Hey everyone, I've recently put up my garage, finished roofing and am installing doors and windows this week, including my overhead. I need to get it weatherproofed, and can't afford the 5k hit for stucco on the building that seems to be the qualified price for a decent reputable insured (WCB) company. My question is, if I cannot get it done this year, whats my best course of action. Tyvek builders paper, thick felt? Not sure what to wrap with! Thanks

Hi All, My wife and I recently purchased a tudor style house that was covered in ivy when we first bought it. Our home inspector found a small trace of active termites so we decided to have the entire house fumigated and then removed all of the ivy. It was a tough decision to make because we both loved how the house looked with the ivy but I had to convince my wife that it was not practical and would have caused a lot more issues down the line. BEFORE ivy removal [ATTACH]50488[/ATTACH] AFTER ivy removal [ATTACH]50489[/ATTACH] The ivy was held by a ton of screws and metal wires which have all been removed since. I applied stucco patch to cover as many of the holes possible. We would like to paint the entire house a new color (most likely gray) and paint the boards/trim white so we are trying to do whatever we can to prep it for paint. As you can see below, some of them are really rotten and it appears as those none of them were ever sealed properly. They also appear to be engraved into the wall and are not just sitting on top of the stucco. Here are some of the close up pictures of the pieces I am referring to. [ATTACH]50490[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]50491[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]50492[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]50493[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]50494[/ATTACH] How do I go about repairing these boards? What are my options? Would greatly appreciate any thoughts/advice/recommendation.