Jaime poses with pride in front of his new stucco. The finish
is white portland and white sand. The color is "ivory" from Expo stucco. For more details |
Old lime and sand stucco is stripped off down to
the brick. For more details |
We did the garage to match the house. The picture shows |
This old building in the Anacostia area of
Washington, DC receives a well deserved face lift. For more details |
Outside corners, (arrises), are stripped for the
brown coat. This old method works. I would like to use western style
corner beads (quik corner), but I haven't found anybody willing to ship
them to me. For more details |
Before- Blue vinyl siding is torn off. .For more details |
After-Color stucco finish. Sure looks better than that cheap
durn siding. .For more details |
During-Old dash on pebble stucco is exposed and re-coated. For more details |
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Picture shows the scaffold up preparing to take off siding. |
PLEASE RECYCLE-Stake body truck with siding strapped down to take to recycle. We recycle our scrap metal lath and pallets. I also pull out metal and pallets from dumpsters and trash piles to recycle. If a million other contractors did this, it would make a big difference on our planet. |
LEFT: Old wood clapboard siding, under the aluminum, is covered with tarpaper and metal lath. We are almost done with this project. I'm saving the details for the next update. Please check back. |
This action shot shows dash-on stucco texture duplicated on this old 1926 stucco balcony. We have really done a lot of patching and matching since the last update, but I'm saving that up for the next time, too. This page loads slow enough as it is. We have been doing some cool jobs lately. Please check back. |