Linda Scalco

Oh- the house is along Jersey coast. I thought it was an elastomeric paint, but further inspection leads me to believe just a thick paint with some stuff in it to look bumpy. (nice professional words:)

Thanks for some immediate replies...yes cost wise I am leaning towards painting which will require a strong power washer to get all the roots clinging on for dear life (even though they are dead).....after that some severe peeling of paint and I am sure exposure to many cracks that lie beneath. Stucco is out. But I am very interested in this "sto" brand. I am VERY curious about this new stucco imitation which several contractors have showed me. Quite honestly it looks great (will hide cracks). The name of the brand is "sto"...it's from Germany. It is a 2 step process where some bonding material (not real - something like superglue fast drying look alike cement) is put on with a fiberglass mesh and then a textured type of material after that. If any of you guys (and gals) are familiar with this product and its performance please let me know. I need to make decision next week before it gets too cold to do anything. Thanks again........I will try for photo's this weekend (dark when I get home now).

[:-angel] I have a 1952 house that was originally built from cinder block and cement. The front is beautiful field stone, but the sides was just cement and the previous owner had an elastometric type of paint with some texture sprayed over I suppose to hide the cracks. There was ivy that became quite invasive that I pulled off because it became too difficult to maintain although it looked quite charming. Unfortunately the little devil sucker roots clung on so tight that it has pulled the paint job in pieces, so things are looking a bit shabby. I am trying to make an important decision as to what is the proper thing to do here. Do I cover it up with stucco or another elastometric paint or some new thing that looks like stucco but it is an adhesive bond acrylic agent? I am confused as what is the right thing to do and would appreciate any advice from professionals. Thank you.