REPAIRS

By Jon Humble on 16 October, 2014

Regular maintenance helps prevent significant damage and costly repairs further down the road. Stucco becomes defective and fails for many reasons. Improper mix ratios , wrongly installed or no flashing protection, damaged eaves troughs and downpipes, leaking roofs and chimneys, wrongly installed windows, insufficient allowance for protective wall overhangs; the list goes on. All these inadequacies contribute to poor performance of stucco and can and often do lead to failure of structural walls and supports, decks, stairs, ecetera...

Regardless of what causes failure, the outcome is generally that moisture and water has breached what should be protection for the building and caused damp, Rot and mould problems. Stucco is designed to last for years if properly installed and maintained. It is essential to not leave your stucco work and surrounding areas to deteriorate further if a repair is needed. What might appear to be just a superficial growth of mould on the surface of the stucco can very likley be masking a whole lot of trouble.

At this stage the stucco can still be hard and difficult to break open whilst at the same time the framing and sheathing could have turned to powder and have no integrity left whatsoever. I have witnessed many such situations and customers are shocked and in awe when the underlying damage is finally revealed. Repairs done by a professional saves you money down the line by catching the problems before they become a major expense. If your stucco needs attention give us a call I will pop round to have a look.