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The old
stucco is stripped off revealing rot and insect damage. |
The fickle finger of fate points to the rotted
plate, or the 2 by 4 that holds the house up.. |
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New aluminum
flashing is out on and sealed with tape. The flashing is
overlapped with tarpaper and self furring lath. |
Round window
flashing requires a lot of snip, snip, snip, Like Tom Waits "Barber Shop" |
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The band is marked off
with a string line. Here, the wall is rodded
off down to the band.
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The band is
padded out with 2 by's and rodded off. You may not be able to see this. I edited this page to be
mobile friendly and lost a lot of detail. |
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Heaters allow the work to proceed in cold
weather. We're heating up the soup: white portland, lime and
white sand.
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Even though the new walls get painted, we
added color so the wall looks better. Paint color is added to our flex con
and water mix in a garbage can. |
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Color cement stucco finish is rubbed down
with a float. I hope our work lasts longer than a hundred years.
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