Stucco refresh
Great Falls, Virginia
Here's how we did it:
A picture from 2001. The cedar trees grew and did some damage.
Gutter guards were covered with needles from the cedar trees, which got cut down. Water ran right over the gutter guards and
down the chimney. We slid the guards over opening a hole for our new kick-out flashing. These gutter guards create
a lot of damage for us to repair.
We put on a new counter flashing and kick out flashing. We filled in the patch, and skimmed the whole wall later.
Chimney shoulder was badly streaked.
New windows were put in a few years ago, and new trim. The flashing over the window got boogered up.
We cut the stucco off and put new flashing over the windows. Top of flashing is sealed with tape.
We filled in the patch.
The top of the chimney on the back of the house was in sorry shape. I am embarrassed to say we just did this 22 years ago.
We made a few improvements this time.
There were holes and gaps around the spark arrestor.
We tore off the crown and re-did it.
Top of chimney is finished. Stucco is left white and fog coated later. The bands were painted like we did them originally.
The top of the spark arrestor got smashed in somehow.
We put a new top on the spark arrestor and painted both arrestors with high temperature black paint.
Each chimney got 4 quarters embedded in the top. These 4 are state commemoratives.
West Virginia quarter shows the bridge at the New River Gorge. (I've been there)
We put on a thin basecoat with an acrylic bonder mixed in.
I call this a bonding coat.
Finish coat is White portland, lime and white sand. We put on a white finish and fog coated the house, like we did in 2001.
We fog coated our new work with fog coat from La Habra stucco. Color is # 82, "hacienda".
Before: Chimneys were badly streaked.
