Stucco Plastering
Just an explanation on a completed porch lath, prior to cement plaster
Hello Folks in this video I’m simply explaining to a fella who asked to see more than just the drip screeds that I originally explained, we passed our lath inspection and was about to plaster.
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Professional Lathing instructions
Hello everyone,
In this video we show you Professional Lathing instructions using structa-Wire
I used this before but only for tie in’s on this same project as the litigation suggested we used what was used originally.
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Professional Lathing instructions
A car ran into my plaster wall, repair it fast
Howdy guys and gals, on this small project we show how to properly patch stucco damage by car.
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A car ran into my plaster wall, repair it fast
Fiber Mesh tape before a color coat application
Howdy guys and gals. I am shown here using a fiber mesh tape on the brown coat to cover some naturally forming hairline cracks which appear as the second coat of stucco cures, usually always below and above all windows and doors as they are a natural stress point.
This technique is not a code requirement.
Note, also that this tape is primarily used indoors with sheetrock.
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Fiber Mesh tape before a color coat application
Is it code to apply Fiber Mesh tape before a color coat application?
Maintenance free Acrylic Dryvit stucco finish
Howdy folks. This video simply explains what we did to this home many years ago using the DryVit acrylic finishing system. Its maintenance free, which means the body of this home never, requires painting unless you grow bored with the color.
This DryVit finish resists prolonged and extreme summer heats and is unaffected by winter snows.
DryVit is a leader in the stucco industry of acrylic finishes. This product is located in Hayward at Cal Ply their number is 510 429-8877 ask for Steve their sales manager. My personal opinion is that this acrylic is one of the best ever sold.
We applied the Dry-Vit acrylic stucco finish coat to the entire home.
(Please note:) all acrylics products are NOT created equal. Some are much better than others. Do your online researching well and Google customer reviews.
(Cementitious color coats verse acrylics color coat?) What’s better,
Good question, I don’t know. Just kidding,
Depends A 3 coat traditional stucco system with a cementitious finish should last over 100’s of years of course the colors will fade in the sun and through the years with many, many season of rain especially for months at a time the ground will saturate and move this is normal, however this will cause hairlines cracks, mind you these cracks do not mean a home is leaking it simply means after many season’s this will occur no matter where in the whorl you live. Also traffic wind, doors and window being slammed or shut hard will cause hairline cracks too, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. These cementitious color finishes will darken like a brick because they are maintenance free. (Never needs painting) But stucco does not rot like wood, too many other benefits to name.
Now acrylic finishes are basically Acrylic paints with sand and color, this means they can flex more than a cementitious color finish and when they get wet they do not darken as they don’t absorb water
(at least not for about 25 years and even then only a bit.) I usually recommend acrylics on hilltop homes where the winds and the rains are brutal, (usually about
50 to100 miles an hour) the rain mixed with high wind, will add movement to any home.
You will however pay more for the acrylics, do the benefits outweighs the costs I believe so in certain situations they do.
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Kirk Giordano Plastering Inc.
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Kirk & Jason Giordano’s DIY plastering network
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Maintenance free Acrylic Dryvit stucco finish