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Info on Stucco and Plastering-- September 2011 - thirty-first big issue !
| Put on your roof
before the stucco, with a few exceptions... |
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| The exceptions are when there are roofs that can't be walked on,
without possible damage to the
roof. Examples of roofs that can't be walked on are: slate, spanish tile, some copper roofs, and aluminum roofs. In this case it is necessary to put on a counter flashing first, stucco next, overlapping the counter flashing with stucco, then put on the finished roof. Click here for more....  Here a factory made counter flashing is put on first, before the stucco, allowing the stucco to overlap the flashing. Later, the aluminum roof panels slide into the counter flashing. This allows the stucco to proceed without walking on the finished roof.  What is "finestone"? Finestone was a brand name for an aggregated stucco finish popular in the 1960's and '70's Please click here for more.... |
 Swami Stucco Mystic secrets revealed. click here to write. reggie@rtbullard.com Questions:Please click below for more: 
MORE LINKS: Bad stucco Check out Carl Brown's site. Artisan finishes: Don Latimer's great work. Portland Cement Association Stucco Manufacturers Association A resource for three coat stucco. Minnesota Lath and Plaster Bureau A wealth of information |
| Please check out this great site: Click here --> Stuccodamage.com <-- Kevin Blanch says everything I want to say: It is the truth. He shows how the fakes, the one coat stuff and EIFS have damaged a proud and highly skilled industry. PLEASE VISIT stuccodamage.com For an excellent resource on flashing, please click here. I downloaded this from:Building science.com. This pdf file backs up everything I say about flashing, and more. There is a good illustration on the reverse window flashing I covered in August. I am in Northern Virginia, in the Washington, DC area. These aren't just Virginia Stucco problems. |
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