Roof Or Stucco First

If you take a stucco wall down to a thirty year roof then you have to jackhammer into the stucco just to replace the roof.

Roof or stucco first.

Some of the materials may not be necessary in every case but it is helpful to have the adequate tools on hand so that the installation process goes well. The earliest stucco contained lime instead of cement and because its ingredients are easily found in nature it s one of the oldest natural types of siding around dating back to ancient greece. The first coat is allowed to dry cure before the second layer is applied. Also stucco repairs are usually painfully obvious.

A thirty year roof is designed to last for thirty years. Ok maybe not jackhammer but you get the idea. The exceptions are when there are roofs that can t be walked on without possible damage to the roof. A trowel is used to scratch the surface horizontally or in a crisscross pattern to provide a key for the second layer.

The first layer of plaster is called a scratch coat consisting of plastic cement and sand. A stucco wall is designed to last for centuries. Put on your roof before the stucco with a few exceptions. A brush is not used because it will cause delamination.

In this case it is necessary to put on a counter flashing first stucco next overlapping the counter flashing with stucco then put on the finished roof. Examples of roofs that can t be walked on are.