Stucco replaced on this 1928 house
in Washington, DC

Here's how we did it:

plaster was coming loose from the wood lath.

The basement foundation projected out past the wall. This is a large cause of basement leaks. We put flashing over the edge.

fwallpaper was removed

Flashing is overlapped with tar paper and covered with metal lath.

Door was filled in with new framing

The difference between the bottom and top wall was hidden with a decorative band. The band also provides a drip edge to avoid color streaking. Band is formed with our weep stop at the bottom and temporary styrofoam forms at the top.

Wall that needed additional bracing was covered with 3/8 OSB.

Finished band is rounded at the top.

We covered all the floors with plastic, Ram board, and drop cloths.

The wall underneath the porch was wet when we tore the stucco off, indicating the flashing was leaking.

Old floors are left without a scratch

Leak was corrected by putting on new flashing, with a slope away from the building.

comes in a bag, and goes in a bag.

Drip molding over the window is flashed with flashing we made. Note the steep angle and the sides are covered with the flashing.

We scraped off old lime and sand plaster that was loose.

Windows, sidewalks, roofs, everthing is covered with plastic, sheets of correx, and dropcloths. The mission is zero clean up.

wood lath was covered with metal lath

Finish coat is white portland cement and crushed quartz made by US silica.

Finished plaster

Color is made with a paint tint from Sherwin Williams.

like 1880 again

Side finished better than new.

Plaster restored with REAL plaster.

Shutters back on, roof cleaned off, another beautiful stucco job in Washington, DC.