Jobs in progress-updated October 24, 2003

Dulin Methodist Church
Falls Church, Virginia

gothic arch
Pastor Dave shows off the church's new gothic arch. Click to see more.

Styrofoam is for the moment.
Portland cement is for centuries.

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splatter-dash texture
First arch finished with 1926  splatter-dash.
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Stucco floor and stucco floor
Alexandria, Virginia

stucco shower and first stucco floor My first stucco shower and
first stucco floor.
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Finished wall on bathroom
looks like a terra-cotta pot

 

Joel's house
Alexandria, Virginia

stuccoed house over old "Salmon brick". We stuccoed Joel's
house over old "Salmon
brick". Joel said the bricks were ugly and had to go.

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Stucco columns
Falls Church, Virginia

Stucco columns torn off and re-done. Stucco columns torn off
and re-done.

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An Addition in Falls Church, Virginia
for Bellanca Construction

soffits Lath and stucco soffits saved
quite a few houses in Miami during Hurricane Andrew. Lighter materials were blown off, allowing winds to get under the roof, blowing it off.

Want a hurricane-proof house?
Try stucco soffits
 

A badly cracked stucco installation
was saved by resurfacing

badly cracked stucco installation new portland cement and sand
A badly cracked stucco installation was saved by resurfacing. The stucco was two years old, and  had cracks in a grid about 2 feet apart.
Here, a thin portland lime and sand basecoat is applied.
Stucco resurfaced with new portland cement and sand. I doubt and cracks will ever come back.