Jobs in progress
updated March 05, 2012
Over
13 years of jobs in progress, update #122 !
Jobs in progress
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. Please check it out.
A table of contents is forthcoming, like I did on the Stucco News.
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| Phase 2, or the back wing, finished with white
portland cement and river sand from the James river. MORE HERE |
The finish coat was scored to look like
limestone blocks. You may have seen the work we did on the original building here, in 2008. Please click here or on the pictures for more. |
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| The inside plaster suffered earthquake damage, and was in need of repair. Here, metal lath is screwed over the original 1836 hand-split wood lath. More details here |
The brick chimney on Mary's
cottage was another victim of the earthquake. We rebuilt the bricks on the chimney and stuccoed it, too. See how we did it here |
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TOP LEFT: House looks new again with a REAL colored cement finish on the bottom floor. Color is "Smoke", #70 from Expo stucco mixed triple strength. ABOVE: Diamond accent and the band on top are colored lighter for contrast. LEFT: Badly deteriorated brick had been patched and patched and just looked shabby. Please click here or on the pictures to see how we did it. |
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| Addition matches the old
1920's house. Check out more info here |
Please
click here or on the pictures for more. |
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Patching mechanical rooms is a necessity for fire and sound ratings. Suspended metal lath and plaster ceilings have a better fire rating than any other material. These old suspended plaster ceilings were repaired for Norair Engineering. |