Jobs in progress #172
Updated December, 2022 !
Almost 24 years of jobs in progress !
Stucco replaced on this 1909 Rowhouse
Petworth area
Washington, DC
Deserving old townhouse is re-stuccoed.
Finish coat is REAL white cement and REAL white sand. Color is paint tint - "Youthful Coral" from Sherwin-Williams.
Old mortar was real weak and crumbly and all had to come off. Lath was replaced, too.
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Stucco addition
Huntly, Virginia
Our cement basecoat is an honest 3/4" thick (or more).
Finish coat is synthetic to match the existing house.
Color matches real close.
I can't get lost using this sign post.
Stucco replaced on this chimney
Cross Junction, Virginia
The competition did this chimney a few years ago.
Back side of chimney displaying the competition's handy work.
Our finished chimney.
The crown is done angling the mortar down from the center to the outside.
The competition rears it's ugly head again
in Flint Hill, Virginia
The stucco is falling off the wall. The metal lath was made for interior use and had rusted to nothing.
Even the casing bead was for interior use and rotted away. It is supposed to be bad business to bad mouth the competition, but someone has to do it.
We put on new tar paper, replacing the rotted tyvek, and new exterior grade lath..
Our work should last longer than 12 years this time.
Aggregated stucco gets extensive repairs
Takoma Park area, Washington, DC
1921 stucco was in bad shape and needed a lot of patching. Stucco was lime (no cement) and way too much sand.
River jacks are screened to the right size.
The original house never was painted. It will be painted after we are finished.
Finished.
Major stucco repairs
Dupont Circle area, Washington, DC
House was built in the 1880's and stuccoed probably in the 1930's or 40's.
We used our super duper secret formula mortar to hold all this together.
We have fixed a lot of leaky windows lately.
Water penetrates stucco even if it is painted. Cutting the stucco off above the window reveals a huge gap behind the trim. Flashing on top goes to the stucco and stops.
New flashing (window cap) is put on and angled down to the front.
Protecto wrap is put over the flashing and tucked up to the bottom stucco.
Above the window and other loose areas are cut out and filled with lath and stucco.
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