How Its Built - Stucco Siding
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Today we are talking about stucco. Yes, stucco the mixture made of cement, sand, water, and a dash of lime.
In southwest Florida majority of homes have stucco on the exterior which can be done in a few different ways. But for this house, we chose to go with one of the more popular finishes called a sand float.
A sand float finish is usually applied in one to two applications. Once finished it gives a nice clean look to the exterior of the house.
This house also has a plank siding look to it. This is done using vinyl trim pieces that are put on before the stucco is applied. Customers have the choice to do the whole house with planking or just the front areas to save cost.
Stucco has many great advantages to it. Especially in waterfront properties.
🇺🇸Bill Reiman
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Actually there is lots of the cement siding ( hardi board ) used here in Florida also.
As for the plastered on cement siding, it is considerably more labor intensive and therefore more costly.
However, it can be done on masonry homes as well as frame homes without applying wood stripping onto the block walls.
Can you add that siding look over an existing stucco home?
Yes absolutely!
Why are there different size stucco siding in this video? Shouldn’t lines be level from one area to another to the other?
Not sure what you are seeing David. All lines were level on this project. 🤨
I watched the video twice and all the lines were well leveled. and the work is perfect.
I want to enclose my soffits here in Vero beach with densglass and stucco over that and install 3'' soffit vents afterwards. I have a metal roof, am I allowed to close off the soffit?
Hi Jon, what type of installation is in the attic? Do you have roof vents? I ask because the home in the video had spray foam. As long as there is proper ventilation still you should be fine. I would just make sure a good licensed contractor does the work.
@@Reimanmedia Hi Bill, thanks for responding, its blown in insulation from when the house was built in 2006. I had just had the metal roof installed 4 months ago, it has a solar powered roof vent.
@@jonlebon5086 Hi Jon, You are definitely going to need some kind of venting on the soffit. They can remove the aluminum soffit vents and add continuous vents to it. The stucco company you are using should provide them once they close up the vents. Hope this helps!
Remember that Densglass is essentially drywall with a face covering that mortar will adhere to.
Ive used it on a frame wall in my garage and for that it worked well.
Yes it is being used on things like shopping centers with stucco finishes.
Again, time will tell as to how it holds up for exterior applications.
Id personally prefer a ventilated vinyl soffit system.
John if you do install the smaller 3" soffit vents, you may want to consider adding a dehumidifier in the attic.
You want that insulation to stay dry as possible.
May I ask your mix ratio
Just wondering if you can do that to my home I'm in Missouri I don't know if you have a company out here but please contact and let me know I would love to put that on my stucco house
Hi unfortunately we do not have a company branch up your way. I would try to contact any of your local stucco companies and see if they offer or can do stucco siding.
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Actually we use Hardi Plank cement siding also In Florida Bill. My own home has a combination of the cement board siding on the frame areas and stucco over block in others.
As for the foam insulation and no attic ventilation, i suppose that 25 years or so down the road we will know the real answer on that wont we?
Maybe your the one who needs a bit more education on construction methods, as to what has proven over time to have worked, and that which time has yet to tell us works.
Of coarse by then the experts will have moved on to be experts about something else they know little about.
By the way, i saw my first siding look stucco job done 20 years ago in Duck Key Florida where i lived at the time.
And i can tell you, you are actually clueless as to all thats involved in that application.
Hi Ernie,
Thanks for the comment. In my videos, I refer to my general area of construction and not the whole state of Florida. I am educating the people who build in SWFL about how we build and some of the things we do. So just thought I would make that clear for you.
As far as our methods, they have been proven to work over time. Seeing that we've been using stucco down here for a long time. Also, spray foam has been proven to make a big difference in homes. Ive been through a few hurricanes and seen ceilings trashed from water entering roof vents. I'll have to do another video about that to educate you more on it because you don't seem to know much about it.
I try to educate people without getting too technical in the process so that they can understand but also have fun with it. Not everyone has the knowledge that you seem to Ernie, and understands everything going on in construction. Maybe instead of criticizing people that are trying to help others with the process, you should educate. But more than likely, you won't and you will have a negative reaction to my response. Thats ok though. As you criticize I will continue to help as many as I can.
I hope you have a better day and thanks for watching :)
Ernie coming off like a know it all. Having been a residential contractor for 15 years Bills building practice is actually perfect for Florida. The stucco siding is one of the highest quality finishes you can put on a home.
First it looks fantastic and it can be repaired much easier since you only need to get the mix ratio to match. There's no 40 years of experience needed to match a skip and dash or random pattern.
Solid soffit and sealed envelope attics will 100% stronger in hurricanes.
What many people don't know is during a hurricane vented soffit create positive attic pressure which blows off your roofs hip and ridge caps. And I'm not saying the wind doesn't rip roofing from the outside surface.
With spray foam insulation yes the installer and hvac technicians need to absolutely know the proper system setup.
Basically the main thing is removing attic humidity so the ducts and attic doesn't build up condensation. That is a very simple equipment upgrade which on a new construction hardly affects the build cost.
Just drive through my neighborhood in Punta Gorda and look around. Sealed envelope homes have the least amount of exterior damages. If the homes have standing seam metal roofing you're likely to find no damages except tree and pool cage.
Now the homes stick framed 2nd story's will have lots of drivit and other stucco damages from the hurricane 🌀. If the homeowner is lucky they'll have an easy finish to match otherwise finding a talented stucco contractor will be tough.
Smart builders build for appearance, longevity and if executed properly easily repairable.
With all the damages we sustained this is exactly the process I'm rebuilding with. We didn't like watching our vented soffits rip off. Or the crap drywall porch ceilings collapse. Or the garage ceilings collapse from attic wind pressure. Or see the blown insulation get sucked out our patio roof ceiling like a vacuum cleaner.
Keep doing what you're doing Bob.
If you need a paver contractor in swfl reach out to me.
I was just thinking the same thing about Bob’s comment. Sealed and conditioned attics were being trialed back in the 90’s and then added into the International building code all the way back in 2006. So there’s more than enough data to show that it works and is better for home energy efficiency and indoor air quality (reduces chance of mold growth in ducts from condensation resulting from the extreme temperature differential in a 110 degree attic and 70 degree ducts.
As a final note, the US department of energy now recommends a sealed and conditioned attic as the preferred method for storing HVAC and mechanical equipment in locations like florida that don’t have basements.
So I’d say Bill knows his stuff. Appreciate the video and hello from SWFL! :)
@@sterlinghousewashpressurew9594 Thank you for the comment and insight. I couldn't agree more!
@@DrWarBear Sorry for the late response to your comment didn't see it. I really appreciate your insight on the topic. Very well said!