Practical notes on the work we do and the houses we do it in.
A crack that reopens in the same place every year is not a stucco problem. It is telling you something about what is behind it.
On a foothill lot the block is the cheap part. The footing and the drainage behind it are what decide whether the wall is still plumb in ten years.
Everyone argues about the tile. What decides whether the room is still sound in ten years is what went in behind it.
In the foothills the deck boards are the easy part. The posts, the footings and the ledger are where the job is won or lost.
