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Originally Posted by Fourpar
Stucco is cracking , inside and out side, from garage window downward. Who does this kind of repair work in TV? More important, who has experience with repairs of this type, and recommends a contractor?
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The lower corners of the windows is where cracks are most likely to occur because of settling. If if REAL stained stucco made of smeared on concrete instead of a synthetic, and if the crack is small, you may not need to do anything. If the house is concrete block or reinforced concrete prefab walls (Superior Wall System, now being used in new houses in The Villages), what little water gets through will evaporate through the concrete when the rain stops. If your home has wood stud construction that is properly flashed below the windows with the stucco applied over metal lathe, then again, a small crack probably doesn’t let water all the way through. But if you put a stucco patching material over the crack, it’s very hard to actually get it into the crack, and then you have to paint it. Then you end up painting the whole house. Then the paint may provide an “elastomeric membrane” that doesn’t let the stucco dry properly after a rain if there is already moisture in the concrete, which. Is generally the case. This can cause rotting or mold conditions in the walls because the wetness in the stucco that can’t dry to the outside is sucked into the walls. Stucco is meant to “breathe.” Paint stops that breathing.