Spanish style stucco addition
in Alexandria, Virginia

BTW: This house is right behind this house we did in 2005

solid stucco sills in Alexandria, Virginia The sills are formed with lumber and a strip
of metal lath is nailed on
You may have seen how we do solid stucco sills. Here we used a slightly different method. The sills are formed with lumber and a strip of metal lath is nailed on for insurance my sill won't fall off the wall.
The sills are filled with white portland cement and concrete sand the mortar is struck off at an angle
The sills are filled with white portland cement and concrete sand. Concrete sand was used to match the original finish. A straight edge is held up and the mortar is struck off at an angle.
a gap is left under the drip edge of the window Spanish texture. This is also called a heavy lace
Now all we do is throw on the blobs. Note how a gap is left under the drip edge of the window to allow water to drip down onto the angle. Spanish texture. This is also called a heavy lace.
addition looks like 1921 again natural cement finish
The original stucco is on the column on the far right. Our addition looks like 1921 again. The natural cement finish is White Portland cement, white lime and yellow sand.