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Jobs in progress #167

Updated July,  2021 !

Over 22 years of jobs in progress !

Siding replaced with blue stucco
in Silver Spring, Maryland

Siding is easily ripped off with bare hands

Siding is easily ripped off with bare hands by starting from the top. This siding was super easy because it was old and brittle.

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Stucco fireplace and porch
in McLean, Virginia

Fireplace surround is built out using blocks

Fireplace surround is built out using blocks. The top was made from metal studs and metal lath.

Enclosed porch had a nice rough white stucco finish.

Enclosed porch had a nice rough white stucco finish.

Bold, designer fireplace.

Bold, designer fireplace.

Arts Club of
Washington, DC

Arts Club sculpture garden

Addition in the Arts Club sculpture garden gets new stucco. Proteus is back in town to share a cool design.

Design is marked off on the stucco brown coat.

Design is marked off on the stucco brown coat with masking tape.

We put on our finish coat material, white portland cement and white sand, and pulled the tape off.

We put on our finish coat material, white portland cement and white sand, and pulled the tape off.

The squares seem to be overlapped from left to right.

Next, the rest of the wall is finished.

Stucco on the back of townhouse
in Washington, DC

Townhouse in Northeast Washington had a mix of old sloppy stucco.

Townhouse in Northeast Washington had a mix of old sloppy stucco and old sloppy brick patches.

Color is paint tint from Sherwin-Williams.

Finish coat is white portland cement and sand. Color is paint tint from Sherwin-Williams.

Black stucco
in Alexandria, Virginia

Flashing under the stucco instead of over the stucco in Washington, DC.

Stucco on the back of this house near the Masonic Temple.

Stucco is a great solution to spalling brick.

A whole gallon of black paint tint is added to our liquid mix.

Flashing under the stucco instead of over the stucco in Washington, DC.

Liquid is mixed with white portland and sand with a drill.

Black cement finish.

Black cement finish.

Stucco replaced in Wesley Heights
Washington, DC

Old stucco was buckling and coming loose in Washington, DC.

Old stucco was buckling and coming loose.

Texture matches the 1920 finish.

New lath and stucco. Texture matches the 1920 finish.

Pebble Dash revisited
Washington, DC

Fpatch job on a pebble dash garage in Washington, DC.

A typical patch job on a pebble dash garage.

A couple small projects
in Washington, DC

Patching plaster in the Arts Club of Washington.

Patching plaster in the Arts Club of Washington. The inaugural ball was held in these two rooms in 1817. The White House was burned in 1812, and wasn't rebuilt yet.

Stucco on these dormers in Washington, DC

Stucco on these dormers. To find out who lives here, listen to WPFW on Sunday morning at 9. For the best variety of jazz on planet earth, online or at 89.3 fm in the Nation's Capital.

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