Common Issues and Answers with Stucco in Houston
Stucco homes have become much more popular the last 30 years in the Houston home market. Stucco allows home designers to introduce a variety of architectural home design themes and features into their design portfolio that would otherwise not be available to capture unique home elevations. During this brief history of stucco's increase in popularity in Houston there have been many reports of adverse incidents with stucco systems failing and leading to expensive home repairs. Many of the issues have resulted in collateral damage to the home, principally associated with water intrusion moisture getting trapped behind the stucco and either leaking through windows or rotting the plywood sheathing that exist behind the stucco and structural timber of the homes structure. We are going to examine the different types of stucco systems, the properties of stucco and many of the root causes that are the origin of many of the problems. The Nature of Stucco Stucco is product that has been ...

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