Info on Stucco and Plastering-October, 2015 - forty-third issue
Raised cracks in stucco due to flat
lath
From Washington, DC, the nation's capital:
This 40 year old stucco was done with flat lath, and the lath was pinned too tight to the wall. Using self furring metal lath, or furring the wall with furring blocks, or using furring nails would have prevented this.