I am getting ready to strip the stucco off a customers house and reside with fiber cement siding. I know that there will be some rot because of prior testing by an inspector. The house is less than 10 years old and they can’t sell it like it is.
I have never done this before and would like some tips from anyone who has.
Thanks
John W.
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I have used a masonry cutting blade in a wormdrive to cut the stucco into mansize panels. Then I gently pry around the panel with a pick to back out the nails. Where I can't reach with the saw I break with an old hammer and cut the wire with wirecutters. Beating the stucco with a hammer could pop the nails indoors. Be sure to wear gloves, eye, ear and dust protection
Mike
Something tells me that the type of "stucco" being referenced is the plastic goo - otherwise known as Drivet (among others). I say that because of the 10 year age and the comment about rot behind.
Some places of the country don't know what real stucco is.
Is our original poster from the North or Midwest?
It is the synthetic type, there isn't a lot of "real stucco" here in South Carolina.
John
Thanks for the tip. I guess I should have been a little more specific though. Here in South Carolina, there isn't a lot of "real stucco", this is the synthetic type that has been causing a lot of trouble because of improper installation, that and the fact that it, for lack of a better term, is crap.
Cutting it into sections would probably keep the mess (little pieces of styrofaom) to a minimum. The last house like this I saw stripped had stuff everywhere.
John