Went back to a job site I worked on 10 years ago and barely recognized it

I was driving through my old stomping grounds near Spokane last weekend and decided to check out a strip mall I helped frame back in 2014. The whole place had this thick stucco finish over the original wood siding that we never planned for, and the roof lines were totally different too. It got me thinking about how much building codes and client tastes have shifted since then, especially with how fast materials get swapped out. Has anyone else gone back to an old project and felt like you were looking at someone else's work?

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king.dakota9d ago

Read somewhere that stucco over wood is a mold disaster waiting to happen.

grant_torres8d ago

Honestly I used to think slapping stucco over wood was no big deal. Heard the same warnings but figured as long as the wood was dry it would be fine. But seeing how that job site changed with moisture seeping through the original siding made me realize I was wrong. The wood underneath must be rotting like crazy now even if the stucco looks okay on the outside. Tbh it changed my whole view on those quick exterior fixes. Now I catch myself wondering about every stucco job I see and what's hiding behind it.