Exposed Fiberglas fibers in stucco

[Inspectorjoe]

Today, I had a 1925 house with Fiberglas-reinforced stucco. I don't know how old it is, but it's obviously not original. The fiber strands are uniformly exposed. I don't recall ever seeing this before. Does anyone know if it's a problem?

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[John Kogel]

Could that be the scratch coat that never received the finish coat?

I can't picture anyone doing that for looks. A dog-lover, maybe?

Busted up wine bottles, now that would be rather attractive. []

[Scottpat]

I have never seen that before...

[AHI in AR]

Synthetic fibers are routinely placed in concrete to minimize cracking. Perhaps someone thought it would help with stucco. Not exactly attractive though.

[Inspectorjoe]

John, it's definitely the finish coat.

I called a sharp local EIFS inspector and asked him about it. They are chopped strand Fiberglas fibers that were added for reinforcement. They usually don't show like that, but it's not a problem, other than being unsightly.

[hausdok]

Found this.

Kind of interesting. I can imagine folks finding this applied to a conventional stucco wall and mistakenly identifying conventional 3-coat as E.I.F.S.

http://stuccomfgassoc.com/v1/wp-content ... h-tech.pdf

Also this, which should come in handy:

http://stuccomfgassoc.com/v1/wp-content ... udging.pdf

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike

[gtblum]

I have a lousy picture of the same thing on a parged foundation wall of a house I did last week. Posting it will be no help. I think it might be this product or similar, and they didn't coat it thick enough to hold the glass flat.

http://www.quikrete.com/PDFs/DATA_SHEET ... 201216.pdf

[Jim Katen]

If you don't like the way it looks, you can use a hand held torch to burn off the fibers that are sticking out.