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That's Weyerhaeuser drop siding #124. Probably from late 1950s to mid 1960s.

What a fucking moron. Can I say that?

The stucco is not terminated properly - a roofer wouldn't know that. 1. Water wicks up the stucco from the roof surface. 2. Debris can't wash out of that little gap. 3. There are plenty of authoritative sources that state that the stucco should be at least 2" above the roof surface. It should also terminate with a weep screed.

I've never discussed foundation health. If I did, I would probably advise that it avoid ultra-processed foods and exercise regularly. The advice given can only be based upon the type of foundation and the conditions at that specific property. Probably 90% of the buildings I inspect have foundations built prior to 1900 and are constructed without a speck of concrete. They always need maintenance, but the type of materials and methods used also depends on the above. As Les said, encouraging water to drain quickly away would be a common recommendation. Considerable expert witness work has revealed that waterproofing contractors should be avoided when "fixing" old house foundations - unless you want their insurer to pay for a replacement foundation.

The roofer can't fix it. You need a stucco contractor to fix it. They'll need to cut back the stucco to about a foot above the roof, install building paper, lath, & weep screed, and lay in new stuco. The roofer did the best he could with what he was given.

Any decent wood shop with a planer and shaper could manufacture it from scratch for you. If you're lucky, they might even be able to do it without the planer if they can find off-the-shelf clapboards with the right bevel and thickness. Finding the wood stock will be the trick. You really want vertical grain for a product like this - preferably old growth.

Yeah, it appears that the stucco work was done well before the new roof so getting the roofing company to fix that is not going to be easy. Certainly not free either. Right?

Water can wick up behind the stucco and rot the wall. The installation in your picture is dead wrong, but it's not the roofer's fault, it's the stucco installer's fault.

@Bill Kibbel Thanks so much Bill! I guess my next question is what are the risks, knowing that it was done this way? What kind of damages could occur?

couple of things: foundation health is hard to define. foundation condition is quite important. Drainage is the most important factor for us in the Mid-west and northwest. Always important. Of course, if you live on a slab of concrete then drainage loses some of it's importance. And - there are many components to a house foundation and any one could have a problem. Sill, plate, vapor barrier, wall, knee wall, floor post, pillar post, tile, gravel fasteners, material, type of wood, etc. Often it is just easy to tell them "you have a foundation therefore you will have a problem". Eventually.

Looks like maybe it had a shorter one originally that was fully enclosed and they couldn't find a shorty replacement. Also looks like a gopher popped up from a hole.

Arlene Puentes subjected herself to 24 hours of CE at my little school. As a thank you (or maybe it was like offering a breath mint to someone with bad breath), she sent me a book titled, "On Writing Well" by William Zinsser. Throughout the text, Zinsser preaches that to write well, one must pare down, then pare down again, and then pare down more during the final edit. Her inscription said, "Jim Katen told me about this book; I thought you'd like it. Thanks, Arlene".

Nate found out it was true; most new home inspectors don't last long in this biz.