Jobs
in
progress
updated November 6,
2011
Almost
13
years
of
jobs
in
progress,
update
#120
!
Jobs in progress contains
some 400 pages. Here, you will find a wealth
of
informaton on the world's
oldest builing trade, plaster,
both interior plaster, and exterior cement plaster, also known as
stucco. Please check out the past
updates. A
table of contents is forthcoming, like I did on the Stucco News.
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| EIFS replaced
with REAL stucco McLean, Virginia |
I made 3 pages for this
project:
Details: How we did features with mortar and NOT foam Scratch and brown coat. Flashing and lath Info about the finish will be on the next update Please click on one of the tables below for more |
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| Front entrance is scored to look like stone
blocks. Please click here or on the pictures for more details. (Opens new window) |
Solid window sill is formed and filled. Thed top will be angled down when we put on the finish coat. Please click here or on the pictures for how we did it. |
 A real keystone is split in half to use over the arches. Please click here or on the pictures for more info. |
 Decorative band is thick and dramatic. The thickness is a 2x4 and a1x4.Note the chase we made for the downspout. Please click here or on the pictures for more. |
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| The brown coat finished waiting for
the details and the finish, or color coat. The brown coat is the most important. If the brown coat is bumpy and wavy, the finish is usually bumpy and wavy. Please click here or on the pictures for more.(Opens new window) |
A string line is pulled to straighten the
walls. The strip of mortar on the wall is called a screed. Please click here or on the pictures for more. |
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| Wall is trued up around the window
with a home made rod. The windows should all have the same margin, all
the way around. Please click here or on the pictures for more. |
Arch
opening
is
formed with one bys and a strip of masonite, then filled in. Please click here or on the pictures for more. |
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| Window
flashing
put
on angling the front edge down. The original house
had no flashing at all. Please click here or on the pictures for more. |
Here
we
filled
in the joints of the flagstone cap on this knee wall
with mortar with plenty of Flex-con in the mortar. A cause of stucco
failure on knee walls or retaining walls is leaking joints. Please click here or on the pictures for more. |
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| Two layers or
tarpaper are used. It is important
to put on the tarpaper from the bottom up, and overlapping to avoid
water infiltration. I have picture of someone in Maryland putting
tarpaper on from the top
down. He had a truck with lettered with stucco real big on the side. Please click here or on the pictures for more. |
Weep
screeds are put on all around the house. A gap is left below for water drainage. Here the weep screed is shot on the concrete with a Ramset gun. Please click here or on the pictures for more. |
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| Ceiling is replaced the same day
using metal lath, moulding plaster and lime. The original ceiling was rock lath. Metal is used for a thick, solid patch. |
Lath put on in the morning,
Ceiling finished in the afternoon. Here, the finish coat is troweled smooth. |
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 The pebble dash kings still rock in Washington, DC. Old water damage is stripped down to the brick, and pebble mix dashed on. |