Hi everyone, new to the forum. Must say a great place with a wealth of information. I apologize for the long post but I really need some advice.
Our house was built in 2000, and Last June, our city had to do some water main upgrades to our street for a new building going in. Anyway, while construction was occurring we notice that the inside was starting to see cracks that were not there before. We also notice the outside stucco was cracking. After informing the city, they stopped using the large tamper which caused everything in the house to shake and even pictures to fall off walls. and talking with neighbors (6 houses along the street) who have the exact same issues. Cracking stucco and interior cracks in walls and ceilings etc. Anyway, there insurance company is responsible for fixing all the damages caused by the construction. We found out, they used an over sized tamper that shouldn't have been used in a residential area.
Our stucco has hundreds of cracks in it on all sides of the house. There may have been a couple of cracks before very small ones, but now its unbelievable.
Some very large cracks also. The company looking after everything has said, they will fill the cracks and repaint the stucco. They said otherwise to remove it, the only way possible is to hammer and pound the stucco off which would cause tons of interior damages.
So my questions are, is it possible to fill all the cracks and then repaint over it? Should it be replaced the stucco? or can it be stuccoed over top of the old stucco?
Any help would be great fully appreciated. Thanks, and again I apologize for the long post.
Our house was built in 2000, and Last June, our city had to do some water main upgrades to our street for a new building going in. Anyway, while construction was occurring we notice that the inside was starting to see cracks that were not there before. We also notice the outside stucco was cracking. After informing the city, they stopped using the large tamper which caused everything in the house to shake and even pictures to fall off walls. and talking with neighbors (6 houses along the street) who have the exact same issues. Cracking stucco and interior cracks in walls and ceilings etc. Anyway, there insurance company is responsible for fixing all the damages caused by the construction. We found out, they used an over sized tamper that shouldn't have been used in a residential area.
Our stucco has hundreds of cracks in it on all sides of the house. There may have been a couple of cracks before very small ones, but now its unbelievable.
Some very large cracks also. The company looking after everything has said, they will fill the cracks and repaint the stucco. They said otherwise to remove it, the only way possible is to hammer and pound the stucco off which would cause tons of interior damages.
So my questions are, is it possible to fill all the cracks and then repaint over it? Should it be replaced the stucco? or can it be stuccoed over top of the old stucco?
Any help would be great fully appreciated. Thanks, and again I apologize for the long post.
Cracking exterior Stucco
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