On Sat, 11 Jul 2015 16:35:37 -0700, "Walter E."
wrote:

Good point. This is a stick -built house. The stucco is only a 1" veneer. I
have located the underlying stud and will lag-screw the 2x4 directly to the
stud.


I'll assume your exterior wall studs are 2X6. Pre-drill with the
correct sized bit for the lag bolt.

When Bubba and I added a patio roof ledger board, we cut the stucco
out to install the board and used 3/8" x 4" (??) lag bolts.

Touch up with fresh stucco, brought in a stucco Mexican to do all the
3 coat finish.

"Oren" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Jul 2015 12:45:18 -0700, Oren wrote:

On Sat, 11 Jul 2015 12:39:27 -0700, "Walter E."
wrote:

I never even thought of that. The siding of the house is white stucco.
Maybe
I should paint the treated 2x4 before screwing it to the wall.


.. in addition, make sure you lag bolt that side to the exterior wall
studs - not directly into the stucco. Lot of stress on that side.


P.S. It this CBS block of stick built walls?