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| A view of the flashing over the horizontal trim.
Stucco is porous, when water runs downhill (as always), it hits the flashing and is deflected outward and not behind the trim. |
Flashing is then overlapped with tar paper and
metal lath. Even though this project has plastic (I mean PVC), flashing
is important. Even if the trim doesn't rot, what the trim is nailed to will rot if exposed to water infiltration. |
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| Taping off this PVC trim turned out to be a
waste of time. Mortar scrapes off the trim easily. |
Stone work and roofs are covered up well with
plastic. |
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| OLD WALL: A close up of the old texture. |
NEW WALL: Texture matches on the money. |
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| Rocks are screened with a home-made sieve to the right size. |
A custom screen size is made by using 2 layers of metal lath,
tied crossways. |
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| The finish coat is done in two steps, first a scratch coat of
white Portland and sand is put on and floated. Then a mix of white Portland and our screened rocks are dashed on. A cheap stiff broom from the dollar store worked perfectly for this. |
A view of the kitchen addition. |