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How do I repair hairline cracks in stucco?
The exterior walls on my house which is made of stucco, are starting to get hairline cracks in them.
Can anyone suggest a simple, cheap solution for it that doesn't require painting the whole house ...
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How do I install electrical through stucco
Is there such a thing as an "old work" stucco junction box?
Rather than cutting and flashing a 4" hole for a new junction box, can I cut a 1/2 hole for the non-metallic cable, and attach some sort of ...
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Securing house numbers to stucco
We recently had our townhouse complex re-painted (beige stucco, reddish-brown trim.) We took the house numbers down ahead of time, of course, and now I need to put them back up. Previously they were ...
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How do I fix stucco that is falling off of the walls?
I have slump block walls that were covered in stucco at some point and now in places it's falling off. I know I need to power wash the wall and then use some kind of bonding agent so the new stucco ...
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How to seam new stucco to old stucco when patching large areas
Our city inspector wants us to break out the edge of old stucco to expose the wire then tie that back into the new mesh. But when we did that, it became obvious to everyone (inspector included) that ...
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Was my shed repaired properly?
There was a leak in our utility shed area about 8' x 6'. The construction of the shed is plywood with stucco covering. The handyman that repaired the rotten wood installed plywood over the rotten wood ...
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What could be causing wall cracks through the middle of our house
We have been fixing cracks in our interior, and exterior walls since we moved into our house 3 years ago, and it just keeps getting worse. Our house sits between a field that goes uphill at a 45 ...
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How do I identify what my house is built of under stucco
My house is covered in stucco, I need to hang something very heavy on it, but I assume I'll need to know what's UNDER the stucco before I can attempt to hang everything (I'm assuming the answer is ...
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How do I install electrical through “new work” stucco?
See also How do I install electrical through stucco which deals with the old work situation.
What are the best practice products and procedures for installing an exterior light, on a wall that will ...
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Installing a shelf on a stucco-covered wall
We have a wall in the workroom next to our kitchen where we'd like to put a long, shallow shelf. The wall is stucco, and I'm a little concerned about the wall crumbling or cracking around the pilot ...
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Faulty grade and pest infestation
My house has a faulty grade (the top of the foundation if at or below the ground level in many places). It's a very old house (1920 built). The foundation concrete is not steel-reinforced. The ...
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How do I replace the front door on a stucco house?
I'm going to be taking out the various floors that have been laid in our house down to the sub floor so wood flooring can be laid. But in doing so the floor will be about 1 inch lower than what it ...
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How can I finish the gap above my door with Stucco?
I have about a 12" gap between the top of my new entry door and the door opening because the house is 100 y.o. and back then they used bigger doors or simply higher transoms. When I ordered the ...
