Why Choose Stucco Over Siding?

April 16, 2019
Blog, Exteriors, Stucco

With renovation season just around the corner, choosing a new exterior for your home can be tricky. While siding may give your home a classic, vintage appearance, there’s only one logical choice for Canadian Homeowners. Stucco exteriors are sweeping Alberta in specific, and we’ll let you in on why.

Stucco Is Durable

Stucco installations last longer than siding installations, when kept with proper care and maintenance. Because of it’s cement composition, stucco is tougher and sturdier in nature, whereas the lightweight characteristics of siding can be a downfall. In addition, stucco’s stone exterior makes it resistant to rotting, along with insects and other pests.

Stucco Is Weather Resistant

Although not many things can withstand Alberta’s bizarre weather, quality stucco can. Stucco is resistant to most external impacts like wind, hail, rain, fire, snow and ice. Where high winds and summer tornado weather can break off and disassemble sidings, stucco’s flat and cohesive finish makes it almost impenetrable. Seeing as Alberta can experience hail, snow and ice all in the same day, stucco’s resistance to freeze and thaw cycles makes it the ideal exterior.

Unlike siding, stucco acts as a seamless, continuous insulator. By adding extra insulation to a building’s exterior, stucco provides a second line of protection when keeping heat indoors. Stucco is especially resilient against thermal bridging, which is the escape of heat through the gap between interior and exterior walls. Essentially, stucco-finished homes are twice as insulated and allow for better indoor air quality and lower heating costs during winter months.

Stucco Is Versatile

Not feeling your current stucco color? Easy – just paint it! While stucco is available in a variety of colours, it can still be painted to suit the preference of the owner. Because of the uneven plane of siding, it’s difficult for homeowners to change the look of siding without completely reinstalling it. In terms of versatility, stucco is the go to exterior for commercial buildings and large residential complexes like apartments. Stucco’s professionalism and versatility definitely make it a go-to for homeowners and business owners alike.

Will You Choose Stucco?

Because of stucco’s superior quality, it is the trusted exterior for a variety of structures in Canada. We know maintaining an exterior through Alberta weather can be difficult so we’ve got you covered. Moreno Stucco offers a wide range of stucco systems, installations and pargings.

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Hire us with confidence – Moreno Stucco provides a 5 year workmanship warranty on all our jobs, along with a 10 year manufacture limited on most stucco systems.

We proudly serve the Alberta area including Edmonton, Sherwood Park, St. Albert, Red Deer, Calgary, Fort Saskatchewan and more.