Date |
mystic secrets |
March 2024 |
Who could do work like this ?
Stucco under grade
International question
Crumbly stucco
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January 2024 |
Addendums-January-2024
More interesting stucco buildings
Stucco bulge
Another stucco bulge
Stucco on old bricks
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December 2023 |
Chapter 15: Identifying age of plaster
Interesting stucco buildings
Stucco bubble
Coquina stucco
Accolades
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October 2023 |
Chapter 14: Stucco art
Interesting stucco buildings
Re coat failing
Buying an EIFS house
Pebble Dash
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September 2023 |
Chapter 13: Pay per lead services
Caulk around doors causes failure
Finding plaster
Maintenance
Oozing chimney
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August 2023 |
Chapter 12: Chimneys
Permit required for historic stucco in Washington, DC
Fixing leaky windows.
One coat finish with weld crete
Stucco on stone
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July 2023 |
Chapter 11: Flashing for stucco
Durock disaster
Adding color to stucco finishes.
Stucco over painted stucco or parging
Worst source of cracks
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June 2023 |
Chapter 10: Glossary of plastering terms
Flashing stucco
Black mold doesn't grow on plaster
Covering the wall with plastic
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May 2023 |
Chapter 9: Decorative details, from a 24 year old website
ICF
Split face blocks
More Questions
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April 2023 |
Chapter 8: Planning a stucco (or plaster) job
Durock
Asbestos
DIY success
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March 2023 |
Chapter 7: Bonding plaster and cement mortar
Chimney shoulders
Sloppy durock
kick out flashing
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February 2023 |
Chapter 6: Plaster:about interior plaster
Is Formstone in Baltimore historic ?
Green White Portland
More bad work
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January 2023 |
Chapter 5: Mortar and sand for plaster and stucco
Pink stucco
Lath on lath
window dilemma
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November 2022 |
Chapter 4: Lath
Extreme cracking in new stucco
Painting stucco, damp curing
Question from an owner builder
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July 2022 |
Chapter 3: Evil EIFS
Wood lath for plaster
Stucco bonding coat
Stucco texture repairs in California
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May 2021 |
Chapter 1&2: Stucco and the Blind Man
LEAVE A GAP AROUND THE WINDOW ?
DASH ON FINISHES
PROTECT FROM STAINING
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February 2021 |
REAL stucco and REAL plaster in Austin, Texas
CUTTING OFF STUCCO ABOVE THE GRADE
Another termite trap
Natural cement finish
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September 2020 |
Ornamental plaster by American College for the Building Arts
Stucco humps
Mouthing nails
Evil EIFS
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August 2020 |
Historic plaster at the Graffiti house.
Backwards sills and lack of flashing.
Don't fill the drip gap.
Vertical cracks every 2 feet
More crumbly mortar
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June 2020 |
CEMENT PLASTER MAP OF JAMAICA
Tivoli Theater
Dead crumbly mortar
HELP in Pennsylvania !
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December 2019 |
Product Reviews
NO Maximum thickness for stucco
Lath and stucco with no sheathing
Dry out the house before stucco ?
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August 2019 |
Unpainted pebble dash stucco in Washington, DC
Weak mudsill causes stucco to fail
Finish coat pops off
Don't use EIFS mesh on stucco
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June 2019 |
Historic pebble dash stucco house corrupted with siding in Washington, DC
Masonite fake stucco issues
Re stucco cracked stucco on block
Igloo effect on EIFS
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March 2019 |
Ornamental plaster in the Washington Post
No permits needed for stucco
Painted block on parapet wall
Another termite trap
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December 2018 |
Bad stucco slide show
Mixing finish plaster
Don't use 3/8 rib lath for stucco
Framing below grade is a termite trap
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September 2018 |
Flannery Plaster and stucco trim
80 year old house leaking from patio
Stucco over cedar siding
This is EIFS
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June 2018 |
Review on Rainscreen
Even MORE backwards window sills
Scoring plaster to look like ceramic tile
Sloppy stucco in New Mexico
Stucco repair in Tucson
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April 2018 |
THE NEW STUCCO-POLYPSE IS COMING !
More backwards window sills
Help from Canada
Sprinklers hit the stucco everyday
Building Codes for stucco
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August 2017 |
Window and parapet wall details.
Permastone and simulated stone stucco
Insulated concrete forms
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May 2017 |
Expo stucco goes out of business.
Adding color to stucco finish
WILL PLASTER BOND TO A CEMENT BASECOAT ?
FAUX JOINTS FOR FAUX STONES
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February 2017 |
Stucco and simulated stone on old brick.
Removing formstone
Backer rod rots windows
Is falling plaster unhealthy ?
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November 2016 |
House wrap and tar paper
Drawing an ellipse
Mounting pre cast trim
Flashing a bay window
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September 2016 |
lame specifications
USING A RICH SCRATCH COAT AND A POOR BROWN COAT
Splay angles
screwing lath to drywall suspension grid
Expanding on expansion joints
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June 2016 |
Synthetic stucco finish isn't green
Does water wick up ?
Water stains in house due to crack in stucco ?
Confused in Charlotte
Parapet wall part 2
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April 2016 |
Traditional three coat stucco-Number one material against air infiltration
To paint or not to paint ?
Stucco showers
Parapet wall
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December 2015 |
Crummy coping causes catastrophe
Keene's cement-durable and scrubbable
More about leaking chimneys
Optimize the join between new stucco and old?
