What are stucco buckets ?
Stucco buckets is a condition caused by water penetrating a stucco wall, and the water running into an adjoining ceiling, deteriorating the ceiling. We had this condition damage our ceilings for years until I found out what was going on.
For more details please follow the links below:
Journal of Light Construction has an excellent article about Stucco buckets here : Avoiding stucco buckets.
Here is another great article on stucco buckets on this informative site, Stuccometrics : Stucco buckets.
Here is how we avoided stucco buckets on this recently finished house.
We drilled holes in our casing bead for weep holes.
Casing bead is dropped down about an inch and a half from the edge. This provides a drip edge so water doesn't run back on the ceiling. The face is covered with tyvek and tar paper.
Scratch and brown.
Finished ceiling. Water that runs down the face can't run back to the ceiling. Holes are drilled to allow water that saturates the stucco to escape.
Finished bay window. Finish coat is white portland and white sand and is porous as a sponge. This ceiling won't fail.
Thanks so much dear readers, for reading all these years, and for all the comments.