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Repair Structural Cracks, Fix structural cracks, Structural cracks

November 30, 2015 By Stucco Plastering 10 Comments

Repair Structural Cracks, Fix structural cracks, Structural cracks
Repair congo, humongous and or really large structural cracks

You might say why not use plain mortar, cement plaster usually called stucco in the U.S. and or render in the U.K? Excellent question, answer, in the last century, Portland based products have a Very high strength, they also set quick and are water resistant but will not stick well to old concrete without a bonding agent first applied.
Poly Bond is a polymer modified Portland based cement product What the heck does this mean?
Another great question, this product has a greater flexural strength, than Portland cement plaster by itself.
Remember these are concrete steps and stucco over concrete foundations, would caulking work better, possibly but many coats would be necessary, plus the texture would not match well when painted.

Hello ambitious guys and gals, who are interested in learning how to do it yourself, now possibly you can.
How? Watch, this video explains we show and explain how to Repair Structural Cracks, Fix structural cracks, Structural cracks whatever term you wish to use they all mean the same thing, the idea is to
“get her done”I go into details about tools and their use, plus explain and show a variety of useful plastering tips.
The material I am using in this video is not sold at the major chain hardware stores such as Lowes or Home depot, and it is not engineered for this application as I say in the video, however this is a technique I have been using for more than 30 years, to keep concrete steps from shifting as much as possible.
You homeowners are better off applying a polyurethane caulking up to three times to get a similar effect as these cracks are much too large for any caulking to fill so repete caulking would be unfortunately necessary. Possibly up to three applications.
With a small bit of attention you can and will save cash, create a sense of euphoria and sleep well knowing, no problemo, I did this repair myself.
Save cash, great workout, sense of accomplishment, what more in life does a righteous person desire?

Old Kirk says, material knowledge is 70% of being a well rounded plasterer,
The other 30% is application.

Kirk Giordano Plastering Inc.
http://www.StuccoPlastering.com
Repair Structural Cracks, Fix structural cracks, Structural cracks
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Thanks for watching and have great day!
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  1. storytellproductions says

    November 30, 2015 at 6:56 am

    Your professionalism and workmanship is incomprehensible! Truly extraordinary!
    Thank you for all of these informative and extremely helpful videos. I can only hope to reach your level of expertise in my endeavors. Cheers!

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  2. jnixongo00 says

    November 30, 2015 at 7:29 am

    man you are the standard in this business we need more like you in socal these guys here are lazy bums

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  3. Gil Velazquez says

    November 30, 2015 at 8:33 am

    Thank you for great tips Mr. Giordano and Jason

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  4. Majin Snake says

    November 30, 2015 at 4:38 pm

    Thanks for this great video!

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  5. Paintbrush 1962 says

    November 30, 2015 at 6:48 pm

    Good one Kirk, just noticing the sunshine there, Im wishing I was there instead of de icing the van windscreen!

    Reply
  6. slingerjr says

    December 1, 2015 at 2:00 pm

    the mad scientist? lol ….no just knowledge and imagination! Sometimes we have to be creative, when it works we're a genius, when it fails we're a ??? Anyway great videos and tips that work, …thanks for taking the time to share.

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  7. Peter “Jdcap26” Agostini says

    December 1, 2015 at 11:03 pm

    Molding over that maybe , ya you said that .. cheers

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  8. luis perez says

    December 23, 2015 at 9:50 pm

    need an apprentice?

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  9. J. Dupont Smith says

    December 28, 2015 at 6:24 pm

    Link for your amusement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHKQm3uC_wc This is why you should wear a hat if you work in the sun.

    Reply
  10. jdestef says

    January 25, 2016 at 11:22 pm

    Like the longer videos

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