Each year, thousands of Arizona residents email or call Rosie Romero's radio show with questions about everything from preventing fires in their chimneys to getting rid of tree roots invading their sewer system. His goal is to provide answers that suit the specific lifestyle wherever someone lives in Arizona.
QUESTION: We own a 40-year-old masonry home thatβs covered with stucco, and periodically, we have it repainted. Now weβre repainting again, and I wonder if I need to have the house re-stuccoed because it has a lot of little hairline cracks, about the width of a pencil lead, on the stucco surface. A little stucco is also peeling off at the roof line on one wall. But none of the painters who gave bids on the job seem to think it needs new stucco.
ANSWER:Β So long as large chunks of stucco are not de-laminating or peeling off the walls, you probably donβt need to re-stucco the entire house. Reputable painters would not want to paint over faulty stucco because it would mean more trouble for them later on. You will just need to have some elastomeric patching done before you repaint. Remember to have your house repainted every seven to 10 years.
For more do-it-yourself tips, go to rosieonthehouse.com. An Arizona home building and remodeling industry expert for 25 years, Rosie Romero is the host of the syndicated Saturday morning Rosie on the House radio program, heard locally from 8-11 a.m. on KNST-AM (790) in Tucson and KGVY-AM (1080) and -FM (100.7) in Green Valley. Call 888-767-4348.
