Stucco creates a warm, inviting look for your home in Southern California—but over time, this material is susceptible to troublesome water damage, which can lead to stucco failure.
If you suspect your home is experiencing stucco failure, you’re likely looking for a reliable solution to fix the problem—for good. Fortunately, remediating your stucco and updating your home’s siding isn’t as daunting of a task as it may seem. Read on to learn how you can fix your stucco problems for good!
Is My Stucco Siding Failing?
Stucco is prone to developing costly problems. When you see these signs: wet, flaking stucco, water stains, mold growth, small cracks or wood rot, then it’s a good indicator your stucco needs remediation.
How Stucco Remediation Can Help
It’s easy to see how stucco failure requires more than a quick fix. Since so many problems with stucco siding occur underneath the surface, just fixing the cosmetic issues, like sealing cracks, removing mold, and re-caulking your windows, is like a Band-Aid. It covers the problem but doesn’t address it.
To ensure your home never suffers stucco failure again, it’s essential to address the root cause of the problem—the stucco itself. That’s why stucco remediation is a popular, reliable solution for homeowners suffering from stucco-related water damage.
Stucco remediation describes the process of completely removing your faulty stucco, fixing the underlying damage, and replacing your stucco with a durable, water-resistant siding solution. When you hire a contractor to complete the stucco remediation process, here’s what you can expect:
1. The Old, Worn-Out Stucco Is Completely Removed
First, your contractor will thoroughly remove the damaged stucco from your home’s exterior to reveal the deterioration underneath.
2. Underlying Damage Is Fixed
Next, your contractor will remove any water-soaked sheathing or plywood, complete structural repairs, and remove any mold, mildew, or rotting.
3. Windows, Doors, and Other Home Exterior Features Are Checked
Since stucco failure can often affect your windows and doors, your contractor will ensure they’re in great shape and, if not, will repair the water damage and other problems before reinstalling your doors and windows.
4. New, Housewrap and Water-Resistant Siding are Installed
Finally, your contractor will add a housewrap to protect your home from water damage in the future, then will cover your home with an attractive, waterproof, low-maintenance exterior material, like James Hardie® fiber cement siding!
Hardie siding is made from an incredibly durable blend of cement, sand, water, and cellulose fibers, and it’s the perfect replacement for stucco. It’s water-resistant, fire-resistant, durable, and comes in dozens of colors and styles that mimic the look of natural wood siding.
Replace Your Failing Stucco with Water-Resistant James Hardie Fiber Cement Siding
It’s easy to see why replacing your failing stucco exterior with durable, water-resistant siding is a worthwhile investment for your home. Approved Contractor has helped hundreds of Southern California homeowners replace their subpar stucco exteriors with the best fiber cement siding on the market—James Hardie!
As a James Hardie Elite Preferred Contractor, you can be confident we’ll stay on the cutting edge of technology to offer you top-notch installation and industry-leading warranties for your brand-new siding.
Learn more about the valuable benefits of remediating your stucco to discover how you can eliminate your frustrating problems with stucco siding—forever!
