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                Swami Stucco
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Table of Contents:

January, 2012
Rubber membrane roof leaking?
Inexperienced plasterers ?
September, 2011
Stuccodamage.com
August, 2011
Bird Iinfestation in EIFS
Vertical expansion joints can cause water funnels

Brown coat crumbling-mortar way too thin
Stucco bonds fine to split face brick or block
Z furring for lath on foam insulation

July, 2011

More flashing over windows
Strange stucco buildings
Furring metal lath ?
Acrylics in finish coat?
Rust stains on stucco ?
May 2011
Stucco buckling due to deflection
How to fix a leak at roof
Drip edge on block wall
Chemical bonding agents
August 2010
Plasterers from Wales at Folk Life Festival
Scratch coat has holes?
Color stucco in Florida
Stucco down to grade, above grade, or below grade ?
Suction Bond  (This may bore you to tears, but this is what holds plaster together. I tried to keep it short)
June 2010 Straightening the wall using screeds
Flashing over windows
Stucco on bricks
How to keep block joints from showing through.
Concrete Connexion wins best concrete fireplace
April 2010  Synthetic finishes are highly toxic
Durock system
Re-coating painted stucco (and unpainted).
Leaking dormers and chimneys (counter flashing)
(this is why houses leak in cold weather)
February 2007
I didn't write for 3 years.  I got disgusted when some filthy crook in
San Diego stold my stucconews.com domain.
Stucc on Steel rebuilds Sri Lanka
Putting metal lath on a ceiling
Re-coating chimney caps
"control joint" or expansion joint"?
Cracks in brown coat.
August 2006
Great stucco at King's dominion (in Virginia).
Stucco over painted block or brick
Color coat peeling off (lack of bond)
Walking on Spanish tile roofs
August '05  What happened to the window sill ???
How do I stucco over cast concrete fake brick ?  
Attaching metal lath over concrete and foam insulation.
  Water runs downhill (where is the leak?)
February '05  Point 13 of my 13 point list of methods for reducing cracking in portland cement stucco.

Slate roof, what to do? 
Attaching a ledger board 
Diamond mesh lath upside down? 
September '04
Point twelve in my twelve point list for crack prevention.

Straightening the wall using dots and screeds.
Bonding stucco to concrete using portland cement paste.
Bonding stucco using acrylics.
May 2004  Point eleven in my twelve point list for crack prevention.

New Orleans finish 
Gaps around windows ? 
Western One-Coat 
Have camera-will travel
March 2004 Point ten in my twelve point list for crack prevention.

Crooked lines camoflage patches.
Cracks in squares 
Three good questions: 
    1. How long can you let the scratch coat sit before covering with the brown coat?
   2. rib lath on a soffit
   3. techniques for stuccoing a radius wall?

December 2003  Point nine in my twelve point list for crack prevention.

Plant-ons by Dan
Harry's color plaster
Bonding agent failure
Should I put metal lath on block before applying stucco?
Its not traditional and its not stucco. 
April 2003 Point eight in my twelve point list for crack prevention.

Harry's stairway.
Can I do this myself ? 
Stucco over cedar siding.
Consumer fraud: Is it stucco or fake?
January 2003 Point seven in my twelve point list for crack prevention.

Todd sent pictures of his fireplaces.
How to kill the block joints.
Bonding stucco to concrete 
Do foam details rot my house ? 
November 2002 Point six in my twelve point list for crack prevention

Cool fireplaces
Cool fireplaces in New Mexico
More about control joints 
Toll Brothers- consumer fraud 
September 2002 Point five in my twelve point list for crack prevention.

Sandblasting bumpy stucco 
Accelerator for stucco moldings 
All styrofoam isn't garbage. 
August 2002 Point four in my twelve point list for crack prevention.

Plantons made by Dan
Elastomeric crack filler
Old method of bonding plaster to old walls
Covering over textured finishes 
One coat "stucco" is EIFS 
June 2002 Point three in my twelve point list for crack prevention.

Reggie's retaining walls
Specifications for stucco 
About one coat "stucco"
May 2002 Point two in my twelve point list for crack prevention. 
                 
Flashing roofs. 
Bonding agent failure 
Synthetic "stucco" EIFS garbage
April 2002 Point one in my twelve point list for crack prevention
 
wives' tales 
Lath over foam
Estimating windows 
Don't get suckered into synthetic stucco 
Cleaning stucco 
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 
February 2002 More tribute to Don Miles 
Cleaning stucco 
Cracks in stucco 
Whitewash
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? 
November 2001 Stucco wrap test (tarpaper wins) 
Weld crete fails-bonding agent failure on painted surfaces 
Stucco on old blocks 
One coat "stucco" 
October 2001 Patch and match

More about tyvek
Bag finishes
Stucco floors
September 2001 Ornamental plaster by Harry Davenport 
Tyvek cracks stucco(very good) 
White wash 

EIFS gets hot 
Masonite-more fake stucco
August 2001 Stucco chimneys-including flashing, caps, etc.  
Expansion joints 
Re-color coat or paint 
EIFS house rots, owners lose everything 
July 2001 Decorative bands (without foam) 
Leaking dormer
Fog coat (cement paint for stucco) 
OSB shrinkage causing cracks

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