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Learning all the steps to prep a new stucco home, How to begin your stucco preparation on any house

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Howdy subscribers, below are all the basic tools we use and recommend on Amazon’s website.
https://www.stuccoplastering.com/tools/
Kirk and Jason Giordano Plastering Inc.
Thank you all for watching this free crash course on learning lathing an entire home.
Now you know, have a wonderful day!

Tom Carroll Construction in Alameda, ca. is an award-winning construction company with over 20 years of industry experience.
You can contact him at contact@carrollconstructiononline.com or call him at Office: (510) 523-1968. or visit his website for more information at https://www.carrollconstructiononline.com/contact/
Tom is a brilliant and fair foundation specialist contractor and loving husband with two beautiful daughters. Fortunately, his two beautiful daughters have their mother’s looks.😉

FYI, we try to explain what we’re doing in easy-to-understand terminology so that even our dear old granddaddy can understand what we’re explaining. So, if ole pops can, surely you can too.

This is a walk-through of how to prepare any home before stucco applications.
Number one is applying the waterproofing barrier, known as “lathing,” in the plastering industry.

The first thing any contractor or DIY er will do is attach the stucco weep screed.
One must be prepared for anything that is not anticipated; such as in this video, there are a few scenarios that take improvising. The idea is to combine code with common sense or codes with cosmetics or appearances.

Next, we take two layers of grade D 60-minute paper and hand staple them to all the exterior walls. This again requires some improvising, in case of window doors, etc., are not yet installed as I’m describing in this video.

Next, you would staple on seventeen or eighteen gauges galvanized stucco netting.
Note, 20 gage is for chicken coops or tile work, so don’t use that thin and easy to handle netting, although it may seem tempting.

Within this video, the deception as the weeks go by, we will add all the various methods I have described in this introduction video.

Such as a full length of how we did the porch and how to set the waterproofing and stucco while the electrical contractor pulls the box and takes lunch; this will give us the necessary time to add the lath and stucco, then he can reattach and be on his way without making two trips.

We’ll also show you how to hang corners and arches, as many don’t understand this concept.
We’ll show how to stick the window membranes plus the flat surface waterproofing and more as we get to that stage.
As I said in the video, anything, you DIYer or journeyman wants to see completed, just ask in the comments.

In this video below, I pointed to a home we did for my pal Larry Beilman of Beilman construction; see a worst-case scenario tilted.
Learn to remove stucco to repair wood rot or How leaking parapets can rot wood under the stucco. Keep your eye on cracks and caulk them or for parapets; stucco homes use a metal flashing installed for the caps or tops and prevent this nonsense.
https://youtu.be/C0CPWFWQS7A/

Here are a few more updated lathing videos to help you learn the basics of lathing.
https://youtu.be/MPKX9A5rPkk/ Fast, straightforward lathing tips.
https://youtu.be/zxfR2RBe8Do/ Stucco Furring staples, or furring nails.
https://youtu.be/5xFNpQW061Y/ Lathing instructions for a small addition.
https://youtu.be/PQ5N69SoAJE/ lath a stud wall self-furred paperback. 
https://youtu.be/erHcwxiC6g4/ Stucco wall to roof flashing metal saddles.

Together our family and I have unconsciously created and contributed the most comprehensive encyclopedia of Stucco and Plastering videos ever produced online globally for your inspiration, entertainment, and education.

Our unique tip for all subscribers who wish to learn how to repair your stucco, type your question into our channel, and like magic, a video will appear to explain how it’s done.

https://www.StuccoPlastering.com/ Kirk’s website and contact information.
https://www.GiordanoPlastering.com/ My son Jason’s Website or contact info.
Kirk & Jason Giordano’s online training class about all the lathing steps necessary to stucco my dream home.
Thank you all for watching, and wishing all a beautiful day!

Learning all the steps to prep a new stucco home.
How to begin your stucco preparation on any house.

Can cracking stucco ruin your walls and your day, Caulking your number one investment or pay later

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Howdy subscribers, below are all the basic tools we use and recommend on Amazon’s website.
https://www.stuccoplastering.com/tools/
Kirk and Jason Giordano Plastering Inc.
Thank you all for watching this free crash course on learning why to caulk cracks.
Have a wonderful day!

