I’m building ashop for myself. And i’m getting close to start thinking about siding. I was originally going to go with wood siding. But the boss (my wife) said if I build it, it has to match the hose. Which is stucco. I got my first estimate. A whopping $8,000.00. So if anymore estimates come in around that, I can’t afford it. Are there any alternatives. Like spary on stucco or stucco siding. Or stucco in a can. I’m not building a castle. Just an unattached garage. Thanks Hat
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No clue where or what the name is , but , I have seen a stucco that will go right over the OSB. It is also a good do it your self job. Depends on how big of a job and how much time you have.
I would look at the 4x8 sheets of fibercement board (Hardy, Certainteed). They come in plain and a "stucco" texture.
$8000.00??
That must be a huge honkin' shop.
Two coat stucco here goes for $25.00/sq. yard.
8000/25 = 320 sq yd = 2880 sq ft/4 = 720 sq ft per side
If the walls are 10' tall,then each side would be 72' long
A 5,184 sq ft shop....now we're talkin'.....
what the heck
was I thinking?
Hat -
How big of a garage And where are you located?
One less expensive alternative often taken on by do-it-yourselfers is a product called Dryvit (Sp?)
If you're in a dry climate it is great. Here in the Northwest there has been a lot of problem with it though. It seems that moisture penetrates but can't get out, and there have been a lot of mold and rot problems.
I am a big fan of Hardi products and belive it's hard to go wrong. I haven't used their stucco look panels, but am sure it is of the quality of the reast of their offerings.
Dryvit company won't sell their products to DIYers. You have to sign up and take their course and be a licensed contractor in order to buy their products....leastways that it how they use to work it in my neck of the woods.
As for being cheap....guess again. Their products are expensive. I have'nt purchased any in the last couple of years, but when I was buying the stuff ( their special foam backer, mesh, brown coat material, and finished "quartzputz" material) it cost approx. $2.50 per square foot. Certified plasterers were charging $5.00 a square foot installed at that time....I have no idea of the cost today. But, I can tell you that regular Portland cement stucco parging is a lot cheaper than that .
Davo
It may not have been Dryvit that I was thinking of, but a similar product. I do know that some of the homes that I have looked at were done with Dryvit according to the homeowners. It just doesn't work well in our damp climate.
The product I am thinking of was commonly available and applied over blue board. I've seen it done in Hawaii also. A large Shilo on the coast was sided with a Dryvit type material about four years ago and they are now in the process or removing it and putting on a coastal quality vinyl.