howdy folks Kirk and J here with Kirk Giordano plastering obviously Jason's already up on the
roof tied in with a harness he's used to that kind of stuff he's a rock climber what we're
gonna do today is we have a water diverter where the flashing meets the fascia board and everything
is combined where water is entering so I'm gonna come up this ladder here and show you how we fix
this of course I've already been here to take a peek at it and see what the heck is going
on and I've come to the conclusion along with the homeowner she says well birds are pecking in there
and it looks like the birds ate through the stucco actually the birds can't eat through this stucco
it's a three coat conventionals systems which means it's stucco so birds can't eat through it
but what we have here is we got a hole here now I can stick a couple of my fingers in there it is
deep what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna fill that hole now what you can't see over here is the fascia
boards on properly to cut back papers underneath it so what I'm gonna do is now I'm gonna shoot
in some really good polyurethane caulking this is the best caulking that I'm aware of I've cut
it cut the tip off real tight and it allows me to really get in here so far it's taken quite a
bit of this polyurethane caulking this stuff is the best caulking that I've ever used I've been
using it for years okay we're gonna simply get it get in there the best we can and fill that guy of
course this particular caulk and they say 3/8 of an inch thick max what happens if you put it like
I'm doing over an inch nothing it just takes a little bit longer to dry so okay now that we got
that humongous a whole tube in there caulked well what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna put a little bit of
this stucco over it now it took me longer to match this finish then to actually do this patch I'm
just gonna put this directly over the polyurethane caulking and that's only because the caulking
that'll last a good 50 years but with a little cement tshis finish over it it's not gonna hurt
now if you know what you're looking for folks as far as what the heck is going on here that's half
the battle as far as finding the problem I know from my past experience that you've got to have
your flashings in order step flashing diverter gutters everything is it's just how it's supposed
to be but I've also had 15 guys on my crew many years I've had 10 15 guys in the early 90s late
80s so I know all about when you have about Oh 15 guys sometimes things get missed everybody just
wants to go home so anyway that's how this little situation got started somebody just wanted to go
home and it was a big company they missed it but the house is only ten years old it should not be
leaking as it's just too new anyhow there's the patch working now what I'm gonna do lastly guys
to take this float and again this color here is gonna dry a lot lighter when it dries it's going
to match their finish now that matches their texture by the way the only one that could see
up here are the birds anyhow this is the backyard you couldn't see this from downstairs if you tried
however my truck allows me to have all the tools and colors and cements necessary to match majority
of this and by the way guys I seen this on email she sent me a color email and I thought algae I
can fix that that's pretty simple fix and I was able to determine the color and calls and all that
just from any email now look at that guy that took me longer to set this ladder up here than
to actually come up here and do the work anyhow Jason's gonna go ahead and release some stuff
from that nightmare harness I'd rather be doing this than on top where he is anyhow folks you
guys see how easy it is if you know what caused it and how to fix it my name is Kirk going with
Kirkgiordano plastering we thank you for watching and as usual we'll see you guys on the next fix,