Historic re-stucco
in Front Royal,Virginia
Here's how we did it:
Old lath and pebble dash stucco wasn't in real bad shape for 113 years old. Replacing the stucco allowed for an insulation upgrade.
Vestiges of the old railroad tracks ran behind these buildings: A feed mill, a feed store, and two farm supplies.
Front Royal Train Company probably never existed. Caboose sits in the park behind our job.
Front Royal seal.
The old Front Royal train station has been restored. It is pebble dash ,too. Old lath and stucco is pulled off showing old diagonal sheathing. Note the spacing between the sheathing boards.
Wall is furred vertically with one by fours. This provides a firm attachment for the Z-furring and everything else.
A layer of 15 weight tarpaper is put on the furring.
The windows were padded out four inches and will have metal wrap.
Back side of window framing was sealed with protecto-wrap tape.
Over the tar paper we put on a layer of rain screen.
A flap on the rain screen allows a continuous drainage mat. Most rain screen I see is put on backwards or upside down or without a vapor barrier.
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Rainscreen here !!
Z-furring follows the wood furring under the rain screen.
Metal lath is attached to the z-furring using wafer head screws.
Loading dock covered with correx. Everything covered with plastic and tape. Ready to start slinging mud, I mean, carefully applying mortar.
Scratching mortar on metal lath.
The pebble dash kings are rocking Front Royal, Virginia.
Color difference is because we switched brands of portland. The stucco gets painted, of course.
What we have is an extremely durable product. Pebble dash stucco is stronger than original, and matches the historic appearance
exactly. The insulation board underneath provides an R-factor of 16.
