Long time without a post. We’ve been out of town for a week and pushing on through the non photogenic stage of prepping for the all important preboard inspection.
A good construction practice is applying the vinyl decking before the stucco so it can wrap up the wall. The stucco is then flashed over top the membrane. This is great but this means active stucco work with sharp object, pipe scaffold, mud, wire and boots possibly destroying your finished deck vinyl. We must go to extreme lengths to manage this problem and covering the deck is the only viable option.