jobs in progress May 11, 2008

Jobs in progress-updated May 11, 2008
Over nine years of jobs in progress, update # 99 !
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New generation "drainable"
EIFS rots houses !
"Water managed" EIFS
manages to cause
extensive water damage.


8 year old EIFS garbage is removed along with rotted plywood sheathing and studs. Please click here or on the picture for more (opens new window)	I can stick my finger into wet and rotted stud. Please click here or on the picture for more (opens new window)

House covered with tarp waiting for carpentry repairs, which took about 3 months. Please click here or on the picture for more (opens new window)	Spring 2008: Finished addition with REAL stucco with a REAL portland cement and REAL sand finish. Addition has a cool design. Please click here or on the picture for more (opens new window)

Lisa's house
Washington, DC


Renovation and re-stucco on this circa 1921 house Please click here or on the picture for more (opens new window	Finish coat is REAL portland cement and REAL sand. Color is a custom color from Merlex stucco. Please click here or on the picture for more (opens new window)

Remodeling for
Heritage Builders, Inc.
Gaithersburg, MD

ABOVE:
Renovation on this old 1920's building in
Gaithersburg.

TOP RIGHT:
Lace texture knocked down with a trowel.

RIGHT:
Texture matches on the money.

Joe's house
Alexandria, Virginia

**Joe's house**
**Alexandria, Virginia**

This is a big house with lots of outdoor work and indoor plaster as well. Please check the next update for details.	Tyvek torn off, tarpaper put on. Back of house showing mahogany doors and precast concrete window surrounds.

Elk Hill Farm
Goochland, Virginia

**Elk Hill Farm**
**Goochland, Virginia**

1822 farmhouse will have old stucco stripped off and re-done. We are providing the scaffold for this project. After the roofers and carpenters finish, we'll strip off the stucco and re-do it.	Old stucco was scored to look like granite blocks like this other 1822 building we did here. We built a rack for quick scoring in hot weather. Many readers have written to ask how we scored the stucco, and how we get mortar to bond to the old, soft porous brick. Please check back for the interesting details.

PLEASE RECYCLE

SOS- I recycle all our scrap metal lath, junk tools, etc. On the left is
a pick-up load of metal I pulled out of a dumpster on one of our remodeling jobs. I estimate I have recycled over two tons of metal in the last 6 months.
I can't save our planet alone. Please help.
If a million contractors keep a ton of metal out of the landfill every year, that is a million tons a year of metal.

New generation "drainable" EIFS rots houses ! "Water managed" EIFS manages to cause extensive water damage.

Lisa's house Washington, DC

Remodeling for Heritage Builders, Inc. Gaithersburg, MD