You are faced with Stucco Problems and you don't know where to turn. To add insult to your injury the marketplace has it’s oportunist single-trade contractor(s) that use the same sub-contractors and methods that cause these issues. (We say 'don't repeat the cycle' for a reason.) They come touting fake AI generated reviews and fancy pitches filled with fear mongering and the like. Inspectors come to fill the need for answers and to look at obvious conditions, but they want to drill holes and do destructive harm to your sound cladding endeavoring to validate that your home is suspect, all the while negating in finely written agreements, your recourse for legal action if they are wrong. In any other realm, we would refer to these practices as scams. Be very careful. Philadelphia is full of poorly done stucco and there are plenty of stucco contractors ready to answer your call to replace your failing wall cladding. Will they do it right? Many come from the same new-construction mindset that fostered the original issues. As far as stucco and a lot of the wall cladding materials available please see the video below (under START HERE). You need to be informed so that you don’t ‘Repeat the Cycle!’

FIRST YOU NEED DEFINITIVE CAUSATION DETERMINATION to prevent a return of the problem. Your stucco issue may be a symptom of another issue and blaming the stucco from the curb is often the inexperienced approach of the single-trade mindset. You do not want to fix this problem again and the leaks and rot can be a reoccurring nightmare even after you go through replacement of your stucco. If you only address symptoms and not the root cause, you are not solving anything.

There is not another company like ours that can do what we do. Our skillsets span across the building trades and we do not use sub-contractors. Call us and you will get honest answers.

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There are many voices in this industry and most are followers of the trends that cause major problems. You must be educated so that you do not ‘REPEAT THE CYCLE.' Engaging with the same sort that caused your current problems will probably result in more problems and increased costs and do-overs. Builders use inexperienced single-trade applicators. They now want your business, but can they deliver?

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Stucco Failures

You get your stucco inspected and weak areas of substrate are found. The stucco is blamed and you engage the services of a “SINGLE TRADE APPLICATOR” that ‘repeats the cycle," not addressing the cause of the problems! You are back at square one! We diagnose causation, not just condition! We remedy the issues that caused the problem and we remedy the damage done. Novices abound in this industry and they follow the very same trends that were followed before that caused the trouble in the first place. “DON’T REPEAT THE CYCLE!”

Fiberglass Walls Can Replace Stucco

We always try to make things better when we leave then they were when we first arrived. This particular job in Manayunk was absolutely unbelievable when we arrived. We had a makeshift Green Roof with all kinds of penetrations in the field leaking like a sieve with stucco walls. We installed fiberglass cladded walls and we rerouted many of the penetrations so that they exited the vertical walls. Take a look at this quick photo walk through by clicking the red tab below.

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Fiber Cement Walls & Stucco Wall Takedowns

Often when stucco fails, the failed stucco and wall become the focus, but the situation is almost always just the symptom and the stucco is not the main cause of the problem. Inspectors abound as validating the structural concerns has become big business. We ask if you are being served well by these 'experts.' All too often the contractor chosen to rectify a stucco failure and that operator is just a middle-man that subcontracts to the siding sub-contractor. This is no different than the builder's business model that caused the problem! They will all tell you that they do not sub-contract, but most of them do. You will have a repeat of the initial problem in the making, if you engage with a single-trade operator. What is their answer? Underlayment, Tyvek, Tapes and the like are the only answers they have in their toolboxes! If you hear a lot of talk like this, please reconsider. Water should NEVER make it to underlayment! Underlayment should never be relied upon as a primary water-shedding material. YOU MUST ADDRESS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM!

Experience Counts

We have done a lot of work in your city. We have a wealth of knowledge and industry experience from which to draw. We are not 'single trade applicators' looking to make a buck. We are not just a sidewall cladding company. We are skilled in more than just one trade or sub-trade or disipline, so we can diagnose causation and get the critical flashing details done correctly. We have the seasoned craftsmen on staff to do the job correctly. We exceed industry standards every day. Our work history speaks for itself. We are the contractor of choice for discerning homeowners that want true quality workmanship from a proven company. Others try to mimic us but they just can’t deliver the same service that we do every day.

The Underlayment Craze

Do we use underlayment? Sure we do! Do we rely upon underlayment as a primary water-proofing and water-shedding material? NO! This mentality is the flaw. This is the hinge-pin that has caused most of the problems. For most sidewall contractors, all they have is underlayment because they just don't know any better. Flashing details are lost in this soup of bad methodology and entire walls of buildings are rotting down because of ignorance. The video linked below is from a job of years ago where Vinyl Siding (a severely flawed siding system) was installed to replace existing cladding and clad an addition and the installer followed the industry standards - to the letter. The result? We rendered the cleanup of this mess from the rotting framing and plywood, insulation and interior work to the removal of deadly black mold. Yes, if you follow the industry standards you can be in the same boat. It is so very important to install the needed flashing that is needed and that flashing must drain outward and onto receiving cladding AND NOT INTO THE WALLS! If you engage a single-trade applicator (that is just interested in making a buck) they will neither have the knowledge, nor the skill to get it right and your hpme and health could be at risk. Please click the link and educate yourselves. See video by clicking the red tab.

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