Posted by dhermesc on April 18, 2012 at 06:09:10 from (24.248.193.103):
In Reply to: Buying a Castle ?? posted by SJ on April 17, 2012 at 11:13:44:
I wouldn't even give it a second look. The roof is going to cost you thousands. It looks old enough to have the mold issues associated with most stucco structures built in the 1980s and early 1990s. They need to leave stucco in the dry southwest where it belongs.
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Berkeley contractor Richard Schwartz said stucco is prone to leakage both from its inherent qualities and from construction shortcuts that leave the concrete-like finish susceptible to water intrusion—leaks, in lay terms.
While declining to comment on any particular structure, Schwartz ticked off a list of common causes for stucco failures.
• Inferior quality sand in the mix, “the number one cause of stucco failure;”
• Use of too much or too little water in creating the stucco mix;
• Installation of stucco in expanses of greater than 100 square feet without expansion joints to accommodate climatically caused expansion and contraction;
• Installation of stucco in unbroken areas where the length to width ratio is greater than 2.5 to 1, rendering the material prone to cracks from expansion and contraction;
• Failure to back the stucco with a double layer of Class B construction paper.
Once water penetrates the stucco and construction and reaches the plywood or manufactured oriented strand board [made from wood scraps, usually from the creation of plywood], the danger of mold increases exponentially, Schwartz said.
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