Stucco siding is a material made of cement, lime, sand, and water. Applied in three coats over a lath base, it provides a durable, solid, and seamless home exterior. Some benefits of stucco include lasting durability, natural resistance to fire, and low maintenance. And LQ's Durango Quality Stucco in Durango, CO is the stucco contractor you can trust to carry out this type of work! We specialize in stucco construction and repair, and here’s more about our services:
Traditional Stucco Siding Installation
Installing stucco over mesh is traditional, and the most common method of installing this siding material. We apply the concrete mixture over a wire or wood lath. Traditional stucco siding usually has an acrylic-polymer, expansive finish, which will expand and contract with the fluctuating temperatures. This keeps cracks to a minimum and means the siding can easily last up to fifty years before needing to be replaced.
The New Stucco Siding
There is a new wave in stucco referred to as an Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS). An acrylic-polymer coat of Styrofoam based stucco is sprayed or applied onto a base of foam board insulation and fiberglass mesh. EIFS virtually never cracks, and it gives your property extra insulation as well. It’s a little more expensive than the traditional stucco finish, and EIFS is more vulnerable to high impacts, such as woodpecker damage or hail than traditional stucco siding.
Advantages of Stucco Siding
Because of the application and the material, stucco is a great insulator of both cool and warm air. With stucco on the exterior, it’s cheap and easy to maintain a constant temperature in your property in Durango, CO, no matter what the mercury reads outdoors. Its energy efficiency is one of the main reasons stucco is such popular siding material. And from a design standpoint, you cannot beat the appearance of a good stucco finish. The smooth, traditional look of stucco as a siding material is hard to beat. Add to that the fact that you can add artistic designs carved into the cement coatings, coloring to your cement coats, and add murals and mosaics onto your stucco walls before the cement dries, and stucco can easily be transformed into one of the most innovative, and creative, siding applications on the market.
Wonder no more! Turn to the right stucco contractor in Durango, CO by calling LQ's Durango Quality Stucco today! Our phone number is (970) 235-1286.