Stucco Walls

[larryblade123]

It is also good for interior walls? or just exterior walls?

 

[Jinks]

You could use stucco on the interior, but done correctly it's thick & HARD. Might make hanging pictures a little difficult.

 

[gungatim]

we had stucco on the cement walls in our basement as a kid. it was popular in the 70's, (along with the black paneling and red **** carpet). it actually looked good and was a great way to cover the concrete without having to nail up studs.

the downside is I remember getting many scrapes and rashes whenever I brushed up against it.

 

[Superbec]

check this out ...

I'm doing a house right now and I' must have at least one wall done like this.

 

[Stuart in MN]

It is also good for interior walls? or just exterior walls?

Interior of a garage, or a house? I think it would be worth looking at for a garage, if you intend on washing cars or otherwise doing wet things in there that could damage walls that weren't waterproof.

Note there is traditional stucco which is generally a three layer cementitious coating over a lath base, and then there's modern EIFS which is a synthetic coating often put over foam insulation board. Two different animals, both with their pluses and minuses.

 

[larryblade123]

Thanks everyone..

 

[Jinks]

check this out ...

I'm doing a house right now and I' must have at least one wall done like this.

Interesting video. Way more labor intensive than regular stucco, but a major difference in appearance. Stucco is one of the best siding finishes here in the south, & it's relatively inexpensive. The materials are cheap, but it's labor intensive so you pay for that.

I just remodeled my summer kitchen. The cabinets, like my house, were stucco. I'm waiting for the stucco to be re-applied to the new cabinets. It was a welcome reminder as we took the old cabinets out that my entire house has 3/4" of concrete as the exterior siding.........

 

[bigdav160]

Stucco is one of the best siding finishes here in the south,

It has terrible long term reliability in a high moisture area like the Gulf of Mexico. I know because my home is traditional stucco and it is falling off the house.

 

[csp]

we had stucco on the cement walls in our basement as a kid. it was popular in the 70's, (along with the black paneling and red **** carpet). it actually looked good and was a great way to cover the concrete without having to nail up studs.

the downside is I remember getting many scrapes and rashes whenever I brushed up against it.

Same here, and our house was built in '72. The builder even had run the electrical outlets in the foundation and my folks never did frame out or cover the external walls in our basement prior to moving out in '02.

 

[Jinks]

It has terrible long term reliability in a high moisture area like the Gulf of Mexico. I know because my home is traditional stucco and it is falling off the house.

I have no idea how old your stucco is, but I have it on a two story house that's 13+ years old & a former cottage that's 19+ years. Both with nearly no problems. I keep a container of stucco patch around because it's concrete, & the two things you can be sure of about concrete are "it will get hard & it will crack". Stucco cracks occasionally. It's pretty simple to fill a small crack, let it dry, & touch up the paint. Stucco is pretty popular here on the barrier island, & being between the Atlantic & the Intracoastal is a pretty high moisture area...

 

[larryblade123]

It has terrible long term reliability in a high moisture area like the Gulf of Mexico. I know because my home is traditional stucco and it is falling off the house.

Good to hear that..

 

[warrens]

It can be used on interior walls because it provides a nice texture and finish.