Stucco on the house - want to put up new vinyl siding

6/1/2013 at 10:09:50 PM

If you have cinder block walls underneath, leave the stucco. If you have wood framing, I'd remove it. It gives you the chance to inspect, repair or improve what's underneath. Demo doesn't take very long, so don't take a short cut. House wrap goes on last overtop of the insulation.

6/1/2013 at 11:23:00 PM

Thanks for your response.

I have wood under the stucco. I started to remove the aluminum siding today and the stucco is cracked along many places and broken off at the corners. It appears they put black paper behind the stucco so that hopefully has saved the wood from damage but this winter we had problems with ice damming and water was seeping in through the windows and doors so there may be some problems there. It's possible though that the water was only between the siding and stucco because as I was taking the siding off there was water trapped in the grooves.

What is the best way to remove the stucco? I was thinking of cutting the wire at the corners and pulling it off with the stucco. Is that the best way?