Blackened Area On Stucco Around Roof

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Blackened area on stucco around roof.

Jan 26 2018 explore susan barr s board stucco and roof colors followed by 185 people on pinterest. We used two layers of jumbo tex building paper over open bay. This will relieve the stucco of the requirement of having it withstand the live load which as the previous posting stated will eventually crack and crumble with. Roof overhangs and landscape plants however sometimes create areas that rain can t reach.

Wall to roof flashing. Mix the stucco photo by reena bammi. Typically made of aluminium or galvanized steel flashing is any material used over joints in your walls or roof to prevent water from seeping through. Galow specializes in residential construction including both new homes and repairs renovations and additions.

Sling it photo by reena bammi. Following the first coat recipe stir up a batch of stucco using a wheelbarrow as a mixing bowl. I always like to use a 4 x 4 piece minimum to get a good overlap on the wall and roof. Mud stains are common on the bottoms of exterior walls and shaded areas may develop mildew stains.

Cramer is a past president of ashi the american society of home inspectors and is a. Use a hammer and chisel to break off the damaged stucco and lath from the sheathing of the wall but you must leave some lath around the damaged area as the new lath will be tied to the old. If you wet down the wall it will reduce the dust that comes off at this step. To find out how water and stucco interact we built a 20 foot long wall assembly and installed five windows in it see photo below.

Eric galow galow homes lagrangeville ny. The stucco should fall off fairly easily. Drive more roofing nails through the mesh and into the wood lath. Slip the wall leg of the weep screed behind the existing paper.

Depending on the design and layout of your home rainwater may provide all of the cleaning your stucco needs. The acrylic bonding agent added to this mix improves the adhesion of the new stucco to the old. Lay 2x4 blocks on the roof to set a consistent height for the weep screed flashing. Mark cramer inspection services mark cramer tampa florida mr.

This is usually an l shaped piece of metal that spans the gap between the stucco wall and the roof in most cases. In this video kirk giordano demonstrates how to counter flash the bottom of a stucco wall over the step flashing of the roof so that no one has to jackhammer your walls just to fix a roof.