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Walls and Ceilings magazine was a great magazine at one time. I am shocked they would publish this photo of backwards flashing.

Here's a link to the article....

I first subscribed to Walls and Ceilings over 30 years ago. I still have some of the print editions with articles on plastering and exterior stucco.

W&C started as a magazine for plastering in the 1950's. W&C also promoted the "knock on the wall" campaign in the early sixty's, which promoted plaster over cheap drywall.

I stopped renewing my free subscription because there is no more credible information about plastering, only EIFS, drywall, and insulation. They publish only what their advertisers want. My last invitation to subscribe asked me to select a category. No plaster, but EIFS/stucco, that is EIFS slash stucco. This isn't my category. EIFS isn't stucco, even though it is promoted by Walls and Ceilings as such.

I got this screenshot from the youtube video below. I had to chime in. The stucco may or may not have been improperly installed. The cracking and loose area seem to be radiating out from the bottom corner of the window. This is where we find rot from faulty window installation, under the bottom corners of the windows. This is probably due to no flashing over the window, or the top of the window is angled back toward the wall. Water running down the sides of the window cause the rot. Also there is no sill. Probably the windows aren't sealed on the backside. This failure is caused by poor window installation,

Thanks so much dear readers, for reading all these years, and for all the comments.