Grade above weep screed
Hi,
I have a house that is partially done in stucco. This was done about 13 years ago. There is a weep screed that is about 4 inches above grade all over the house, with the exception of one small section (part in photo). Stucco has been fine, however, recently we had a problem with flooding and water intrusion in one section of our house. As such, we had a waterproofer come in to solve the flooding problem with changing the grade and installing an outdoor sump pump. Part of the solution, however, resulted in grade above the weep screed along about 8 feet of the house. I know this is going to be a problem some day but is there any solution that will prolong the life of the stucco other than reducing the grade back to where it was? I'm trying to avoid that because flooding in the house was not fun.
Thank you for looking!