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Old 05-13-2014, 01:36 PM
 
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We are looking to make an offer on a house that was built about 10 years ago. It is a custom-built house and we are considering putting most of our savings into it. The house has synthetic stucco (EIFS) on one side of its exterior, but the house looks to have been pretty well maintained from inside out. We will of course have an EIFS inspection done and go ahead only if everything comes out fine. But after reading the comments/reviews on EIFS and its problems of not being an effective moisture barrier on the Internet, we are a bit concerned...are we taking on more problems than we would like to have down the line? Will we get stuck with synthetic stucco and have a hard time to resell, if we decide to so so?

Your comments and views are most welcome.
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Old 05-18-2014, 11:29 AM
 
Location: Berkeley Neighborhood, Denver, CO USA
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Default It depends

1. Synthetic stucco and EIFS are NOT the same thing.

2. We rehabbed a house in Denver in 1987 and used EIFS. Worked great. Still working great. Denver is dry. We also had huge overhangs so water infiltration was/is not a problem.

3. Inspection is paramount.
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Old 07-31-2014, 07:05 PM
 
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We were looking at the house on Elijah Ct Montville NJ. It has EIFS. We searched the web and found out that EIFS could possibly lead to considerable moisture issues and leads to hidden mold , mildew and damage to structure. It is hard to insure houses with EISF and hard to sell. Will not advise yo buy a house with EISF
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Old 09-02-2014, 09:34 AM
 
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Omaha's weather patterns would make me very cautious about any stucco related material. Stucco is an excellent material in the environment for which it is intended, which is the mountain southwest region. The region is characterized by very low humidity which prevents the moisture saturation problems that make stucco so terrible in the pacific northwest. Given the humidity levels in Omaha, I would feel uncomfortable about it.
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