Tape & Float Stucco by Carrara is fundamentally different: it goes up like drywall. The foundation is typically fiber cement board and like drywall comes in 4x8, 4x9, and 4x10 panels. There are major benefits when thinking of stucco like drywall, not the least being: Time, Durability, and Cost.

Time
Typically, it takes 2-3 weeks to install traditional stucco or EIFS on a 2,000 F2 house. Contrast that with 1-week with Carrara. The issues of curing, efflorescence, and cracking common with cement based stucco, is not an issue with Carrara---it’s cement free.

Durability
Traditional cement based stucco is fairly durable but cracking is very common. And foam based EIFS is very easily damaged due to its foam core characteristics and very unforgiving to water entrapment. However, Carrara’s foundation is a fiber cement panel that perms (allows moisture vapor to vent) and is both highly crack and impact resistant. Our warranty reflects this durability: 10-years on our cement-free finish and a 50-year warranty on most fiber cement panels.