Stucco residing

10 years ago

We are in the process of finding a contractor to reside our stucco house with a different siding - most likely it will be hardiplank or everlast. We have received a few bids and talked to a few contractors so far.
Needless to say, the bids are all over the place - ranged from 50k to 150k. And the reason for the difference is the details - one contractor told us there's no need to pull all windows and reinstall them. It may only needed for the Windows where there's water damage. Obviously, there's another contractor wants to pull all windows and reinstall.
All of them recommend house wrap - difference is that some contractors want to install two layers. Gutter soffits is recommended to be replaced by one vendor but not by others.
The house is about 15 year old and there's water damage at the places where kickout is missing. We want to get the work done in the right way but we also don't want to pay significantly more for the overkill.

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User
10 years ago
Removing and reinstalling the windows is far from overkill when installing a WRB and replacing siding. It is required. You cannot do it correctly any other way. You aren't putting makeup on the house, you are replacing a structural system. You need to remove and reinstall or replace everything that intersects with the siding. That will include the ventilated soffits, windows, window trim, and any other penetrations into the cladding. If you have visible water damage, you need to educate yourself on proper flashing details,and expect more damage that is not visible. Plus have the reserve budget to deal with that inevitability.
Ming Ding
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks, Sophie. What confused me the most is that there's no official guideline what needs to be done when you reside the house. We did talk to a few reputable siding companies and nearly all of them mentioned it is optional to have all windows pulled and reinstalled. The same goes with soffits. Even when I talked to the folks who changed their siding in the past, most of the time they won't pull and reinstall all of the Windows unless they are doing both at the same time. Even that's the case, I was told people opt in for the replacement window instead of installing new construction window.
Is it because the switching from stucco to a
different siding which requires all of these additional work?
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User
10 years ago
No, it's because you have to create a proper waterproof system. Without pulling and reinstalling, you only get a poor chance indo that.