Repairing Stucco Cracks, Why New Stucco Walls Crack
Hello everyone, here’s a bit more information to my most asked question, hairline cracking and repairing stucco cracks,
Mainly it’s due to settling foundations, high winds and especially rain which causes the ground to expand and then shrink with months or just days of rain, installing new roofs,
opening and closing doors, especially the big beautiful solid oak or similar ones (vibrations) traffic driving to and from again ground movement which can’t be seen or felt, even furniture being moved around inside the home.
Glass, concrete and stucco usually don’t flex much, they instead shatter or crack with all movement and or vibrations.
A seismic engineer can determine by researching an existing foundation that an existing wood home can handle the extra weight of new stucco, however no amount of competent engineers or other top specialist can say for certain that a home where new stucco was applied won’t harmlessly hairline.
Also note the concrete was beat up in some areas that we had to watch where we walked again, above normal ground movement.
These reasons are just the main ones, they just touch the surface of why stucco cracks.
Lastly this home was built in California and on the hayward fault line, I didn’t wish to say this in the video as some ignorant person may think it’s an excuse instead of a simple fact.
There you have it folks you can go by the book and even beyond as we did and still get some hairline cracking in a new stucco job.
Kirk Giordano Plastering Inc.
http://www.StuccoPlastering.com
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