Caulking
The best video online about caulking stucco is below. How do I know?
I created it for this purpose. Structural or large cracking on stucco walls, no problemo.
https://youtu.be/2eIkdeIBbMs/

Since I was just asked if Sikaflex 1A which is an adhesive sealant can be used, my answer is below.

There is no doubt that Sikaflex calking is one of the strongest calking in the USA. However, it’s not water-soluble or water cleanup-able, if that’s a word?
Thus, Sikaflex cannot be sponge floated.
Also, if sand is mixed and you try and feather it in, it won’t. It will just leave a sticky, nasty appearance. And stick to the float or sponge.

As this Mor-Flexx caulking with sand is working well for most who try it on their exterior stucco walls. No doubt all caulking companies will now have stucco sand in the tubes in less than a year.
Quikrete’s caulking, https://www.quikrete.com/productlines/stuccorepair.asp
Mor-Flexx’s caulking, https://www.sashco.com/products/mor-flexx/
Both are less expensive on Amazon.

Howdy, folks, as I’m saying in this video, for stucco textures or finishes, purchase or steal a tube of caulking with stucco sand in it.
What happens if you have cracks all over your walls?
Good question, The rain gets in eventually, if you keep on walking past them or avoiding filling them with caulking, they get larger, deeper, and wider. Why?
Another good question glad you asked.
The rain fills these voids and takes a long time to dry out, so it can and will rot the paper membrane while it’s drying out. This naturally occurs.
So the gap gets wider, then when it rains once more, instead of a thimble full or a cup full of rain, you can, in the coming winters, get a half-gallon or more through the disintegrating paper.

Then in the hot weather, the walls and paper membrane gets baked by the sun, like a potato in an oven.
Okay, so 5 for 6 years have gone by. The rain floods these cracks again but now passes through the disintegrated paper and is absorbed by the thirsty wood structure, which sucks it in like a sponge seeking water in the desert.
Now the chain reaction follows. First, the wood swells like a bullfrog looking for a mate.
This action pushes the stucco outward faster and faster, again allowing more water in.
FYI, water inside stucco walls is not that great as it beats up the wood, then the inner insulation, then hustles toward the interior sheetrock and carpets, which brings mold, you get the idea?

Many may think now he’s just exaggerating, next Friday’s video will prove that worst-case scenario.

In next week’s video, you will see what happens when you don’t understand or don’t notice so-called minor cracks in stucco walls.
In next week’s video, all the stucco had to be torn off, and many areas needed to have new wood as ole Mr. Rainy Day had its way with the cracks.

Could this little itty bitty crack cause that much damage? Sure, it could, but it takes time.
That time is like a roll of toilet paper, the closer you get to the end, the faster it goes.
This means the more time cracks aren’t caulked each season, it allows ten times the amount of water each season.

Now you Know.

Or you can take the five minutes and five dollars and caulk them, as seen in this video. Ya, mon.
This video is meant to save you guys some dough in the long run, or call my sons as I’ll be retired somewhere in an area where it is 90 degrees year-round.

Together our family and I have unconsciously created and contributed the most comprehensive encyclopedia of Stucco and Plastering videos ever produced online globally for your inspiration, entertainment, and education.

Our unique tip for all subscribers who wish to learn how to repair your stucco, type your question into our channel, and like magic, a video will appear to explain how it’s done.

https://www.StuccoPlastering.com/ Kirk’s website and contact information.
https://www.GiordanoPlastering.com/ My son Jason’s Website or contact info.
Kirk & Jason Giordano’s worldwide online training class in caulking your number one investment your home.

Thank you all for watching, and wishing all a beautiful day!

Can cracking stucco ruin your walls and your day?
Caulking your number one investment or pay later.

Learn to stucco eyesores on the front of your home, How to fix stucco differences in front walls

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Subscribers, below are all the basic tools we use and recommend on Amazon’s website.
https://www.stuccoplastering.com/tools/
Kirk and Jason Giordano Plastering Inc.
Thank you all for watching this free crash course on why stucco walls can crack or separate.
Now you know, have a wonderful day!

