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Old 01-06-2010, 11:40 PM
 
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Stucco is better for swamp users; block for a/c. Termites don't eat block, and you probably don't have a "swamp."
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Old 01-07-2010, 01:55 PM
 
Location: Willo Historic District, Phoenix, AZ
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Stucco is better for swamp users
Why would that be?
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Old 01-07-2010, 02:29 PM
 
Location: Southern Arizona
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Stucco is better for swamp users; block for a/c. Termites don't eat block, and you probably don't have a "swamp."
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Why would that be?
I was wondering the same thing . . . WHY?

My place is 100% Slump Block with Dual Cooling so not a biggee, just curious.
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Old 01-07-2010, 02:39 PM
 
Location: Sonoran Desert
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Stucco is better for swamp users; block for a/c. Termites don't eat block, and you probably don't have a "swamp."
I would think just the opposite. When I was younger I framed new houses in Tucson. Most of them were slump block. On some of them all we did was interior partitions. They just painted the slump block - no insulation of any kind. Others had all or part of the exterior walls furred with 2x2 or 2x3's, but I don't remember seeing any of them insulated either. On the best of them we did 2x4 furring and they put batts in those.

So the "typical" house of that era (mid/late 70s) has no insulation - the ceilings had blown insulation. I don't know what R-value of a slump block is but brick is 0.2 or so per inch of thickness - pretty much nothing. Contrast that with a typical stucco where you have minimum R-13 wall insulation. Stucco is going to be much more energy efficient.

With swamp, insulation doesn't matter a lot as you are removing and replacing the air. With AC you cool the air without replacement so heat gain is important.

BTW, almost all the homes we worked on back then had swamp as the primary means of cooling.
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