My three-foot-tall concrete block foundation was coated years ago with a thin coat of cement stucco. There are countless cracks in the stucco coating that outline many of the blocks. I’ve tried ...

Q: Our house has a stucco exterior that needs to be painted for the fourth time in the past 20 years. In previous paint jobs, we have done much scraping, used primer coats and finish paints made ...

Q: In 2005, we painted our 1959 stucco house in the Washington Manor area of San Leandro with elastomeric paint. I was home and over the course of the week, I watched the contractor power wash ...

Q. My house was built in 1985, and I have never painted the stucco. I plan to do it this year. I've noticed other houses in the same neighborhood that have a black bleed coming through the stucco ...

Stucco is one of the most popular exterior finishes for homes. It's an attractive, low-maintenance and fire-resistant sheathing. But, like any building product, it's only as good as its application.

The buyers of the couple's 14 year old home were walking away. "They did a stucco inspection and it's been downhill ever since," says Barbara Fetterolf. That inspection revealed that over the ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. When ready to resurface the driveway, apply a layer of cement stucco to it — as thin as a quarter-inch. This stucco is similar to thinset ...