That's no comfort to Mary Costa. I could moan and groan about this. About 30 percent of the siding has had to be replaced due to water and termite damage. Frank Johnson of North Metro Stucco has been working on Costa's home. He says just 1 percent or 2 percent of homes are so badly damaged that the stucco must be completely stripped but that bad publicity about the product has others convinced they could need costly repairs.
Homeowners are scared.
People call me to come out and strip their house. I won't do it. I'll try to talk them out of it and find out who told them to do it. There's a lot of phony baloney going on. While stucco may still be out, big garages are definitely in.