We had our house exterior painted about a year ago. My first house with stucco walls. I now noticed areas of the walls have little black dots. The painter said this is normal for stucco, but I don’t know. Is he correct? Thanks!
On how much of the house is this happening? How high above the grade? Is it in sheltered areas? I’m thinking algae or mildew and probably because the wall was not cleaned. But try cleaning an area and see what happens. Maybe the paint was sprayed but not back rolled and left voids.
I have a 1930's cape style house in southern New England. The whole house has cedar shake siding. The exterior walls of the [u]original house[/u] all have sill flashing at the base of the foundation (some of these walls abut the sill, others sit back 1/2" or so). A new addition, which is on slab, (done by previous owners) does not have any observable flashing along the base. In some areas, the last row of shingles overlaps the slab but in most, it ends right at the top of the slab without any overlap. I even found some areas where it lands on the top of the slab.
The "new addition" has horrible cold air infiltration along the baseboards inside. I suspect its coming at the sill. While walking the exterior, I noticed an area where I could gently pull forward the bottom row of shingles and actual see the sill plate. After seeing where some shingles end and the lack of flashing, I suspect there may also be water infiltration now too.
Some questions:
1) I think it's not good that I can see the sill plate. Can I shimmy some flashing up the back side of the last row or two of shingles to protect it from water infiltration??
2) I also believe the cold air infiltration is occurring along this sill. Any ways I can insulate from the outside? The few areas with large enough gaps, I used spray foam. I am wondering if there it insulating sheathing I can place along the back side of the flashing before shimmying it up behind the shingles?
Thanks
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Hello there, everyone!
I’m looking to replace vinyl siding installed over wrapped osb sheathing and am trying to find a relatively inexpensive solution while not crippling the lifespan of the new siding.
The house is already got sheathing so I was wondering if I could save money by using thin plywood with battens installed over top. Is this doable? I thought I would use some construction adhesive and fasten with screws every 12 inches under where the battens would get installed.
Is this a viable method of attaining this look and if so, do I need to take any certain precautions to keep issues after install at bay? If this isn’t doable, what material would get me a longer life without breaking the bank? Is there an inexpensive solution out there other than just buying some wood/cement board and going to town?
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