Hello folk, Kirk and Jason here with Kirk Giordano plastering,
With another tip of the day we're on a job three weeks ago and I got there and the fella we do a
lot of work for people who do their own lath, this is lath, and anyway I got there and
his lath was put on backward and I said, dude all the lath is backward, and the first thing
he did was explode, and say hey I watched your video and it showed that, and I said you watched
my video to show how you buttoned your shirt wrong? and firstly he doesn't look down I thought it was
funny, I said, I'm just kidding, dude, its not the end of the world I thought I explained to you
guys what the difference is between Stucco wire and so you get an idea if you're gonna do your own
lath at least put the wire on properly, I'm gonna start off with struck the wire there's about five
to ten different wires struck the wires one of them okay now struck the wire if you could see
that J we got a little fur down here there's a fur and what is that it's a little bend at the
bottom which puts the wire when you put it on the wood and staple it down you staple it down on the
fur it makes the cement or the stucco go half way so half is under and half is on topic is it more
structural strength if you put it backwards notice how flat this wire is it's really flat so the only
the only grip you're gonna get on the stucco is these little pieces where it's backwards the same
for the wire we generally use generally I'll use a 17 gauge wire and again notice the fur
is on the bottom which means 80% to 90%, I'm no engineer guys, I'm sure somebody will call me and
tell me the exact percentage but if you put it on properly and you staple into the curve then
the stucco is underneath it and on top and this is in the middle if you put the wire backwards
this is what happens again the same thing as what struck the wire only thing catching the
stucco are these right here and especially if you staple the piss out of it there are too many staples
you won't have a good firm 18 gauge wire same exactly I only have one little bitty piece of
this and I took it from a job site that somebody else laughs to prove a point I'll use a 17-gauge
which has inch-and-a-half wire or holes because it's a stronger wire the aging gauge is cool you
can use it it has the circles about an inch you can use it but I just prefer a heavier gauge for
all that we do dimpled mesh is the same exact thing guys if this is Salford three point four
wire now the dimples are here they're dimpled you so the dimples keep it off when these are for
ceilings guys four studs or actually this is for sheer wall on a soffit if you put it on backwards
say like here the only thing holding the stucco is going to be one little dimple here one little
dimple here and so on so this that will that won't be good for say a sheer wall with solid backing
if it's studs then you can go with just regular wire like this it's just no dimples on because the
still go to stud the stud and the stucco adheres by mushrooming between it that's this is cool but
I'm giving a better example guys you guys might be able to distinguish more with what I'm about
to say here okay say you take Dobies and rebar now the idea of a driveway say you got a driveway and
you put these little Dobies on then you tie your wire it this lifts the rebar up where now say two
inches of concrete going here and two inches go on top so this is dead center it's the same
idea with the lath that's what we want I have seen guys do it like this will they'll put this on the
ground and then they'll use a hook to lift it up so it gets between the concrete but that's kind of
cheesy and in fact a couple years ago I saw some fellows that were it had the rebar and it was in
the mud and so it was basically used and it about six seven guys and I just walked over because I
was on break and I looked at it and I thought damn you guys are butchering that it has no purpose no
strength because the rebar is in the mud and they were just walking all over and they were just
going to town pouring concrete and I thought man I like my teeth so I'm gonna keep quiet and not say
[ __ ] cuz these guys look kind of big and mean but anyway I thought I'd point that out because
occasionally I'll go to jobs and it's laughs backward it's not the end of the world it's
just you can get more hairline cracks when you do it that way so this give me a good opportunity in
the background here you can see we have a lot done properly anyway my name is Kirk Jason on
the camera as usual we thank you for watching I hope you guys learned something if you're going to
do your own wires to not blaming me put the lath on properly not a big deal if you don't it just
it can have the tendency to crack a little bit more we thank you for watching and as usual guys
we'll see you on the next one once again folks we thank you for watching and I really enjoy all
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