If applied during very dry weather, the layers of stucco are sprayed with water for one or more days to keep a level of moisture within the stucco while it cures, a process known as "moist curing". If the stucco dries too soon, the chemical hardening ("hydration") will be incomplete, resulting in a weaker and brittler stucco.
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Do you mean Hardiboard siding? Wonderboard is a cementitious backer board that's usually used as a substrate for tile. If you mean that you want to know how difficult it would be to hang hardiboard lap siding instead of doing stucco, then I did one last winter. I live in Ohio where we had a very mild winter. We started the mastersuite addition last October, and finished in january. I definitely under bid the siding part of the job. If I were to do it again, I would use my Malco Hardiboard siding shears instead of cutting the stuff with a masonry blade on my circular saw (too much dust!). the material is very brittle, and will break if not carried properly. Besides that, they have installation clips that will hold the siding at the perfect reveal. It's heavy, hard work, but the material is tough, acced lpts paint well, doesn't warp, and is uniform.
Hey eleeskiOkay, I live in the tropics and don't deal w/ cold....but we do all stucco and cement buildings.My experience is with Durock, a tile backer cement board. I have great luck with durock, tape and seal all seams with durock cement or any of the elastomeric coatings. (Accrocrete, Total wall, Dryvit, STO etc.) Then put on a finish coat of the elastomeric, Never needs painting, very fire resistant, water resistant etc. I do know you need a few days of no freezing of the material till it cures.....other than that it is a great exterior finish in most climates.It is heavy stuff but covers walls quickly.nuvue
When considering options we started doing some cost comparisons. Maybe my stucco bid is too high but the wonderboard might be less expensive. Does anyone have experience with the time (cost) needed to cut and hang wonderboard and tape the joints. And will a conventional color coat cover the wonderboard without too much other prep on a large wall?
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