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The wall at the front entrance is raised up 2
courses of block.
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A pivoting
swing arm is used to lay out the curve.
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Brown coat
on the front knee wall.
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The front
porch is now a nice semi private place
to sit.
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Old arch is chipped and
prepared, and loose areas removed. Note how the arch leans over to the
right.
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The finished
arch and columns show the curved
theme of this nearly
hundred year old stucco house.
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A lot of these walls had never been painted.
The original color was
made from yellow sand and white lime or portland.
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Columns were trued up by setting wood strips and
filling in. This method is
old fashioned, but we still do it.
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Some left over White stucco finish was poured into the mold Proteus made from an
old table.
If you didn't see how
Proteus made the mold,
please
click here.
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The finished medallion has a hole drilled in the
back, and is hung on the
wall like a picture.
Also a big glob of mortar
with plenty of flex-con (an adhesive admixture) makes sure
it won't fall off.
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The edge of the medallion is embedded in the
mortar. The top is finished first and rounded off
for good water run-off.
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Some of the old medallions around the existing
house.
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Finished wall.
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The wall between the neighbor's is raised up 3
courses of block.
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The end of the wall is curved to match the theme of the house.
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The finish coat is put on in two steps: a scratch
coat and then the
scallops.
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It doesn't look like it but
this wall is 100 feet long.
The finished color is
yellow quarry sand and white portland cement, close to the
color of the original house.
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