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Raccoon Climbs Stucco, Permanent Damage

Posted by Admin on September 26, 2009 1 comments

This is the first time I have ever seen anything like this. This part was a new addition to the house, and a window must have been open because what appears to be a raccoon climbed the EIFS wall while the finish coat wasn’t quite fully set, leaving his little claw marks all over the corner of the wall. The damage is permanent in as far as it needs to be re-coated and re-finished, but the system should still function as intended.

Raccoon Climbs Stucco

The real shame of course, is that the owner didn’t bother to fix it.

Window Lacking Flashing and Caulking

Posted by Admin on November 25, 2008 1 comments

Whoever installed the stucco around this window deserves to be sued. There are 3 things I immediately see wrong with this:

Window in EIFS Lacking Flashing and Caulking
  1. There is no flashing over the window, this means that any water in behind the system (which likely isn’t drainage either) will become trapped in and around the window frame, causing mold and rot.
  2. There is no backer rod and caulking around the sides of the window. Aside from water getting into the window frame from the top, it can also be wind-driven into the sides.
  3. The applicators didn’t protect the window properly when applying the finish coat. Now you have an acrylic material caked on to your window frame, and scraping it off will likely damage the finish on the frame.

I have no idea what that white spot is at the bottom of the picture either.