Can i stucco over wood siding

Instead of going traditional stucco, he is insisting to use Omega cement with mesh over existing wood siding and to apply an acrylic stucco on top.

He said this is basically what shopping malls and walmart does. The price he is offering is very good considering the other quotes I been getting to remove the siding and do stucco traditional method. What is your take on this process and whether this will hold up in the long term with water and weather.

What do you think would happen when water make its way behind this 2 coat acrylic stucco and reaches your pressboard siding? However, some eaves have soffit vents installed to help ventilate the roof. When a wildfire occurs, the windswept embers and hot sparks are blown upwards against the eaves. Having stucco located on the soffits allows for the hot materials to be caught by a fireproof substance and reducing the chances of the home catching on fire.

A majority of these concerns are seen in a state like California, where a lot of wildfires occur yearly. It is not cheap to put stucco over wood. When preparing your wood substrate it is important to purchase enough galvanized stucco lath and galvanized fasteners or roofing nails in order to cover the surface of the area that you are covering.

The first step in the process of covering your wood siding begins with building paper. It is important to have enough building paper to create an overlap of at least 6 inches from a sheet of paper to a sheet of paper. The paper should also extend 16 inches from around the corners of the walls. In addition, the paper must extend 4 inches over the one below it. You will use galvanized roofing nails or staples to secure the paper to the wood. The next step when installing stucco over wood is to fasten the trim accessories.

These accessories include the casing beads and weep screed. Casing beads and weep screed should be attached with galvanized nails. The weep screed is required along the bottom of the wall to allow the moisture that builds up to drain from behind the stucco. Your last step of preparation for the wood is to fasten a netting to the wall using galvanized nails or staples that are long enough to penetrate the studs by at least 1 inch. Your fasteners should be spaced by 6 inches.

You will overlap the horizontal seams of the lath or netting by 1 inch and the vertical seams by 2 inches. First, you will mix your stucco pre-mix as stated on the pre-mix bag. Using the proper water measurements will allow you to determine the thickness of your pre-mix.

Then, once the stucco is mixed, you will begin applying the stucco to the netting or lath that you have installed over the wood. Now you will wait 24 hours for the entire coat to dry.

After waiting 24 hours for the scratch coat to dry, you will now add the next layer of stucco to the wall. You will vary the pressure and angles of your trowel to give the final coating a surface texture. Lastly, you will want to add moisture to the surface of the stucco. Watering the stucco over the next few days will allow the stucco to cure and expand.

This will create less cracking as the stucco dries. Home Decor. Holiday Decor. Christmas Trees. Holiday Lighting. Gift Cards. Design Dilemma. Stucco over wood siding? I had 2 guys give me estimates for stucco. One said he would remove the siding while the other wanted to stucco over the siding. A window guy came over and thought stucco over wood siding would provide more insulation. Anybody have experience with this?

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Stucco is everywhere, I like the metal idea. They have a place in town.