DEAR TIM: I purchased an older stucco home that’s never been painted. It’s got some cracks in the stucco. Most range in width from 1/4 to 3/8-inch wide. The cracks are not getting any bigger, and a ...

The biggest challenges of a do-it-yourself stucco job is mixing the stucco and getting it to the work location. To get professional results, the person applying the stucco needs to be fresh and ...

A fresh coat of paint can usually be counted on to brighten up a home exterior. But if it doesn't - even after a large expenditure of time and money - the reason might be that your house is stucco, ...

Stucco is one of the most popular exterior home finishes in Arizona. To help homeowners in the Grand Canyon state, we invited Doug Dedrick, owner of Stucco Renovations of Arizona, LLC, to talk about ...

Dear Debbie: Our basement is a nightmare from another era – dark and depressing, with an ugly brick fireplace and cheap paneling on the walls. Is there any way to brighten up the bricks? I wondered ...

It’s fascinating how travel can teach new things and help put your daily life into perspective. Such has been the case with my recent five-day trip to the Rocky Mountains of Montana. For example, ...

Its a texture that you see on the outside of stucco like houses.<BR><BR>It looks like you basically just smear a thick joint compound or plaster around.<BR><BR>We have a lot of rustic Italian tile ...