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October 2015 |
Water funnels
Raised cracks
How to tell if flex-con (or acrylic) has been frozen
Hiding expansion joints
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March 2015 |
Cold Weather stucco
Expanding on expansion joints
ASTM C 897 and ASTM C 926 sand for stucco
25 percent (or 20 percent ) more color
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January 2015 |
What is lime plaster? What is lime stucco? What is lime ?
Why add lime to Portland cement
Fiberglass fibers for reinforcing stucco
Re-doing a bad stucco job without tearing it all off
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November 2014 |
The raw truth about stucco in Reston Virginia
Wetting down blocks before stucco application ?
Slate chimney shoulders
Re-securing brick before stucco chipping and bonding
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May 2014 |
Metal lath and mechanical keys for stucco and interior plaster
Does stucco cause cancer ?
Stucco fence
Stucco over parging
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February 2014 |
HomeAdvisor is another ServiceMagic scam.
Making color samples for stucco
Caulk and paint will make it what it ain't
Tying in concrete steps and patio door.
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July 2013 |
Metal corner beads
Plastic corner beads in Florida?
Cold joints in stucco
Cement stucco on adobe blocks
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April 2013 |
Curved walls
Veneer plaster
Vertical lath not overlapped causing cracks every two feet
If the house leaks before the stucco, it leaks after the stucco
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January 2013 |
Backwards flashing causes severe rot near Leesburg, Virginia
The truth about asbestos in plaster
What is the difference between stucco and parging ?
Painting stucco, will the rain mess up my new stucco ?
Magic trick for white splotches
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August, 2012 |
Where are they now ? Interesting stucco buildings in the Washington, DC area revisited
Water funnels ?
Coping on townhouses ?
Coquina stucco ?
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March 2012 |
How was permastone done ?
More about stains on stucco.
Stucco over spalling brick ?
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January, 2012 |
Flashing rubber membrane roofs for stucco
What is the difference between type "s" and type "m" mortar?
Rubber membrane roof leaking ?
Inexperienced plasterers ?
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September, 2011 |
Stuccodamage.com
What is "finestone" ?
Do I put on the roof first, or the stucco ?
How to tear off EIFS
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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
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July, 2011 |
More flashing over windows
Strange stucco buildings
Furring metal lath ?
Acrylics in finish coat?
Rust stains on stucco ?
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May 2011 |
Chemical bonders
Stucco buckling due to deflection
How to fix a leak at roof
Drip edge on block wall
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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 ?.
What is a "Suction Bond"?
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June 2010 |
Concrete Connexion wins best concrete fireplace
Straightening the wall using screeds
Flashing over windows
Stucco on bricks
How to keep block joints from showing through.
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April 2010 |
Synthetic finishes are highly toxic
Durock system
Re-coating painted stucco (and unpainted).
Leaking dormers and chimneys (counter flashing)
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February 2007 |
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.
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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
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August 2005 |
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?)
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February 2005 |
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?
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September 2004 |
Point twelve in my nine point list for crack prevention
Straightening the wall using dots and screeds.
Bonding stucco to concrete using portland cement paste.
Bonding stucco using acrylics.
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May 2004 |
Point eleven in my nine point list for crack prevention
New Orleans finish
Gaps around windows ?
Western One-Coat
Have camera-will travel
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March 2004 |
Point ten in my nine 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?
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December 2003 |
Harry's color plaster
Plant-ons by Dan
Point nine in my nine point list for crack prevention
Bonding agent failure
Should I put metal lath on block before applying stucco?
Its not traditional and its not stucco.
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April 2003 |
Harry's stairway.
Point eight in my twelve point list for crack prevention
Can I do this myself ?
Stucco over cedar siding.
Consumer fraud: Is it stucco or fake?
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January 2003 |
Todd sent pictures of his fireplaces.
Point seven in my twelve point list for crack prevention
How to kill the block joints.
Bonding stucco to concrete
Do foam details rot my house ?
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November 2002 |
Cool fireplaces
Point six in my twelve point list for crack prevention
Cool fireplaces in New Mexico
More about control joints
Toll Brothers- consumer fraud
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September 2002 |
Point five in my twelve point list for crack prevention
Sandblasting bumpy stucco
Accelerator for stucco moldings
All styrofoam isn't garbage.
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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
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June 2002 |
Point three in my twelve point list for crack prevention
Reggie's retaining walls
Specifications for stucco
About one coat "stucco"
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May 2002 |
Point two in my twelve point list for crack prevention
Flashing roofs.
Bonding agent failure
Synthetic "stucco" EIFS garbage
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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
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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
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February 2002 |
More tribute to Don Miles
Cleaning stucco
Cracks in stucco
Whitewash
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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?
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November 2001 |
Stucco wrap test (tarpaper wins)
Weld crete fails-bonding agent failure on painted surfaces
Stucco on old blocks
One coat "stucco"
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October 2001 |
Patch and match
More about tyvek
Bag finishes
Stucco floors
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September 2001 |
Ornamental plaster by Harry Davenport
Tyvek causes cracks;
Whitewash
EIFS gets hot
Masonite-more fake stucco
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August 2001 |
Stucco chimneys-including flashing, caps, etc.
Expansion joints
Re-color coat or paint
EIFS house rots, owners lose everything
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July 2001 |
Decorative bands (without foam)
Leaking dormer
Fog coat (cement paint for stucco)
OSB shrinkage causing cracks
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