voight Posted June 15, 2004 Report Posted June 15, 2004 Are weep screeds for stucco only required/suggested at the bottom of the stucco next to foundation walls. How about at the bottom of stucco at cantilevered walls? Dave Voight Honest Home Inspections
hausdok Posted June 16, 2004 Report Posted June 16, 2004 Hi Dave, Cantilivered walls are supposed to have a casing bead with weep holes. The wall sheathing should extend a minimum of 3/4 inch below the framing, your water resistant barrier (2 layers grade D paper)extends the full length of the sheathing and is behind your casing bead, sefl-furring lath is applied and overlaps the casing bead and then stucco is applied. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike
Danny Pritchard Posted June 16, 2004 Report Posted June 16, 2004 Speaking of weep screeds.I don't remember seeing this application before and today I saw it twice.The picture is a garage door header.You can see part of the weep screed installed right on top of the 2x.This is a new home the other house was 4 years old both done the same way.Typically the stucco would wrap the opening or there would be vinyl or some other type nail on siding in this area. Download Attachment: Blocked weep screed0002.jpg 70.08 KB
hausdok Posted June 16, 2004 Report Posted June 16, 2004 Hi Danny, It's close to right. It needs a head flashing, a slight taper on top of that trimmer and a little bit of clearance (about 3/8 inch) from the bottom of the casing bead to the head flashing. OT - OF!!! M.
Chad Fabry Posted June 16, 2004 Report Posted June 16, 2004 That wouldn't last long around here, pressure treated or not. To this day I can't imagine what the settlers were thinking when this area was first inhabited.
crusty Posted June 16, 2004 Report Posted June 16, 2004 They were no doubt thinking... "OMG! That's a lot of snow!"
Danny Pritchard Posted June 16, 2004 Report Posted June 16, 2004 Mike said "It's close to right. It needs a head flashing, a slight taper on top of that trimmer and a little bit of clearance (about 3/8 inch) from the bottom of the casing bead to the head flashing." We are thinking on the same page.I mentioned the lack of Z flashing and the clearance.Also mentioned the way stucco is stopped on walls at roofline as a good example of how it should have been done.
RobC Posted June 17, 2004 Report Posted June 17, 2004 This is an illustration I use to explain proper termination detailing of stucco at cantilevers. Download Attachment: TerminationCantileveredWall.JPG 46.03 KB Here is a foundation/wall illustration. Hope this helps. Download Attachment: CasingBead_ConcreteFdn.JPG 53.31 KB
RobC Posted June 17, 2004 Report Posted June 17, 2004 OK! I couldn't resist This is for the forensic inspectors out there. Download Attachment: WidowHeadFlashingAssem.JPG 112.89 KB Download Attachment: WindowExplodedElev.JPG 150.49 KB Enjoy
hausdok Posted June 17, 2004 Report Posted June 17, 2004 Hi Rob, I've got the same manual, but it must be earlier or later. Your T4 is my T5 and your T2 is my T7. OT - OF!!! M.
Chad Fabry Posted June 17, 2004 Report Posted June 17, 2004 I want that manual. C'mon, share w/ the new guy.
hausdok Posted June 17, 2004 Report Posted June 17, 2004 Sure Chad, Go to the Stucco Manufacturers Association site, click on 'About Stucco', then on 'The Stucco Resource Guide' and you can order your own copy. While you're there, peruse the technical bulletins and stuff. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike
Chad Fabry Posted June 17, 2004 Report Posted June 17, 2004 uh, that book's a hundred dollars. I have to do some odds figurin here. 12 stucco homes in my area of four hundred thousand, someone has to sell or buy a stucco home. They have to hire a home inspector. They have to somehow find my name even though I'm not yet in the phone book. They have to feel confident enough to hire a guy that's done 8 home inspections total, and they have to get past the fact that I gasped when I heard it was stucco.
RobC Posted June 17, 2004 Report Posted June 17, 2004 I've been running into some UGLY stucco installations lately, I finally broke down and enlisted my name with Imasco Mineral and the Alberta Wall & Ceiling Bureau. They contact me whenever they have a seminar or presentation about stucco. Although I'm a retiring contractor I find it informative, escecially in talking to the 'old' applicators that don't care in giving out their secrets. Last year, they announced a revision to their book and I bought immediately. Mike, I suspect the information is a compilation of the North American standards that have been adapted for Canadian climates Chad, Check out my favorite quote, it may change your mind about spending the money.[8D]
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