Jobs in progress #170
Updated June, 2022 !
Over 23 years of jobs in progress !
Elegant plaster dining room
in Great Falls, VA
Remodeled dining room in this spanish style house.
All the walls, including new sheetrock, are painted with original Larsen's plaster weld.
Super hard veneer plaster basecoast applied.
A close up of the spanish texture. Finish plaster is Keene's cement, lime and sand.
Pebble dash kings in Chevy Chase
Washington, DC
Stucco on this bay window replaced on this 1912 house in Northwest Washington, DC.
The cause of the damage was the lack of a drip edge flashing sometime in the past.
New flashing over windows.
Edges and top are sealed with protecto wrap.
3/8 " pea gravel matches the old stucco on the money.
Historic Townhouse in the Kalorama area
Washington, DC
Finish coat is REAL cement and REAL sand. Color is added using a paint tint.
I haven't updated my site in a long time. We did this back
in February using a heat tent during sub freezing temperatures.
This deteriorated terra cotta block wall needs a rescue.
Wall is like new and straight.
Pebble dash stucco replaced in the Shepherd Park area
Washington, DC
Pebble dash stucco replaced on this 1923 house in Washington, DC.
A close up of the finish with half inch pea gravel.
The original house was wood clapboard siding. It is unusual to see welded wire lath this deteriored.
The reason was soft, crumbly lime that never set up and was way too porous.
A plastic spatter shield keeps mortar and debris away from the neighbors.
Cool color plaster
in Alexandria, Virginia
Color variations and mottled colors add an artisan effect.
Plaster walls and ceilings are painted with pink plaster weld and coated with veneer basecoat.
White skip trowel texture on the ceiling is done first.
Keene's cement is a super hard gypsum plaster that sets slow, allowing large areas to
be covered without stopping.
Some of the cool color effects possible by troweling Keene's the next day.
A view of plaster land showing our scaffold, mortar board, etc.
Please check back. Thanks so much for visiting my site.
