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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 |