Stucco and plaster jobs in progress #179
Updated June, 2024 !
Over 25 years of jobs in progress !
Patio walls and chimneys re stucco
on this Spanish house
in McLean, Virginia
Spanish texture matches on the money
A close up view of the Spanish texture on the main house.
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We put in weep tubes. The main reason the walls failed was lack of weeps.
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These ceramic weeps look great with the Spanish theme. They sure are nicer than plastic pipes.
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A view of some of the finished walls.
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We had quite a few patio walls to do.
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We re-did the chimney crowns.
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We always embed coins on the top of our chimneys. This is an Eleanor Roosevelt quarter from the American women series.
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1926 Stucco replaced
in Arlington, Virginia
A video of our project:
The house had no sheathing, which allowed us to put in insulation. Whenever there is no sheathing, diagonal bracing was used to keep the wall from racking.
A view of the old wood lath and the homemade tarpaper.
We put on store bought tar paper and metal lath.
Brown coat is wet down twice a day for 4 days before the finish coat is applied. This damp curing increases the strength and reduces shrinkage cracks.
A close up of the 1926 style bag stipple. This is called a bag stipple because these textures were done with a burlap bag.
Better than 1926.
Water logged EIFS replaced with stucco
in South Riding, Virginia
Here's a Youtube video with details:
This Youtube video shows EIFS is saturated with water:
They still put this garbage on houses.
Townhouse re-stucco
in Reston, Virginia
All the arches in this neighborhood have failed due to lack of flashing. We put flashing under the metal roof that caps the top of our new stucco. This will be here for centuries.
We used metal lath and stucco over the old peeling textured paint on plywood.
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Failed stucco on durock
in Alexandria, Virginia
We put flashing on the roof and our drainage weeps. This sytem of synthetic finish on durock needs to stop. It is impossible to flash this durock "system".
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We put metal lath over the durock system that was all peeling.
3/4" of mortar on the finished wall.
