Stucco and plaster jobs in progress #182
Updated December, 2024 !
Almost 26 years of jobs in progress !
Stucco replaced
in Washington, DC
House in the Crestwood area was built in 1922.
Windows and doors are covered with Ram board before the demo.
Original stucco was on wood lath over homemade tar paper.
Of course we used new tar paper and new metal lath.
Finish coat is natural white Portland cement and white sand.
New stucco house
in Bentonville, Virginia
New house is ICF, that is, Insulated Concrete Forms. Styrofoam supported by plastic studs
have 6 inches of concrete poured in between.
Skyline drive, marked by the arrows, runs along the ridge of the mountains in the background.
We used an "S" shaped flashing to terminate the bottom. The flashing caps the edge of the plastic membrane at the bottom of the wall.
A profile of the flashing we made for the bottom. The "hem" at the bottom adds strength, and
allows the flashing pieces to neatly sleeve together.
A drainage gap is made by drilling out plaster stop and leaving a quarter inch gap. Metal lath is
screwed to the plastic studs behind the styrofoam.
Reaching skyward.
Arches are formed using strips of masonite and filled in.
Curve on top of Spanish parapet is formed using masonite.
Brown coat is an honest 3/4 inch thick.
Ugly fake concrete brick is stuccoed.
Framing for the range hood.
Brown coat on the range hood waiting for the finish. The brown coat is gypsum plaster and sand.
Brick fireplace is plastered.
Brown coat is rodded off with a straight one by four.
Pebble dash kings
in Washington, DC.
1907 house is in the Petworth area.
Windows were replaced requiring patch work. Also, this old house needed other stucco repairs.
We replaced the whole pediment end to end to avoid leaving a join.
More details next update
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