FYI, I try to explain what we’re doing in easy-to-understand terminology so that even my dear old granddad can understand what I’m talking about. If ole pops can, surely you can too.

Howdy, our subscriber friends, i was asked why this wall was indented by a half-inch. in this video.
I am explaining why.
Also, I included a video showing how this wall should have been built when they attached both the home to the addition or garage.
I see this often enough to know it just by passing and viewing the wall and or foundations.
Is it a big deal? Not really; it does mean you will get the vertical joint crack every year for too many factors to mention here?
The main factor is vibrations and movement; when the seasons change from summer to winter, the three months or more of rain will swell the ground, then when dryer conditions return, voila, hairline cracking.

https://youtu.be/GN1mqA0Z28I/ Stucco Expansion prevents or slows down stucco cracking.
https://youtu.be/Q0fN6QJKdu0/ Structural cracking repair buckling stucco.

Cosmetic stucco repair or add an expansion joint.
Add a stucco control joint for proper longevity.

Our unique tip for all subscribers who wish to learn how to repair your stucco, type your question into our channel, and like magic, a video will appear to explain how it’s done.

https://www.StuccoPlastering.com/ Kirk’s website and contact information.
https://www.GiordanoPlastering.com/ My son Jason’s Website or contact info.
Kirk & Jason Giordano’s worldwide learning course on why you may need expansion joints.

Thank you all for watching, and wishing all a beautiful day.

Learn to stucco eyesores on the front of your home.
How to fix stucco differences in front walls.

Learn to stucco any wood rot patches, How to repair stucco on any termite damaged walls

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Howdy subscribers, below are all the basic tools we use and recommend on Amazon’s website.
https://www.stuccoplastering.com/tools/
Kirk and Jason Giordano Plastering Inc.
Thank you all for watching this online free crash course on Patching your own holes and saving the dough. Apply stucco for a decent workout.
Now you know, have a wonderful day! 🤔

The title is an odd fact I keep reading in the comments; more women say I saved a ton of cash and did it myself with your instructions than men. Hmmm.

Okay, I’ll admit this now, specific tools are to be used in the proper sequence to save time and provide a superior job.
I tried to be different and experiment or be cute and just use the go devel for this patch.
The camera didn’t show that we would have shaved off an hour if I applied the stucco as a professional ought to have. What the hell? I was bored.

Funny, when I bid work throughout my entire career, I always think to myself, of course, I don’t say this out loud to the homeowner or contractor,
are you actually going to pay me to get this great workout?
Cool beans, daddieo, what a country.

FYI, in this video, https://youtu.be/9On87_jM2V4/ very similar plastering except for lots of room while using a go-devel titled,
How to apply multiple Coats of Stucco in a day. Applying back to back stucco at the same time

So hello, my DIY homeowners, young apprentices, and even seasoned journeymen plasterers.
Watch and learn how we so-called stucco professionals show all how to spread a back-to-back coat of stucco on the same day.
With of all things, a Go-Devel.
Key Tip, the stucco lath can’t be too tight. It has to be attached normally.
Especially if you’re going to apply three fat coats with a go devel.

Oaky, since this wall is a bit thicker than the average stucco thickness. in the corners and tops
For any stucco applied more than one inch, gravity dictates that gravity will do the rest if more than an inch is applied.

As my brother Lu was filling the mud board, I was applying mud to the other side, hoping not to hear that familiar sound of cows shitting on flat rocks.
This can happen as I didn’t account for the cold weather in this wind channel we were working in.

Few realize how cold it was on this day. I had on three shirts, was working fast and hard, and was still chilly; that’s mighty cold to be all right.
Jason was filming me wearing his ski jacket, Lu’s like a wildebeest from Africa, thus unaffected by the weather, lions, or alligators. How can that be? They’d spit him out. As if they ate him they be too drunk to walk.

I mention this as when it’s that cold, twice as many accelerators need to be added. Did Lou add twice as much? Not quite; thus, I walked around the neighborhood for an hour while this wall set.

