"Speedy Jim" wrote in message
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Roger Shoaf wrote:
I have a rental house I am re-doing the bathroom on and I have stripped
out
the sheetrock and I find the lower edge of the wall is damp. The wood
is
sound; this is slab on grade construction, with a stucco finish.

I suspect that the moisture is wicking up from outside.

So what is the fix? Some sort of trench gravel thing or just pour a
small
concrete curb around the house?


If this is the newer synthetic stucco, it has caused serious
problems in many applications.
Do a GOOGLE for: EIFS + stucco + problems (or similar search).

Jim

Not synthetic stucco, I have the real McCoy, three coat, put on by a guy
named Guido, stucco.