Bad coping in Reston, Virginia
Hi. I am trying to get an estimate as soon as possible. I got your email off of the Reston (Virginia) Association page.
This problem came up as a result of a home inspection. I am trying to sell my house and the buyers have requested that I fix this problem. I have attached some pictures. Let me know if you need more.
This is what the home buyers requested: Stucco on exterior is chipped and moisture detected in inside wall. Repair area including but not limited to side wall to the front of bldg. Repair to be done by a licensed specialist in stucco repair and finished to match existing surface.
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Water infiltration causing the leaking in the house is coming from a failed roof flashing, that is the coping, and not from the stucco. Fixing the stucco will not solve the leak, but fixing the coping will.
The excessive cracks in the stucco are another result of the bad coping and not the cause of the leak inside.
Almost all townhouses built in Reston, Virginia during the early 1970's have bad coping.
In this case the finish is flush with the end wall runnning water into the wall causing water damage.
In some cases in Reston the finish sticks out past the edge of the flashing.
This flashing is easy to correct.
It is just a matter of drilling out the rivets and extending the bottom flashing out past the face of the end wall abiout 3/4" or so.
Another typical Reston, VA townhouse.