BrokerIPTV: Today we are talking with Robb Robichaud, the general manager of AGS Construction and Robb, thanks for being with us.
Robb Robichaud: Oh, it is a pleasure. Thank you.
BrokerIPTV: Talking about one of my favorite topics, stucco, EFIS and so forth, I keep seeing... I keep getting these buyers who are buying stucco homes and there are issues and people are worried and upset, which really kind of leads me into my first question. Is buying a stucco house in Colorado nothing but problems, true or false?
Robb Robichaud: False. Buying a house with stucco on it, what we recommend is to have an inspector report done and that way you can more or less determine if there are damages behind it.
BrokerIPTV: Does every house crack?
Robb Robichaud: Not every house cracks, but Colorado is an arid climate. We have high UV rays and you will get some cracking issues. If you get cracks, it is not serious unless the cracks become real wide, which is about sixteenth of an inch and that is if you can put a dime in it.
BrokerIPTV: You got a crack, what do you do?
Robb Robichaud: Well, the first thing you do is you don't caulk it.
BrokerIPTV: You don't?
Robb Robichaud: Don't caulk it.
BrokerIPTV: Okay.
Robb Robichaud: And reason why is patching it, you have to use stucco in it[Phonetic] and you have to put a texture[Phonetic] with it and then you cover it over, you can paint it or reskim the wall. If you just patch the crack and use caulk, when you paint it or if you kind of skim over it, it really... the crack will show up.
BrokerIPTV: Does that apply for windows as well? Around windows are you supposed to be caulking and maintaining those windows where the stucco meets the window frame?
Robb Robichaud: That should be Caulk Concealed [Phonetic] and it should be checked every three years.
BrokerIPTV: What happens if worst case scenario, we got water moisture behind EFIS insulation?
Robb Robichaud: Depends on how serious it is. If you have the penetration behind there, we see where we have to take it right down to the framing and sometimes we have to remove the framing and the reason why is you get black mold behind there and once you get that into the insulation, that has to be removed.
BrokerIPTV: Robb, let's say we got to make some repairs on a particular wall. If we have spots or holes or so forth, is that... can we just patch or do we have to refloat a whole wall or reskim a whole wall?
Robb Robichaud: You can patch it, but what is going to happen is once we patch it, that's going to show up. If you just do that particular section, we match the texture and the color as close as possible, but it is going to fade differently than what is existing on the wall and you don't have any way to get around it other than skimming that wall from corner to corner and then you have that uniform look.
BrokerIPTV: Robb, great information. It is a complicated topic that I know a lot of buyers and people want to know about including real estate agents. Thanks.
Robb Robichaud: Thank you very much.
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