Stucco Brown Coat Cracks Help !
cybergg
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Comments (4)I have a stucco house - I feel your pain! Sounds like you are in a location that does not have a lot of stucco homes, hence the lack of local expertise. The trick is finding someone who knows what they are doing. Traditional three coat stucco systems are not hard, just time consuming. Does your historical society have a reference? Are there are other stucco homes in the area? If so start asking other homeowners who they know who does work. Anyone doing historical stucco would get their supplies thru a concrete supplier and they might have references. I taught myself how stucco myself after we restored our upstairs dormer. There is a lot of info out there - some parts of the country still do a lot of stuccoing - you just have to dig around. I ended up finding a guy who repairs the stucco for a local large university. He was very helpful - which formula was used on my house, his opinions on stucco wrap vs roofing felt, etc. Since it sounds like moisture is your nemesis in your area (mine too) so make sure you really research how to keep your substrate dry. (hint: it does not involve spraying the stucco directly onto the sheathing.) Try this link http://www.cement.org/stucco/faq.asp as a starting point. Chances are that whoever does stucco for you is a smaller company or one man outfit so it might take you a while to find someone. Just make sure you know what you want and how you want it done before you commit to someone. The following link has a good background on stucco and offers some help in determining what kind of stucco you have. Here is a link that might be useful: historical stucco...See MoreNew Stucco Cracking?
Comments (1)New construction often entails movement/settling...therefore cracking. Check first with the Stucco-contractor. Part of the fault MAY lie with the application/mixers. They may be able to work with you. Check/post also on the Remodeling forum here too... Faron...See Morestucco cracks
Comments (1)All of the cracking should have happened in the curing process of the brown coat. Ther use to be a perscribed drying time mandated between coats as well as a min. of 17 days from application of the scratch coat to application of the color coat. If you contractor did not allow the brown coat to dry for at least 7 days and if it was not sprayed with water at least twice a day, slow the evaporation process, and any cracks that appeared, filled, prior to the application of the color coat then call the contractor back....See MoreHELP! Looking for Exterior Stucco Solutions
Comments (1)hi im a third generation stucco plasterer from north west canada. i dont have alot of time to give you advice but when i came across you problem i felt compeled to respond. so here you go , any loose stucco should be chipped away leaving the paper and wire on to tie into when you add more wire. do not attempt to put another 3 coats over the exsisting stucco. add the base coats twice if nessasary 3 times to make a level surface making the whole wall flat. let it cure. the longer the better, even a year would be ok. very important part of stucco contractors skip is flood the wall after application before it cures and repeat often cement will cure harder under water.. then skim it all again with base and apply finish as usually done on a new job. you may need to strip off paint depending on weather its 10 coats, if it is then striping may be to difficult. if the paint is flaking off then yea wash. if it seems to have good bond perhaps if you hit it with a rotery wire brush you wouldnt need to get it all off because you will wash it then use welbond. this is a glue that is mixed with water and rolled on and or added straight to the mix .look for me on facebook @ armor exteriors and stucco solutions . i hope that was helpful...See Moresnoonyb
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