So yea, each coat I’m applying is about a 1/2 thick instead of the traditional 3/8.

Okay, since I’m rambling, here’s another fact that is not said in this video.

With same-day stuccos, apply or trowel it on, then allow it to set, don’t play with it or over trowel it. Why? This perhaps many folks won’t understand.
If you continue to trowel it or mess with it, you will break the packs; don’t do that!
Give the stucco at least 15 minutes to a half-hour or more before you try and apply the next coat, or most will simply slide off.
So do not over trowel any same-day materials.

Learn to plaster your own home, save the dough.
Live long and plaster for health and wealth.
Think and learn to plaster,
Plaster it everywhere you want to be,
Get plastered like stucco.
Become edumacated and learn to stucco.

Our unique tip for all subscribers with a question or concern, type your question into our channel, and like magic, a video will appear to explain how it’s done.

https://www.StuccoPlastering.com/ Kirk’s website and contact information.
https://www.GiordanoPlastering.com/ My son Jason’s Website or contact info.
Kirk & Jason Giordano’s worldwide and online course on you learning to stucco your own patches.

Thank you all for watching, and wish all a beautiful day!

Learn to stucco any wood rot patches.
How to repair stucco on any termite damaged walls.

Learn to lath why pay us so save the cash it’s easy, Stucco lathing free course in 15 minutes

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Howdy subscribers, below are all the basic tools we use and recommend on Amazon’s website.
https://www.stuccoplastering.com/tools/
Kirk and Jason Giordano Plastering Inc.
Thank you all for watching this online free stucco core on learning to lath all details quickly.
Have a wonderful day!

See Friday 4/22,2022 a different way of stuccoing this wall all by go-devel.

Here are a few more updated lathing videos for you to enjoy.
https://youtu.be/zxfR2RBe8Do/ Stucco Furring staples or furring nails.
https://youtu.be/5xFNpQW061Y/ Lathing instructions for a small addition.
https://youtu.be/PQ5N69SoAJE/ lath a stud wall self-furred stucco paperback wire. 
https://youtu.be/erHcwxiC6g4/ Stucco wall to roof flashing, metal saddles.

In my last video description, I asked this question also, as I’m still curious as more and more women are saying they did it themselves. Many since last week, even.

Why is it that most folks who write are women who say, I did it myself with these video instructions?
Is it women who are more patient and watch, retain the info, process it, and say, man, that’s easy?
Is it women who think I’ll be cheated if I hire someone?
Is it they don’t make as much dough as men; therefore, they do it themselves?
Or is it they just smarted the average man?
A remark by a woman about a day after this video was posted, Curious, but how are you then able to match that pink color? (Also love your work! I have been doing very small stucco repairs, and your vids never disappoint!!! I remember being quoted $600 for a repair that literally took me 15 min and cost me like $25!) That video is here, https://youtu.be/snU_bopiJq4/.
Things that make you go, hmmm.
For all you gals that DIY cheers and good for you.
By the way, both of my daughters can do this repair in less than an hour.

Learn to lath why pay us, so save the cash; it’s easy. Stucco lathing a free course in 15 minutes.
Stucco lathing electrical or plumbing wall holes.
Stucco lathing electrical or plumbing wall holes.

https://youtu.be/986fvdChIK8? as I pointed out in this video, don’t do this. It’s over stapled.
A cardinal sin.

https://youtu.be/MPKX9A5rPkk/ Also, in this description, as I said in this video, the fastest learn to lath video online is above in the link. How do I know?
We created it for that purpose, for guys like us that want to know now and fast the main reasons of lathing.

Our unique tip for all subscribers with a question or concern, type your question into our channel, and like magic, a video will appear to explain how it’s done. https://youtu.be/MPKX9A5rPkk/

https://www.StuccoPlastering.com/ Kirk’s website and contact information.
https://www.GiordanoPlastering.com/ My son Jason’s Website or contact info.
Kirk & Jason Giordano’s worldwide and online course on learning to lath complete with all the boring details you might need to know.

Thank you all for watching, and wishing all a beautiful day!