More Problems with Stucco
I’m driving to work one morning last week and see this on a home in my neighborhood so I had to stop and take a picture.
Like I find during the course of many home inspections, there were cracks visible on most of the second story walls of this home. The water had penetrated the cracks, made contact with the metal lath and the rust began. Peices of stucco were laying on the ground, I measured a chunk only to find out that the thickness was just over half of what it should have been.
Once again, if you have a home with a stucco finish, particularly if the stucco is over wood framing, be sure to keep any cracks sealed and keep the home painted with high quality paint to prevent moisture intrusion. Most homes have stucco defects…it will just be a matter of time and lack of maintainence before the defects rear their ugly head.
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