Synthetic stucco finishes deteriorate on this 8 year old house in Washington, DC

Synthetic stucco finishes deteriorate and eat up this 8 year old addition in Washington, DC

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Synthetic stucco finishes deteriorate in
Washington, DC.

Synthetic stucco finishes deteriorate. A material advertised as flexible and bridges cracks, is brittle and weak after 8 years. The cracks on this cement base coat all show through..

Synthetic stucco finishes
deteriorate in Washington DC.

Not really very flexible, as advertised. You can pick the finish off this house with your finger nail.

synthetic stucco finishes in
Washington, DC.

>Highly toxic synthetic stucco finishes may be flexible when they are first applied, but deteriorate to a crumbly film

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