http://hertzlers.com/2008/07/12/big-leak/ Jerry and Cathy Hertzler blog from Orlando, Florida with Cru (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ). Fri, 04 May 2012 13:21:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://hertzlers.com/2008/07/12/big-leak/comment-page-1/#comment-1146 The hole in my stucco was SO big…. » Hertzler’s Outpost Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:35:45 +0000 http://hertzlers.com/?p=953#comment-1146 [...] stucco repair guy came (ya, I thought it was odd he wanted to work on a Sunday, too), and we found the hole in the stucco that was letting in all the water. At first it didn’t appear to be anything more than a screw hole, but ants kept going in and [...] [...] stucco repair guy came (ya, I thought it was odd he wanted to work on a Sunday, too), and we found the hole in the stucco that was letting in all the water. At first it didn’t appear to be anything more than a screw hole, but ants kept going in and [...]

]]> http://hertzlers.com/2008/07/12/big-leak/comment-page-1/#comment-1145 Hertzler Moat » Hertzler’s Outpost Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:39:31 +0000 http://hertzlers.com/?p=953#comment-1145 [...] looks like the solution to this problem will be gutters, stucco repair, getting the house painted, and a lot of digging. We need to replace [...] [...] looks like the solution to this problem will be gutters, stucco repair, getting the house painted, and a lot of digging. We need to replace [...]

]]> http://hertzlers.com/2008/07/12/big-leak/comment-page-1/#comment-1144 Kent Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:46:22 +0000 http://hertzlers.com/?p=953#comment-1144 Jerry, If the stucco goes below the dirt line, you will want to break it off so that it stops above the dirt line, otherwise it forms a great hidden tunnel for termites to come up in your house and potentially to your wood in your roof. Just have a termite sales guy come and give you an estimate for a treatment and he will tell you that it is a problem. Or find another knowledgable source to ask about it. It may be building code to make sure that it doesn't extend below the soil line in Orange County. Jerry,
If the stucco goes below the dirt line, you will want to break it off so that it stops above the dirt line, otherwise it forms a great hidden tunnel for termites to come up in your house and potentially to your wood in your roof. Just have a termite sales guy come and give you an estimate for a treatment and he will tell you that it is a problem. Or find another knowledgable source to ask about it. It may be building code to make sure that it doesn’t extend below the soil line in Orange County.

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