This is the most difficult finish to achieve but it s growing to become very popular and that is the smooth stucco finish.
Osb siding with stucco texture.
This is especially true in climates.
Although you may be right that most of the moisture that damaged the osb came from the interior the stucco may have contributed the problem since stucco slows drying.
If you do not then the sheets could potentially buckle and create cracking issues in the base coat s and or finish coat of the stucco.
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If already installed with no gaps included a skillsaw or router can be used to create.
Oriented strand board or osb is a siding product sold in sheets or laps depending on preference.
Smooth stucco finishes texture.
Tough to the core lp smartside panel siding is a treated engineered wood product.
If installing new wooden substrate you can use 16d nails to create an 1 8 of an inch gap on all plywood osb sheathing.
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Find the right stucco finishes and stucco texture for your siding.
It works well with synthetic and acrylic stucco siding.
Applying stucco to plywood siding.
But stucco holds much more water than vinyl siding and stucco dries slowly.
The best thing about this look is that colors can be added to the wall to give the wall the mottled look.
If you re planning to paint your exterior osb sheathing a fluid applied air or moisture barrier coating can serve the same purpose as a plastic house wrap and still allow your osb panel to be topped with a conventional paint or a stucco finish.
A plaster like material that is traditionally made of lime and sand and water today stucco usually also incorporates portland cement.
Stucco gets wet like all types of siding.
It comes in a variety of finishes made to resemble various hardwoods and stucco surfaces.