plaster and stucco jobs in progress May 13, 2001-Virginia, northern VA, Washington, DC area

Jobs in progress-updated May 13, 2001

Color plaster-a new dimension
Alexandria, Virginia


This picture is too spectacular- all 4 of us trowel color plaster finish in kitchen	Other end of kitchen. Color plaster finished. We put cement plaster (stucco) on the chimney where the oven goes. It will have a color portland cement finish to match the plaster.

The red chalk line shows the finished ceiling thickness. We used metal lath and conventional plaster on all the ceilings on the first floor. The old joists were real crooked and we needed to fill in a lot to get the ceilings straight.	Mynor rods off the ceiling in the foyer. All the ceilings in the first floor will get plaster mouldings by Dave Hytla.

	Top left- Ceiling is filled flush to the stairway. The old woodwork was stripped and restored. Top right- color plaster in one of the bathrooms on the second floor. Barry designed the interesting stair-step shower. We put the same color in the kitchen. Left- Mynor trowels white coat in dining room. The kitchen and bathrooms have color in the plaster. We still have some fancy details to finish. Please check back.


Kathryn poses in front of wall with metal lath applied over tarpaper. Windows covered ready to scratch.	The two-by-four defines the bottom of the decorative band I'm making to cover the edge of the old stucco/parging. These bands were widely used years ago and keep in the historic style of the house.

Old portland cement stucco stripped off wood lath. The old stucco would still be in good shape except someone nailed up furring strips and asbestos shingles up years ago and broke it all up. Note that the wood lath and framing shows no sign of rot after 90 years with no tarpaper or vapor barrier.	Still, we put up tarpaper before the lath.