How to Install Stucco? A Step by Step Guide

Landis Block & Concrete, Inc.30 Aug, 2022Home & Garden

Stucco is a very common material used on the exterior of a house or building. It can provide color, texture, and durability whereas other forms of siding can look rather bland. On the outside, it looks fairly simple, but there is a strict regimen to follow when installing it that, if strayed from, can risk the structural integrity of the stucco. The three main components of a stucco system are the structural base, the base coats, and then the finishing coat. The structural base of the stucco system is probably the most important piece of the puzzle. Traditional cement-based stuccos are vulnerable to cracking when movement occurs, so something has to be done to reinforce the entire system to prevent that from happening. That is where a metal lattice system, or metal lath, comes in.