Hello folks, Kirk and jason here with Kirk Giordano Plastering, What we're doing today is
complete home now we actually we're all the stuff along the south so much good rod they were stuck
reframing about 70% of the house, so what we're doing today now that all the framework is done is
we get our drift screens all around the perimeter, and we're doing the paper and wire today we've
done most of the house it's all set. Still, I wanted to leave the front to explain where I'm
double wrapping all my for me. That's just a habit I do because corners are beneath them, so now
that I'm at the paper stage drip screeds done, here's what generally I do after I photograph.
we cut this paper on this side gonna wire everything corners go on here corners corners
corner order is there solve it mesh for the socket and you can see we have proper flashing there's
new flashing up there notice our intricate drip speed there I do all the drip screens got the
proper bands placed in the proper places windows installed we're going underneath the grease
membrane there quarts of steel strapped where city this is part of the last I'll show you a
little bit more just on the wire well folks we are getting there there's our Sundays in Giordano he's
up top and we've almost done with the paper and wire here in the front we got the soffit done
which we're using a three point for self mesh it's has dimples on it so then the stucco will mushroom
through the mesh and that's how it adheres my brother over here doing some cutting there was the
rest of the house for two fiber mesh paper at the tops already got too lazy corners on all of that
for the detail that they like so I just want to be over cautious rather than under all right guys
this is the fourth day and it's early morning we're almost done I'm just finishing up the
corners and we're going to be out of here want to point out just a couple things today the case we
try do this and remember we've been doing it for years and years this last part is very technical
I know what I'm doing. I've been doing it free these corners the drip screen
here this corner gotta line up with that it's got to come straight up when I put
my horizontal soffit corner it's got a match so almost done I'm just gonna show
you how I do it everybody has a different method for this, and I'm putting staples.
again I'll make it look a lot easier than it is because over here in this porch you
can follow me up there's another another way to use corners okay now this mesh you just
soften it it looks flat but it's really not difficult self so meaning but this
was studs I can just use regular 3.4 match and it will adhere through the ceiling by mushroom
the same same effect has to take place here so the self performs it away from the ceiling that way of
mushrooms above it and that's how our first coat will in here so that's a pretty important other
thing we're going to do it tie-in you'll always have tie wire one wire was hardwired I put my
mesh to here here that opened up a corner and that's how many times of wires play right yeah
all the way around wire to wire if you do not tie wire to wire you will get a crack in the
stucco not sometimes but every single time so make sure you're doing similar things like this
we're going to put a corner here again I never like to bend the wire around because it breaks
the paper seal so we are going to use super flex call your name walking around all those
flex polyurethane coffee we go around old window all the electric outlet all
the water faucet you name it the Sikaflex ties it together all right well we got a
load of sand spent coming here later this afternoon, and after our laughing
treasure we're gonna go ahead and do the scratch that will show you how to do that
okay guys on this particular house we're at a stage now where it's brown code set six or seven
weeks generally without a center pole two weeks with hydrating the brown coat fill them with water
spray them down let them drink up and crap so this has been a lot of a long time waiting because I
can't choose a color for they have to call you so now what we're doing is I generally apply a
private master tape over areas that have cracks and we loaded hydrate set to two weeks minimum
because all stuff those cracks as it secured so this is just curing and the bottom there's tape
on applying right now prior to doing the color coat finish it's just happen you come this way
likely to and always remember does it matter how much fiber mesh tape you put on 100-ton house if
it's going to move the fiber mesh tape isn't going to stop moving we will still get some cracks but
in key areas it'll make the longevity of the color coat last a lot longer so that's why we apply the
fiber mesh tape in some areas especially ones that over the years I know are prone to cracking
windows and doors the heavier the door well first of all vibration causes craggy so we're on a very
busy street when 100 ton or ten ton garbage trucks go by it moves the ground or when it saturates
wood grain it settles the house it expands it then it settles just as chuckles so we'll get
some cracking then our boys putting mesh for the I'm using a poly ball over this it's a cement is
product which won't show through the color codes but I want to show you the rear here again no
cracking on these guys but I put the entire mesh tape anyhow the business the main crack
ization sift actually I want to show something on a wider scale you want to sell the crack Ian's on
this side well this side is in the Sun and they happen to dig up the floor here so that
a jackhammer here and this wall just started to house crack more than any side of the house
because vibration causes cracking and that door right there as it opens and closes it hits the
wall you can't see it but it causes the wall to vibrate a wee bit and so you'll always get more
cracks where say if they're gonna sheetrock I usually telephone sheetrock prior to the
brown coat and definitely before colour codes so that way when we color there's going to be
no more pounding on the inside of the house which again pounding causes cracking it's
just my new amounts and that's all it takes so we're doing the math right now next week
we're going to come and we're gonna do the color finish we're not certain whether or
not we're going to go with an acrylic la habra at this point but we'll cross that bridge when
we'll get to it okay folks we are done with this project we went with an acrylic finish as a final
coat rather than on the Habra forest finish we did the last the scratch and the brown coat and
we remove the stuff though I'd rather remove shingles and stuff away anyhow you follow us
we'll show you what it looks like they've done the painting now they've done some of the Trib work
You see all the styrofoam hoes this place around your new body positions. I'm not
certain how well that will show because you're going to get it in direct sunlight,
but if you can get it, great if you can't, we'll try to get another thing.
Welcome. Again that's an acrylic finish. We had a great time working with these homeowners here.
This is kirk with kirk giordano plastering. We thank you for watching,
and as usual, we'll see you at the next one.