howdy there folks Kirk here with Kirk Giordano plastering, today I'm gonna do is something
a little bit unusual what I'm gonna show you is how we use a penetrating sealer over route
bricks tile Rock stucco you name it I'm gonna use it here plus I'm going to use some caulking
this is very similar this is like rubber but it has sealant in it and it also flexes and it has
sand in it so it kind of looks like the grout here but before I do all that I'm gonna give you some
advice or give you my opinion on something that we have here I get this a lot when I leave here
I'm going to another project very similar to this and that is they did a pest report here and yeah
though some of the walls got some issues here and there and the pest report pointed out that this
particular porch should be replaced and what I did was when I got Harrison let me see underneath the
porch because we had two solid days of rain now granted were in a dry winter but we didn't have
the two two good days in January of rain so I went under there and I looked at it now I read
the pest report and I thought there right there is mold under there and mold is kind of looks white
whitish but all the wood look pretty well now she was telling me well gee the price is kind of steep
and it was about 20 grand to replace the porch 18 5 plus permit fees $1500 and she says well gee
what would you do now this is advice I said if this porch was over my living room we're all in
my bedroom I would fix it thank you I could not afford their price I find somebody else where I
do it myself but I would replace it as soon as possible because right now you just help mold
and fungus but eventually that image would turn into wood rock now the fellas who owned the house
before you and what they've been doing is they've been caulking this and sealing it now it's it's
somewhat of a band-aid but it does work if you know how to do it properly and so what I said
was that's the coma son and he'll do this work for you as part of what he does and that means you'll
pressure wash this with 3000 psi and come and caulk and seal all this now the question is should
you do this right away and spend twenty thousand and take it you're making 13 bucks an hour you're
retired you don't have very much money you can do what they did which is what we are going to do
today we're going to go ahead and caulk all this and apply this penetrating sealer if you're going
to do some work and you have very little money focus on the areas which are very important like
water intrusion on the house not a start with water intrusion on just the foundation so we're
gonna get started and I again I'd like to point out to folks don't panic if it's just the porch
where the water is not going to go inside your bedroom you don't have the money saved up a lot
of people right now fourth year recession can't even pay their mortgage so you're not obligated
to do it that's my whole point if it's if you don't need to do it you don't have the money
don't stressed out and say gee I've got to borrow money to do it unless it's water coming in on the
house anyhow we're gonna get started here okay guys you could use a sponge float or you could
use your finger for this talking and just get it in there and when all is said and done this dries
it's gonna match somewhat of this year so it won't be such an eyesore now the big two I'll point out
while I'm here is this polyurethane caulking I'm always using that but it's not paintable however
Jane just told me he was online you found some Sikaflex sealant that is paintable but what I
want is something with the sand in it so it gives the impression when it dries it gets weather that
it's part of the grout anyhow I'm getting back to this and Jay it's gonna finish applying that
penetrating sealer he's got half up there I'll show it again you kill I wanted daddy let's try
beat up all right guys I'm not done with the caulking yet but Jay is supplying some of that
sealer in the grout the grout is what we're really after it does seal brick tile and the rest of that
stuff so you name it it seals it but the grout is where we have our issues I'll show you another
thing to is in case you folks weren't aware that one brick to Jason's left the top one is sticking
out a just a little bit and of course the porch moved so it's an old house it's about 80 years old
yeah that membrane is have seen better days but it's it still got some life left in it okay folks
we are about to get out of here I've used tighten this I buy it my 200 yard Westside builders
the last thing I wanted to point out was we may do some work around the perimeter of this house
where we tear off some stucco and replace it like we're gonna do on another project,
and the woman on the other project asked me, what do you need to permit you to need a permit
if you're going to start repairing wood but if you're not gonna be repairing wood and
we're just tearing stuff off, and we're gonna replace it leaking the membrane is
Anyhow thought I'd address some of these questions here. My name is Kirk. I am with
Kirk giordano plastering, we thank you, folks, for watching, and We'll see you guys at the next one.