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Table of Contents:
July 2001 -Decorative bands-(without
foam)
Q?A- Leaking dormer
Fog
coat
(cement paint for stucco)
OSB
shrinkage
causing cracks ?
August 2001- Stucco chimneys (Must
read)
including
flashing,
caps, etc.
Q?A - Expansion joints
Re-color
coat
or paint
EIFS
house
rots, owners lose everything
September 2001-Ornamental plaster by Harry
Davenport
Tyvek
cracks
stucco(very good)
White
wash
EIFS
gets
hot
Masonite-more
fake
stucco
October 2001-Patch
and match
More
about
tyvek
Bag
finishes
Stucco
floors
November 2001-Stucco
wrap
test
(Stucco wrap fails)
Weld
crete
fails-bonding agent failure
Stucco
on
old blocks
One
coat
"stucco"
January 2002-Tribute
to
Don
Miles
Milestone
workshop
in Seattle
Stains
on
stucco on a new house
major
cracking
in stucco
Is
it
stucco or fake?
February 2002- More tribute to Don
Miles
Cleaning
stucco
Cracks
in
stucco
Whitewash
March 2002-Pictures of stucco in the
Washington
area
Removing
frozen
stucco (mortar)
How
much
of a gap do I leave at the bottom?
How
long
to let stucco cure
before
painting
April 2002-Swami
debuts- 12 point list of crack prevention
spacing
plywood
(or OSB)
wives'
tales
estimating
windows
Don't
get
suckered into synthetic stucco
cleaning
stucco
May 2002-Point
two-Tear
off tyvek
Flashing
roofs
(must read)
Bonding
agent
failure
synthetic
"stucco"
EIFS garbage
June 2002- Reggie's
retaining walls (must read)
Specifications
for
stucco (important)
About
one
coat "stucco"
August 2002- Old method of bonding mortar
to
concrete
Covering
over
textured finishes
One
coat
"stucco" is EIFS
September 2002- Sandblasting bumpy
stucco
Accelerator
for
stucco moldings
All
styrofoam
isn't garbage
November 2002-
Cool
fireplaces
Furring
Lath
More
about
control joints
Toll
Brothers-
consumer fraud
January 2003
How to kill the block joints
Bonding
stucco
to concrete
Do
foam
details rot my house ?
April 2003
Can I do this myself ?
Stucco
over
cedar siding
Consumer
fraud:
Is it stucco or fake?
December 2003 Bonding
agent failure
Stucco
on
block
Its
not
traditional and its not stucco
March 2004 Crooked
lines camoflage patches
Cracks
in
squares
Three
good
questions
May 2004
New
Orleans
finish
Gaps
around
windows ?
Western
One-Coat
September '04
How do you get wall straight
using
dots
and screeds ?
Bonding
stucco
to concrete using
portland
cement
paste
Bonding
stucco
using Acrylics
February '05
Slate
roof,what
to do?
attaching
a
ledger board
Diamond
mesh
lath upside
down?
August '05
Stucco
over
fake brick(cast concrete)
Metal
lath
and foam board to concrete
Water
runs
downhill
August 2006 King's
dominion
Stucco
over
painted block or brick
Color
coat
peeling off (lack of bond)
Walking
on
spanish tile roofs
February 2007 Stucc on Steel
rebuilds
Sri Lanka
putting
metal
lath on a ceiling
"conrol
joint"
or expansion joint"?
Cracks
in
brown coat
Re-coating
chimney
caps
April 2010
Leaking
dormers(and
chimney)
Durock
system
Re-coating
old
stucco
Synthetic
finishes are toxic
June 2010 Straightening the wall
using screeds
flashing over windows
stucco on bricks
kill those block joints