Originally Posted by
John Stephenson
1) The columns have stucco on wood frame. The bottom of the stucco is in contact with the porch slab, no weep screeds. This installation is bad news or okay?
If regular hardcoat stucco, being 'in contact' with the porch slab is not a problem, however, weep screeds are required at the bottom of the stucco.
2) The stucco casement trim needs to be sloped properly to drain water?
Depends, as Joe said, on what they are. They could be EIFS applied to a straight up and down stucco column, in which case the stucco continues past the bands and is not a problem. They could be framed out and the stucco runs down the column and out and over the framed bands - that's a problem, you are just waiting for the wood to rot out.