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Bill's House
A plaster addition in
Arlington, VA

We used metal lath and conventional plaster
on these two tray ceilings. Wood framing on
these ceilings is always crooked, and
veneer plaster only allows about 1/4" to fill
in.
Here metal lath is screwed over the blueboard. Scratch coat of sand plaster is applied over
metal lath. We never use perlite as an
aggregate in plaster. It is too weak.

Brown coat is applied. We used a string line to
ensure the ceiling is straight. Finished ceiling is master bedroom.

Master bathroom is done the same way.
Carlos rods off the ceiling. Even the closets are plaster. This is a large
addition. I have more pictures, I need to save
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Stucco on balconies
for Robertson Building and development
downtown
Washington, DC

Finish is bright white. We used white portland,
white lime and white sand. Brown coat on addition

Blocks are wet with a hose. This assures a good
bond. Blocks are nice-no need to put on metal lath. Note 1 x 4 at top of wall-This provides
a nailer for the flashing as well as a ground
to straighten the wall. The stucco just overlaps
the flashing at the bottom.

We cover all the windows with
plastic and red tape from Nathan Kimmel
in Los Angeles, the plasterer's supermarket.
I covered the treshold plates extra good
with tape. These get scratched and damaged
so easily.
It seems someone should think of a
better material to make these out of.
Until then, I'll keep covering them real
good.

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We used metal lath and conventional plaster on these two tray ceilings. Wood framing on these ceilings is always crooked, and veneer plaster only allows about 1/4" to fill in. Here metal lath is screwed over the blueboard.	Scratch coat of sand plaster is applied over metal lath. We never use perlite as an aggregate in plaster. It is too weak.

Brown coat is applied. We used a string line to ensure the ceiling is straight.	Finished ceiling is master bedroom.

Master bathroom is done the same way. Carlos rods off the ceiling.	Even the closets are plaster. This is a large addition. I have more pictures, I need to save page loading time.


Finish is bright white. We used white portland, white lime and white sand.	Brown coat on addition

Blocks are wet with a hose. This assures a good bond. Blocks are nice-no need to put on metal lath.	Note 1 x 4 at top of wall-This provides a nailer for the flashing as well as a ground to straighten the wall. The stucco just overlaps the flashing at the bottom.
	We cover all the windows with plastic and red tape from Nathan Kimmel in Los Angeles, the plasterer's supermarket. I covered the treshold plates extra good with tape. These get scratched and damaged so easily. It seems someone should think of a better material to make these out of. Until then, I'll keep covering them real good.