Dear Pat: I am looking at houses to buy. I found one I like, but it has the synthetic stucco finish I heard is bad. What are the problems with this finish, and can it be removed and finished with real ...

Question: We just found a house to buy, but it has a synthetic stucco exterior. What are some of the typical problems with this and can we strip it off an apply real stucco? Answer: There have been ...

Q: We have a synthetic-stucco house. We have it inspected annually and maintain it well. Yet we know the stigma surrounding synthetic-stucco homes. We were just told that it would cost about $140,000 ...

Dear Pat: I am looking at houses to buy. I found one I like, but it has the synthetic stucco finish I heard is bad. What are the problems with this finish, and can it be removed and finished with real ...

Q. I own a 6-year-old home covered with EIFS synthetic stucco. Even though I have the home inspected each year for moisture intrusion, I plan on replacing the EIFS with a mixture of real cement stucco ...

My longtime friend and pharmacist had a scare at his 15-year-old home not too long ago: After he noticed water leaking inside during a driving rainstorm, he discovered wet spots on the interior walls, ...

Buying a stucco home? Heads up. It's no secret that stucco homes have had a ton of water problems during the last few decades. This all started here in Minnesota at the end of the 1980s, but it's not ...

A Fairfax County jury has awarded more than $1 million to a couple whose house was covered with synthetic stucco, a substance that allowed water to seep into the frame and damage the home -- the ...