracking, etc., etc., etc., ... My recommendation would be to get good stucco guy out and talk over the situation. In that location, common finish so shouldn't be hard to get a competent tradesman (except for the time problem -- if he's good you'll probably have to wait a while). |
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Exterior, which way to go?
"Rick" wrote in message ... I need to fix up the exterior of the house, the stucco on the most weather exposed side is cracking and there is moisture penetrating. I am in Northern Calif with hot summers, mild winters and most of the rainfall during the winter months. Which way to go: a new layer of stucco, a texcote application over repaired stucco, or vinyl siding? Advantages, dis- advanatages, pros, cons, most value for the money? There's also new stucco that has additives that make it impervious to water, UV protected, stays the same color for a long time, and other benefits. It's all up to you and your pocketbook and what you want to look at for the next twenty years. I like the new stucco/petroleum distillate epoxy glue mixes, myself. Steve |
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