Info on Stucco and Plastering-July, 2024-eighty-third issue
Drip edges for roofs
We tore off the one coat stucco on this Toll Bros. house and found rot from no drip edge on the roof and faulty window and stucco
installation.
The fascia boards are covered with this aluminum wrap, creating a water funnel. This probably is done to hide cheap lumber.
A close up view of the aluminum wrap on this house. It appears there is a drip edge, but there isn't.
Water runs right through the joints in the shingles into the house. The edge of the plywood roof has started to rot.
White streaks come from the joints in the rake boards. The fascia board on a gable is called a rake board.
The drip edge I got at Home Depot. This is an upside down view. The wide flange with the ribs covers the top of the fascia boards.
Drip edge in place, sealed with black stuff. No way this will leak.
Recently, I went and looked at a stucco failure near here. The windows were leaking because there was a casing bead and caulking around the windows. It was raining outside and water was pouring out of the soffits. I tried to take a video, but my phone was wet and cut off.
There was no drip edge on this big luxury house and it leaks bad. I hope to go over in the future and take a video and pictures.
There was rot under the windows due to having casing bead around the windows filled with caulk, just like this Toll Bros. house.
Also the top of the windows are angled back into the wall. Flashing over the windows angled correctly would have prevented huge damage.
I want the people that build houses like this to stop. Lack of drip edge and flashing costs the public untold millions each year.