howdy folks Kirk and Jay here with Kirk Giordano plastering, today what we're going to show you
is how we break out and try to correct a wall here what we have going on here this is a brick
chimney now this brick chimney and how do I know it's brick because I've already tapped it with
my hand and it's solid and then they have a law here what's on the other side of this wall well
it's a closet now we've got a few things going on here if you know what they are you're more likely
able to fix it now what what they've had here is they got a lot of buckling and down here this has
been repaired all five six times in the last 30 or 40 years the house is about 90 years old so what
we're going to do guys is exploration ooh here's down here are some of the tools of the trade for
exploration it's a real drag but somebody's got to do it what I've told the homeowner is based on all
the years I've torn off stucco and leave me out torn off more than my share of stucco it's kind
of a drag but somebody's got to do it anyway what we're going to do first is we're going to
take about six inches from here on this brick all the way up to where the parapet cap is and we're
going to come in here about three inches well I expect to see well based on my past I expect to
see a felt a moisture barrier paper barrier come and touch the brick now 90 years ago they didn't
do things the way they do them today meaning the paper could go to here and then it could be a
metal flashing in here it could have a membrane it could have a peel and stick we could have caulking
sealing that's a lot of things that can be done we're when we open this we'll find out I told
her what we'll do is we'll take it from here to here the worst-case scenario is well actually next
case scenario is this whole wall may be damaged because up here you have a scupper and on top of
the scupper you got a parapet now it's already proven that the the parapet cap is leaking and
after 90 years the Sun bakes that pear cap bakes the paper and it just beats it up so hopefully
we'll just take it here we are expecting to go to here and we haven't even crossed that bridge
as far as going around this corner but these scuppers here do tend to leak especially when
you take the paper around the protruding pipe it should be caulked around that most times 90 year
old houses I rarely see that so we're going to open this up first and again if we need to take
it from here to here that's the next stage we're going my opinion is based on what I see here water
has been going here getting on the brick and it'll probably be pretty bad going here and as
far as wood rot well we'll cross that bridge when we get to it I expect to see some form of wood rot
but right now Jason now you're gonna remove all this and when we get to that stage we'll show
you all right guys it's going to cap that stuff with a hammer at first just to see what the heck
we are looking at he's hittin an area that is already pretty loose just so we can get an idea
what we assume is going to be true and we already knew that was brick chimney they're generally you
got a 20 ton chimney and then an outer wall which is about five tons that chimney will sink in after
90 years difference in weight far as getting into the engineering factor well gee again 90
years and a chimney that solid brick will settle guys I've seen it over and over over it'll settle
quarter inch more than the existing which will create the gap and and turn the leak anyhow he
doesn't even use need to use our roto hammer yet we're going to use that when we get to the other
side of the wall right now he's just loosening up on the brick which the brick usually does pop
off fairly well especially after 90 years when we get to the other side he'll use the rotor hammer
to break out as gently as possible Jason here our microphone didn't record this bit but you can see
me cutting the wire here left in the stucco after I broke it out so we can assess the condition of
the paper and the wood shear wall underneath okay guys we've done enough enough exploration where
we can see what the heck is going on here we've got a little bit of wood rot here we won't know
how extensive it is until we remove the rest of the stucco the paper is deteriorated it's it's
a goner at the very cap that's probably the worst because it's been baked on here this vertical line
is pretty bad you can see year years now they've been using a fiber mesh tape to contain it worked
a little well what we're going to have to do now is we already know this this is bad here generally
what happens is if it started from there it'll come at an angle like a pyramid and get worse at
the bottom so we're going to start right here on the other side of the scupper where the downspout
is and try to contain it right here in this whole section will have to come off that's where we're
going to go now it's going to take us quite a few hours to do that so we get to that stage
we'll show you what it looks like okay guys I've been covered and uncovered enough now where I can
see exactly what happened these fellas who did this 90 years ago they took the wire and came
around here which is good they avoid a hairline crack if they take the wire around however they
place nails in the grout and what happened was water went through this stucco and just rotted
this area out that's a good and a bad thing because if it were the parapet leaking this
whole wall would be bad and it could mushroom around to this side or pyramid around this side
the fact that they put concrete nails through paper all I did was create leaks here and it
took 90 years for this to actually open up and allow the water in here this is actually about
15 years of water right here so we're at a stage now where I just happen to have a lot of wood at
my house I'm going to go get some 3/4 pieces of the same wood and just get rid of these guys here
tie them back in and the rest of it up there a little bit of greens clear probably wouldn't hurt
to stop that rot in its track but anyhow we're still going to remove it up to the parapet who
knows what will in uncover but whatever it is it's nothing we can't handle we're about to take this
truck right here to the dumps and get rid of this wait while I go to my house and pick up some wood
and then we'll show you how we correct this right here I don't usually like to take the wire around
I could use some pressure wash and weld create and seal this area up a little bit different than what
these fellows did okay guys the homeowners asked me Kirk what would you do as far as the piece of
the wood that were bad and I said me I spend the 200 bucks on new shear rather than putting
copper green on some of that deteriorated stuff and guessing so that's what they did they put
all new shear that's the way to go guys like 200 bucks you can't beat it anyhow here's what the the
fellas before me did they took the paper and they put it on top of the brick now you see all these
nails here these nails they put it like this and the idea was they put nails through the paper so
obviously nails in grout all it does is rip this here's the way we're going to do it we're going
to take pieces of paper similar to this size here and we're going to fish it in here and generally
I'm well I've been on the inside of this wall here and that's what we want to do we want to fish it
in there and then we make room for our next sheet our vertical overlaps we I like a foot foot and a
half so my next piece of paper is going to go from here all the way over here and how am I
going to handle this differently from what the other folks did I'm going to fill this with a
polyurethane caulking and then I'm going to put an exterior corner I'm going to fasten that corner to
here and I'm going to float it right on this brick when I get it all done I'll show you guys what it
looks like and there's the big difference of why this failed it's a common mistake and it could
have been avoided but it was avoided I wouldn't be here today okay guys we have some more technical
difficulties with the sound but I'll just explain it now what we've done is we took the paper and
went behind the studs through the brick it came out the other sides about a foot and a half and
what I'm explaining right here is caulking I took about close to six tubes on this and I squirted it
in that hole there right now what you see me doing is fastening off the wire and with the
Salford mesh wire I'm using it's a 17 gauge and yes if there is a way it goes on you can put it
on backwards which will defeat the whole purpose you won't get the FIR you know tend to hairline
crack more now I'm grabbing a piece of corner aid and this is the way I like to do a brick to wall
notice the caulking is in there and it's deep in there so those exterior corners that I'm holding
right now I'm opening it up because if I didn't open it and I fastened it to the wood then it
would stick too far away from the brick now it's on the brick and I'm taking my handy dandy thinkoh
gun there and just fastening it well the other side is floating on the brick but that doesn't
matter the idea is we won't get a hairline crack there because it's tied in if I if I just took the
wire right to there and didn't tie it in can get a hairline crack of course right there I'm just
cutting loose wires and as far as where it's going right now I'm just explaining laughs and how the
stucco is embedded in that but that's for another day the brick has got to be clean in order for it
to adhere I'm sure I'm at the stage now where I'm going to tell you folks my name is Kirk
Jason on the camera and as usual we'll probably see on the next one thank you for watching.