Installing Stucco Siding

Stucco isn't the most popular siding for a house, but many people still use it. Stucco provides a nice look to your house, but also is very durable. It is a mixture of lime, sand, cement and water. A lot of people also choose to paint their stucco after it's applied.

Preparing

You must first prep the outside of your house before applying any stucco so it will bond properly. Concrete bonding will need to be applied to exteriors made with cinder block, concrete or brick. A special roofing felt and metal netting will need to be applied to wooden walls. These materials should be easily found in home care stores. It would also be a good idea to measure the dimensions of your homes exterior. You can take these measurements to the store with you and talk with an expert at the store about how much material and the tools you're going to need.

Applying Stucco

Place about a half inch of stucco to your walls as a base coat. Make sure the stucco gets on the metal netting if you have wooden walls. The metal netting needs to stick to the walls so the stucco will stick properly. Wait a day or two for the base coat to cure properly. Mist the stucco once in a while so it stays a little damp. It might be a good idea to only put the base coat on one wall just to make sure you did everything properly. It will be much easier to correct or redo one wall than it would your entire house.

Apply the final coat after the base coat has cured. Some people like to mix a tinting agent with the final coat to give it a different look. This coat should also be around a half inch thick and take around two days to fully cure. Mist this coat once in a while as well.

For painting, make sure you wait at least six weeks so the stucco can cure properly. Use a paint that is normally applied to concrete.

This whole process might take a while, but should be well worth it at the end.