Standard stucco, none of the fake stuff. Philadelphia, Pa. First contractor put up scratch coat over chicken wire and building paper. Aggressive rake. Contractor got very sick and had to go out of business. Comes winter - and it's too cold to put up cement stucco. This was last November.
It's now May 15th. A new contractor was awarded the job to finish what the ailing contractor started. I signed a contract for:
1) Bonding coat 2) Second, middle, "brown" coat 3) Finish coat. Penn Crete stucco brand.Problem: Contractor skipped second coat. The finsh coat doesn't look as good as the houses around my home. What's more, I'm concerned that there will be moisture problems and cracking DUE TO LACK of application of the middle "brown" coat. Finally, because the "bonding agent" was not applied to the 7 month old scratch coat, I'm concerned the top layer(s) might break away.
PS: The existing but erroneous finish coat is pretty smooth
Help:
1) How important is the second coat which was skipped? Must I force the contractor to take all of the stucco off and do the job over again? 2) Can a third coat be applied over the existing coat to make up for the error? 3) What about that bonding agent? It wasn't done.The reason this all happened is because the current contractor subcontracted this out rather than doing it himself though he put it in writing that he would do all the work himself. I think he didn't communicate requirements to the sub.
Thanks to all
Fran