Hello guys, Kirk and Jason here with Kirk Giordano plastering.
today this is gonna be our last opportunity to show this home here which we applied a BMI
reinforced fiber cement plaster to I wanted to point out some things product number one is a
remarkable modern product it's great here we've we've given the house at least a month to cure
how long does BMI say that the base coat should cure seven to ten days we're way over because I
want to see I want to make sure that there's no hairline crack incoming before we do our color
finish next week anyway I want to point something out what causes cracking guys vibration movement
that's what causes cracking they like this door and so steel reinforced door because this is a
school you see that I mean that is a lot of vibration every door in the country if it's
this heavy will have hairline cracks going up and down the stucco at angles we don't have any
here it's it's nice but it's makes me wonder wow this is such a great product of course we
put two expansion joints but even then I still should have some horizontals which we generally
do with traditional Portland cement so again this this BMI product I'm throwing it a bone because
men it's it's I'm impressed I actually did a BMI home last year about two equivalent of this and we
didn't have any product no problems I kept calling the fellow saying G any cracks because the first
time I used it on a whole house this size this is the second time on a whole house this size anyway
I was calling fella let me get off that train of thought no cracks we should have him right
here I was calling the fella last year saying gene any cracks for a month no none Kirk and I
thought wow excellent then three months later he called me back says hey we got some cracks and uh
turns out he did the sheetrock afterwards he put a bunch of structural beams removed a couple decks
that were attached to the house ten times better than this one you can't do that guys you cannot
do that we're gonna walk around here and I'll show you some other things like this wall here
no windows so we popped a couple expansion same on the inside because there's no windows windows
doors you don't need the expansion joints because they create their own inside here I want to point
out something to guys all right now generally we should have some cracks going here because
we've hydrated inside here too yeah I took the water hose and drench this for a couple days and
Jay did the same we should have them we don't can they happen yes they got to remove all the
staging up above my head and that's gonna lift it we can get five months of solid rain which
can lift the ground and settle that ground yes we can still get some generally I'm going to do my
color finish next week so if I see him I was going to put some fibermesh tape and just go over that
reassure say don't come back but even so if you're on earthquakes areas and yeah I've done houses in
earthquake zones they will reoccur but on this particular one I'm noticing the cracks here we
got some massive cracks here and this was it's it was disturbing cuz I thought oh crap we're gonna
get some serious cracks on this outside wall or these walls but it hasn't if 8 to 6 to 8 inches
has cracked like this that's just a tip of the iceberg for the one back here it's also cracked
I thought for sure these are gonna crack we don't have any crack and I'll tell you another thing the
deck here I'll tell the contractor he says well Jake Kirk can you get started I want to get the
scalpel out of here and I said I could get started we can get that scalpel out of here however I'd
prefer you to finish that deck now that's that's a pretty massive deck right here going up and when
you when you attach that deck that's movement vibration when you get if they put a track no I
can't get a tractor back here but when they give it all this dirt its movement its replacement of
soil thirty days of rain let alone six months it's gonna lift and expand this so that's stuff
to look out for now say this why we're at it man I figure out point this out we got a big crack right
here I miss right underneath the scalpel leg now how about that is it coincidental no this leg is
going up and look how heavy it is it's you're talking 20 feet there's a tons and tons right
here that is what caused that crack so if you guys have hot tubs roofs get them on there get
the sheetrock up before fellows like me come and do the stucco work otherwise you're gonna have
massive cracks the only thing they got left here is they're gonna bring in furniture that won't do
it tape and mud won't do it although the inside is completely finished now so I wanted to point
it out because I called my buddy Rui who's the president of BMI and it says hey really I've got
initiators all crap what's going on I said uh well the house has an even hairline yet and I don't
trust a house that doesn't hairline just like I don't trust a man that don't drink and he says
well I got a sledgehammer in my truck I can come and help you out if you like I thought well that's
not necessary but thank you anyway what I'm really trying to show you folks because this is going to
be coming up next week is a sensational new modern product BMI 690 and it's a great product if I do
homes like this which I I still will I've got at least 10 years left in me I think I'm always
going to have the silo delivered and just use this product because it's less hassle for me it
costs me a lot less in material labor I don't have to have all the my own mixers out then you get a
perfect mix every time and it's structurally stronger with the fibers and it's actually
water-resistant too so I'm throwing a bone to BMI that product is absolutely amazing so try it you
contractors homeowners if you have contractors working for you hey call them up say man get a
silo out here and get that 690 reinforced private mesh because it's awesome stuff I mean I'm amazed
anyhow my name is Kirk Jason on the camera we thank you for watching and as usual we'll
see you guys on the next one once again folks we thank you for watching and I really enjoy all your
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