Plaster and stucco jobs in progress August 11, 2001-Virginia, northern VA, Washington, DC area

Jobs in progress-updated August 11, 2001

EIFS replaced with stucco
Great Falls, VA


House with REAL portland cement finish has no cracks after 2 weeks. Not a tiny hairline crack. I have been striving for ways to reduce or eliminate cracking in stucco on wood frame houses. We made 2 more discoveries that have paid off, in reducing cracks.	Here's a view of the back of house showing finished color. We finished the house with white portland and white sand and sprayed the finish color with Fog Coat from LaHabra Stucco. This is Hacienda no. X-82

Three layers are needed to form the jack arches and the keystones. (See last update).The photo shows how the last projection is formed and metal lath is nailed up.	The quoins are formed with 1 x4's and furring strips and filled with mortar. The Keystones are filled at the same time.

Here's a tool I made to mold the V-grooves between the quoins.	We finished the wall with coarse sand, and the quoins, jack arches and the bands with a fine sand to add a nice contrast.

Mynor sprays on Fog Coat with a garden sprayer. The fog is a portland cement product that soaks in the cement for a true integral colored cement finish.	A view of the front showing the arch bands and the quoins. They will be fogged a different color.


These Round corners add an interesting effect to bay window style bump-out in this remodeling project.	Our new plaster arch matches existing arch. (See below).

Here's the Existing arch. Carlos and Mynor white coat the curves.	Old bathroom where the plaster is scored to look like ceramic tile.