Dose anyone have any experience with stucco? My wife and I want to build a Mediterranean style home with a stucco exterior. I remember my dad cussing stucco when I was young, but I have read that there are some inovations in the composition in the last several years. What is the cost compared to other materials?
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Real cement stucco or acrylic over foam eifs?
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Hey Fast Eddie,
I would be open to either. I've read a little on the foam. Would like to hear from someone with experience in both. It looks like exterior stucco was dying off and is now making a bit of a comeback.
Thanks,
NW
"old-fashioned" stucco over stucco wire and asphalt building paper is supposed to be good...provided the stucco wire is put on properly (there is two sides to it)and also when the wet stucco is applied onto the building paper it cause the paper to push away from the house creating an air-space...which is good. Tyvek does not create this air-space (so i hear). Also there are electric cement mixers and electric stucco mixers....one is really good for mixing stucco and one isn't.
When you do stucco...there has to be at least 2 people otherwise it's too hard and cold joints happen. Cold joints are bad.
Where did you get your information?"Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
from one of your posts a few years back
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I really doubt that. And now you got my dander up. Want to back up your comment with proof ... like give a link or quote a post number? Probably not, cuz it's not true, is it? If you want to call be down for something I saw that is wrong, that's fine and I'll take the correction and criticism. But don't go putting words in my mouth bozo."Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
And furthermore, I would appreciate an apology from you. Seriously."Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
i want an apology for you calling me bozo.
also, what did you read in my post that was wrong? I didn't realize that you were implying with your comment of "where do i get my info" that something i said in my post was wrong. And even if it was, and that was what you were implying, why wouldn't you be more straightforward about it instead of asking what i now see was a baited question.
gotta go, recess is over.
Both are stil populaar, and both are good if applied properly. In the southwest, the cement stucco (or traditional style, or 3-part stucco) is still very popular. The eifs stucco is considered a cheaper method since it is a thin layer of acrylic stucco over a thick foam layer. Especially for the eifs style, the installatiuon details are critical to permit proper drainage of any moisture that gets inside the wall. That was the reason for the huge number of failures several years ago in NC ... improper installation caused it to rot. The cement stucco is hard as cement and can take a lot of abuse. Eifs is soft enough to be damaged by kids throwing baseballs. Eifs is very effective for second floors and soffits where damage is unlikely."Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
The EIFS installer here in WY puts a hard coat over the styrofoam. Is the baseball still going to hurt the EIFS?
Eifs or Masonry Stucco...drainage plane and flashings are the 2 most important elements.
For Eifs, get a letter from the manufacturer validating the installers qualifications, and product warranty.
For Masonry Stucco, get an independant specifier and inspector.
Check out <badstucco.com>