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My stucco in my 4 month old house is cracking, what should I do?
I bought a brand new Pulte home with a 12 month warrenty. I noticed some cracks after 3 months, but the Pulte rep that I deal with told me they wait until 11 months to patch cracks because they are normal for a new home, so will just do all of them at once. Well, we have been getting tons of rain here in south Texas and my concern is water will get in these cracks and case all sorts of problems.
Is cracking stucco normal for a new house? Should I hire an independent inspector or engineer to find out if this house has problems? How do I convince Pulte to take me serious and fix the cracks?
Answer: No way, thats just a poor job they did. If you mix stucco right and apply it right, there shouldnt be any cracking for a good while. Its either they mixed the stucco wrong or you have a foundation prob. I wouldnt wait anything at all, if you have a warrenty I'd tell them to come scrape the whole house off and hire some pro's since they dont know what their doing. The best way to get Pulte to take you serious is to have someone else come look at your house, like a general contractor or someone else who deals with building houses, and get their input in writting. When you do show it to Pulte and tell them to take you serious or you'll see him in civil court. When they see you got pro's on your side willing to go to court as your witness they'll get on the ball and give you the world.
