Jobs in progress
updated November 6,
2011
Almost 13 years of jobs in progress, update #120 !
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contains some 400 pages. Here, you will find a wealth of informaton on the
world's oldest builing trade, plaster,
both interior plaster, and exterior cement plaster, also known as
stucco. check out the
past updates. A table of contents is forthcoming, like I
did on the Stucco News.
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| Front entrance is scored to
look like stone blocks. More details here.. |
Solid window sill is formed and
filled. The top will be angled down when we put on the finish coat. More details here.. |
 A real keystone is split in
half to use over the arches.More details here.. |
 Decorative band is thick and dramatic. The thickness is a 2x4 and a1x4.Note the chase we made for the downspout. More details here.. |
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| The brown coat
finished, waiting for the details and the finish, or
color coat. The brown coat is the most important. If the brown coat is bumpy and wavy, the finish is usually bumpy and wavy. More details here.. |
A string line
is pulled to straighten the walls. The strip of mortar on the wall is called a screed. More details here.. |
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| Wall is trued
up around the window with a home made rod. The
windows should all have the same margin, all the way around. More details here.. |
Arch opening is formed with one bys and a strip of masonite, then filled in. More details here.. |
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| Window flashing put on angling the front
edge down. The original house had no flashing at all. More details here.. |
Here we filled in the joints of the flagstone
cap on this knee wall with mortar with plenty of Flex-con in
the mortar. A cause of stucco failure on knee walls or retaining walls is leaking joints. More details here.. |
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| Two layers
or tarpaper are used. It
is important to put on the tarpaper from the bottom up,
and overlapping to avoid water infiltration. I have
picture of someone in Maryland putting tarpaper on from
the top down. He
had a truck with lettered with stucco real big on the
side. More details here.. |
Weep screeds are put on all around the
house. A gap is left below for water drainage. Here the weep screed is shot on the concrete with a Ramset gun. More details here.. |
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| Ceiling is replaced the same
day using metal lath, moulding plaster and lime. The original ceiling was rock lath. Metal is used for a thick, solid patch. |
Lath put on in the morning,
Ceiling finished in the
afternoon. Here, the finish coat is troweled smooth. |
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 The pebble dash kings still rock in Washington, DC. Old water damage is stripped down to the brick, and pebble mix dashed on. |