Stucco of all things

[Jay Moge]

Originally Posted by carl brown

Jay it was sixty here to day and they are calling for rainturning to sleet then snow tommorow!

We get alot of freeze and thaw cycles in short time spans here.

your profile doesn't say a location, but 60? i have no pitty for ya brotha, sorry. it was 35 here today and that was nice. although we did just get threw a good January thaw with numbers up in the high 50s, early mud season, then deep freeze clicking in at 5* the next morning. go figure, well like we all say "this is New England, if you don't like the weather, wait a minute it will change"

[Dale Duffy]

Ahhhhhhhh> Missouri has some issues..... Man you have some good pictures of screwed up stucco.

Must keep the home inspectors busy there.

[Dale Duffy]

Reading different areas of this message board, from what I read there is no building codes enforced in half the state....true or false?

[Carl Brown]

Jay we have had some below o readings this year. Thank god not as many as we could have had. But its not over yet!!!
All I have been doing is therapy so I have been warm anyway!

[Jay Moge]

Originally Posted by carl brown

Jay we have had some below o readings this year. Thank god not as many as we could have had. But its not over yet!!!
All I have been doing is therapy so I have been warm anyway!

I'm a glutton for punishment i guess. i like to work outside in the extreme cold and our extreme hot, just so it feels that much nicer inside when i finaly get there.

[Carl Brown]

Originally Posted by dduffy

Ahhhhhhhh> Missouri has some issues..... Man you have some good pictures of screwed up stucco.

Must keep the home inspectors busy there.

Alot of problems! Most of the pictures were taken in JOCO kansas!
But I can fill up camera chips all day long any day of the week in the 8 county metro!

[Carl Brown]

Originally Posted by Jay Moge

I'm a glutton for punishment i guess. i like to work outside in the extreme cold and our extreme hot, just so it feels that much nicer inside when i finaly get there.

I did for over 27 years!
I finally tore my right shoulder up! Too many sand piles!
I have been off sence late september and I am going even more CRAZY!!
Then I was before the operation! Its getting better by the day the shoulder anyway! Not my head!!
I was told I was to passionate about the stucco!
So I folded my buisness and now it is worse!

[Carl Brown]

Originally Posted by dduffy

Reading different areas of this message board, from what I read there is no building codes enforced in half the state....true or false?

In the land of OZ?
Or in the show me state?
Just like with everything else it takes time!

[Jay Moge]

Carl, glad to hear the sholder is getting better, my wife tore her rotator cuff 2 years ago, and it still isn't "right". her doc. said it will never be better than 70%-80% tops. good luck.

[Carl Brown]

Originally Posted by Jay Moge

Carl, glad to hear the sholder is getting better, my wife tore her rotator cuff 2 years ago, and it still isn't "right". her doc. said it will never be better than 70%-80% tops. good luck.

The DR. told me it could take a year to get back to normal! But Iam not sure what normal is!
It is past time for me to find a new trade. I have had 3 cortisone shots in my lower back,2 in my right elbow,2 in my right shoulder,1 in my left shoulder,2 in my neck! OUCH!!!! Time to take care of whatis left if itis not to late!
I am thinking of consulting!

[don james]

Hello, I am looking for a technical reference that would detail flashing, weep screed, expansion joints and window(door) / stucco boundary practices. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. don james / donmjames@charter,net (541) 419 5773

[Carl A. Brown]

http://www.badstucco.com

http://www.mnlath-plaster.com/

[Lynn W. Gerving]

This is not only a problem with stucco, but any type of siding if the house wrap is not installed properly. I see the same type of rotting after a few years with some re-siding job, because of the poor installation of the "J" metal trim.
Lynn W. Gerving
Rapid City SD

[Barry Adair]

Don,

http://buildingcodes.jocogov.org/doc...plications.pdf

Invaluable resource if you are an aficionado of stucco and need details for application and reporting. Well worth the price IMHO.
http://www.stuccomfgassoc.com/resource.html

[Lynn W. Gerving]

We don't see much stucco in this area, but do see a lot of Dry-Vet and other types of synthetic stucco. Weather there is stucco or siding the problems are the same if the product isn't installed properly. I have seen the same conditions on houses sided with hardboard, cement board. and with other types of siding. Still comes down to how well it is installed and how well of a flashing job was done. I run into contractors and roofers who don't know what step flashing is or why it is used. Most contractors or installers haven't been trained to do a good job, only to get the work done quick.

Lynn W. Gerving
Gerving Inspections
Rapid City SD