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Adams Home Inspection San Antonio, TX
Established In 1994
San Antonio, TX & Surrounding Area
Welcome to Adams Home Inspection
Stucco Defect Expert
ADAMS INSPECTION SERVICES IS YOUR BEST SOURCE FOR STUCCO EVALUATION & PROBLEM SOLVING.
Don’t purchase a home or commercial building without a proper stucco inspection, most home inspectors or commercial building inspectors are not qualified to properly inspect a stucco, EIFS or faux stucco products that many builders are using.
If you are having stucco problems or perhaps want to prevent having stucco problems, we can help identify the issues with your stucco. Whether your stucco is leaking, cracking or just deteriorating we can help identify the issues with your home or building and the cure is not just a specialized paint.
Visual Inspections, Infrared, Repair Protocol & Destructive Testing Services Available
Just like other problems with stucco or any other siding for that matter leaks occur for a multitude of reasons and are often multiple different leaks (STACK EFFECT) not just attributed to a single item. Caulks and Elastomeric paints are not a fix to the underlying leak issues all though a good salesman contractor will try to convince it is. Stucco is a water resistant decoration detail just like all other sidings, this is a building not a submarine and water WILL enter behind all sidings and you are dependent to your WATER MANAGAMENT SYSTEM.
The items listed below are not all inclusive of the issues that cause leakage but will give you some ideas as to some major causes of leakage:
Lack of head flashings above windows.A lack of head flashings above doors.A lack of pan flashings under doors.A lack of flashing between the stucco and say stone, brick or fiber cement siding.A lack of a weep screed flashing at the base of the stucco.A lack of a drainage plane/weep screed at the roof line.Weep screed improperly installed above the foundation line.Damaged weather resistant barrier (WRB).Windows improperly installed with proper flashing details to the WRB.Doors not flashed to the WRBGable vents not head flashed.Decorative plaster bands improperly installed.A lack of flashing at penetrations through the WRB such as water pipes, electrical, vent pipes, etc.A lack of a 2 layers of WRB/bond break.Head flashings lacking proper end dam’s at penetrations such as doors and windows.A lack of a rain screen/drainage plane behind the plaster.
The items listed below are not all inclusive of the issues that cause leakage but will give you some ideas as to some major causes of leakage:
Lack of head flashings above windows.A lack of head flashings above doors.A lack of pan flashings under doors.A lack of flashing between the stucco and say stone, brick or fiber cement siding.A lack of a weep screed flashing at the base of the stucco.A lack of a drainage plane/weep screed at the roof line.Weep screed improperly installed above the foundation line.Damaged weather resistant barrier (WRB).Windows improperly installed with proper flashing details to the WRB.Doors not flashed to the WRBGable vents not head flashed.Decorative plaster bands improperly installed.A lack of flashing at penetrations through the WRB such as water pipes, electrical, vent pipes, etc.A lack of a 2 layers of WRB/bond break.Head flashings lacking proper end dam’s at penetrations such as doors and windows.A lack of a rain screen/drainage plane behind the plaster.
Talk to our team today to discuss your goals for your property, and we’ll explain how we can help you achieve them. If you have any questions about our stucco evaulation services or the other work we do, don’t hesitate to contact us or you can visit our stucco website at www.stuccopro.net.