Wind driven rain and water intrusion on stucco walls
Hi everyone
In this video I describe why you shouldn’t leave a small amount of stucco at the top of a wall where the wind with the rains may reach up to 80 to 100 an hour, even if it protected under an eve. When you are re doing a wall like this it is much better to remove all the existing stucco so that we can waterproof with 2 new layers of paper all the way up to the roof line. If this home were in Alameda or flat lands I would have agreed with the owner to leave it where it was and simply tie into it.
Life as a big time contractor, you gotta know theses things.
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Wind driven rain and water intrusion on stucco walls
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Wind driven rain and water intrusion on stucco walls
You're a real pro. And there are so many hacks out there butchering jobs it's ridiculous.
Evening zero2three1, thank you, it's my responsibility to point out issues that may become problems in the years to come. I wish for folks I work for to refer me in the future not criticize me for not sharing my experience's with stucco.
Thanks for the positive words and have a great evening!
kirk Giordano Plastering
I was searching to see if it's possible to paper/stucco over wet plywood?Over here in Redwood city. …it's going to rain soon….I'm still waiting on one window from Milgard. I'm starting to worry we will be putting the stucco on right after it rains.
Evening LindazVideos, it's always better to place your moisture barrier over dry plywood, as it take quite awhile to dry the plywood from the inside out, sorry, kirk giordano plastering
Morning LindazVideos, no, worries about duplicates, I do this all the time with facebook, befor I wish to send I hit the return button to go to the next sentence, and it sends. I always try an go over dry plywood. If you can cover the walls with plastic and wait for them to dry naturally, this is your best bet, otherwise you will be placing a weather barrier over damp and or wet plywood, it will more than likly dry from the inside out, but I don't know how long this would take, and I assume this would not be great for the drying effects we all prefer. sorry, Best wishes, kirk Giordano Plastering
so..are saying it's best to apply the moisture barrier over dry plywood…..and let that get wet, while I wait for the last window to come in ?I'm not sure what are options are at this point if the rain is coming…I could tarp the exterior walls….but it will be about $500 in tarps.
Morning LindazVideos, I always try go over dry plywood with the moisture barrier, if this moisture barrier get's wet, no problemo, this is what it is designed for, You can leave this moisture barrier on for up to a month (depending on the weather, high winds and intense heat can upset this so called window of time) while waiting for a rain free day to apply your stucco. If you can cover the walls with plastic and wait for them to dry naturally, this is your best bet, otherwise you will be placing a weather barrier over damp and or wet plywood, it will more than likely dry from the inside out, but I don't know how long this would take, and I assume this would not be great for the natural drying effects we all prefer. Best wishes, kirk Giordano
apologize for the duplicates…