subject: Reasons For Long Island Stucco Inspection [print this page] There are many homes that have stucco on the surface of them. When you are purchasing a home in Long Island and it has stucco on the exterior, you should get the stucco inspected before you purchase it. The inspection process can expect all of the surfaces and the problems that may exist. Once you have identified the problems they will be much easier to fix.
Stucco is a mixture of cement, sand, lime and water that is applied wet. Since it's so moldable because it's wet it can be shaped and then smoothed over alongside a home. The inspection is needed to check against poorly mixed and applied stucco. It is also a necessity for the layers applied. When someone applies stucco, they do it in three layers, once one dries they lay one more. This makes it easier to check if all three were correctly applied on top of each other.
There are many reasons people use stucco on their homes in Long Island, it's a very attractive and sturdy material to finish homes with. The price of using this material used to be fairly expensive, but it has recently gone down in price so many more people have been using it. This makes the need for inspection even greater. In moist and humid areas, such as Long Island, there can be some problems that arise once stucco is applied. The most common problems are cracks around the entire home due to poorly applied material. This causes cracks and leaks through windows, which can lead to water damage. A professional inspector is needed to identify all of the problems with the stucco on a home. All of your bases will be covered once you hire one. There may be a number of cracks that you don't even see that will be pointed out once there is an inspection.
Once you identify all of the major and minor problems with the stucco on a home you can either choose to fix it yourself or have the home owner fix the surface and the cracks. You can make sure that it is fixed completely before you want to purchase the home. This way, you won't be dealing with any water damage or leakage once you move in and you can enjoy the stucco for a long time to come. After you have moved in and all of the stucco problems have been fixed, you can enjoy the look it gives you instead of worry about it leaking and cracking.
