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Rick

wrote in
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if the vinyl sising contractors put in writing that they are going to
be removing the stucco ( at least where they put up thier edging, then
it's not a problem. Modern Vinyl comes in so many grades that you

So far none of the siding contractors have mentioned anything about this
and some want extra for house wrap.

If you are going this far, you should also have every piece of exposed
soffit, gutter, wood or metal looked at, and if any window work is
going to happen do it now.

The windows will be done first for sure. If I understand the texcote guy
correctly they will inspect all the exposed wood and soffit first, and I
best as I can tell the siding guys will just cover or encase it.

Rick wrote:
On the most waether exposed side of a 40 yr old stucco house (garage
actually) I have gotten some cracking and with wind driven rain the
water is penetrating. I want to redo the entire house with either
texcote or vinyl siding. I have got a few siding estimates and so
far one texcote estimate, the texcote contractor, who also does vinyl
siding, says that he won't do siding jobs on houses my age because
most were built with the stucco going below ground level. He says
that covering with siding siding could lead to problems later on. Of
course none of the siding only guys mentioned this. So is this true?
I'm in northern Calif, with HOT summers, mild winters, and 95% of the
annual rainfall during the winter months, and far enough away from
major faultines so the quake shakes are very mild. Which way to go?