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Originally Posted by jjombrello
The Villages offered wood frame with stucco up until about 1998 when they discontinued this construction. We built in 1998 and were seriously considering wood frame/stucco as it gave the additional interior space with good outside cover. When we came to build we were informed that the wood frame/stucco was no longer an option. I could be that there is more movement with a wood frame home which caused cracking to the stucco. I had a block/stucco home in Minnesota that cracked but was easily patched and was not a big problem. If you find a home built with wood frame/stucco, it has to be 25 plus years old.
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Far as movement in wood, it is the nature of the material. It absorbs and releases humidity. Our styled plastic doors are molded to imitate real wood doors. They were made allowing for the fact that wood moves. The panels were fitted into grooves cut into the rails and stiles. If, you could find a tree big enough to cut a single piece to use as a door, you would not. It would warp.
Perhaps like the old joke a broken clock shows the right time twice a day. Such a door might fit once a year.