howdy folks, Kirk and Jason here with Kirk Giordano plastering, today we're going to
show you guys today is my way of how to laughs a stud wall back in the early 90s they changed
the rules so that instead of a stud wall it's all sheer so they're usually these days it's all sheer
the houses garage everything has a sheer wall or a plywood on it so what we're going to do today
is generally we use this paper back back over 30 years ago when I was working for my buddy Sammy ha
I was allowed their hot care you name it we used to use this all day long and there's a particular
way to put this on and more importantly there's a way to stretch this really tight so that you
don't lose a lot of cement between the studs I'll show you that but first what I'm gonna do
is I'm allowed to use one one layer of this over studs but I have this 2 2 ply paper in my truck
15 bucks a roll it took me about 15 minutes to put another two layers on with that this way I
keep up with current codes and more importantly to give me a little bit more solidness right here
because obviously there's no shear and I don't want to lose too much stucco between there I'll
show you what we're doing here Jay today was kind enough to sister and another stud here
because it's really tough to go on a stud here so Jay stuck this other stud in here which gives
me a little bit more room to play with right here with my joints and of course we've got a
plank here to cover the flowers anyhow what I'm gonna do is is put these two layers go all the
way up we start from the bottom work our way up now granted this here the mud seal we generally
place a weep screed or a drip screen whatever you want to call it means the same thing water goes
through the stucco hits the weep screed and drips out harmlessly on the foundation the weep screed
should be below the mud sill by at least an inch 1/2 inch minimum I usually go about a anyhow if
we put a wave screen here then cosmetically it would look foolish so we are not going to place
that weep screed instead we're gonna go with the existing courtyard here and and guys if you ever
break out you see stuff like this don't be afraid to get rid of it because we don't want that this
when we go to plaster this another day well we'll scrape it with wire brushes and hose it because
our stuck was gonna go down here it's gonna match the existing we always try to blend cosmetics with
codes when we can so okay I'm gonna get started here now what I'm planning on doing is remember
I want to cover this mudsill we don't want water on this so I'll take it for example about right
to there I'll cover that mud seal by at least an inch all right now let me see here I always want
to get started somewhere and then stretch it the reason I'm doing this guy here is is to give it
some strength paper only allows so much strength but it's better than nothing and again I want two
more layers of paper on this rather than the one layer so what I'll do I'm gonna do this entire
wall the same way I'm gonna take it over to here and generally I'll put a staple here and I just
follow the stud you can just feel the stud guys and if you rip it or puncture it no big deal I
do that occasionally myself just put some caulking in that hole and you come here cut it don't worry
about that we just start the same process over again and what we want is according to code we
got to overlap this three inches on a horizontal on a vertical I like to go about a foot and a
half maybe two feet to three so we're gonna do the exact same thing I'm gonna go with another layer
on the top so it doesn't matter if I waste it down here meaning there's three inch three inches I'm
supposed to go horizontal but my other papers it's gonna go up here so it's gonna be a lot of
overhang anyway so why not just stretch it out and pull it tight this way it gives a so-called
extra sheer strength really not sheer strength but for me it's it makes it a little bit stronger that
way I don't lose so much in here so anyhow this is I'm gonna go ahead and take it to the top and once
I take it to the top I really would have what I want to show you is how to put this wire on
the paperback wire over the studs because there is a system that you use and if you do it right
you won't burn up all your cement here this is just a precaution the way I do things okay guys
we are set to apply this paper back loud notice we take it all the way up under here I take my
hands and I shove it under there and yeah there's always a spider or a bug that's gonna fall out of
there but put some gloves on if you're afraid of bugs anyhow now now that we got this watertight
it's best as we can do without tearing the whole wall off we're going to apply this paper back and
any of you folks say gee how come you didn't use the regular wire you're used to using because this
wire will float it'll float in here there's no way to attach it this wire here let me show you
guys some of these tools out in the way this wire here every six inches it's tied into here so it's
you lift the flap in every six inches it's tied in so it's much better for this purpose here and
somebody might say from a different state well you could use the flat wire we could use a mesh but
that that's not for what we are doing in other states that's allowable but not in California
so okay we always remember guys lift this flap up and if you notice at the bottom here we have some
open where there's no paper that I want to go on my foundation so what I'm gonna do is I want
to put this here and I'm gonna get the bottom covering that this up guys always remember lift
this piece of paper J's helping me and doing the camera work to this is not a one-man job okay so
I'm gonna get my staples going in here start one put the second one third one do because I'm gonna
stretch it over there guys and when I stretch it I'll show you how to tighten this with nails this
I mean when I was working the Union what we do is we have two guys and we'd stretch that crap
out of it one guy holding it right here pulling it as tight as he can but another technique is
okay we put it where we want it I'm a bit crooked here but that's okay we'll put it here where we
want it then we put a nail at an angle get that nail going then now we let the nail do the work
to stretch it tap it that stretched it tight guys a lot stronger than what I can do I'm going to do
one more nail here then I'm just going to go ahead and staple it off and guys when you're
stapling with a gun who are some glasses I've hits Simpson strong ties and had staples hit me
in the face so always wear glasses guys anyhow you see how I pull it tight as I can get it one
man two guys I wouldn't if Jay wasn't using the camera he'd be stretching it for me we go here
then we let the nail stretch the crap out of it that way we don't lose too much stucco and what
I'm gonna do now is the exact same thing this next one goes on Jade got one side I'm gonna
repeat that same process so go ahead Jay and step back and again guys here's another thing
to remember now when we overlap this area here has got to overlap this wire this way that's
not a cold joint right here anyway guys when you next see me I'll be stapling this wall off okay
guys we've got all these three layers on three rolls there's a tip to guys me I've been doing
this a long time so if you can't find a stud in you not certain where they are you can mark them
just mark them mark the wood up there generally what I'll do is okay so I'll find a stud now okay
here's a stud and then I'll follow the line say if I'm going on the intertwine right here I'm
just going to follow the line so and basically every six inches the stud isn't going to change
follow find that stud and just know what the go with wire
And what that does, guys, let this compressor drown out. I don't give you an as tight a wall
as almost if it's sheer-walled last thing I'll point out, guys are okay your joints both sides,
and I'll use a lot of this stuff get a good quality polyurethane caulking and when you're
done fuse as much in these joints right here as you can I mean it kind of beats up our key
that's a stucco key also but for stuff like this I tell folks either tear the wall the whole wall
out so I mean we don't have an issue right here with water Titan. Still, where we come to a stud,
it's really crucial. All we can do is the best we can with what we have to work with,
so sometimes what will happen is if you caught this extremely well,
we could get a hairline crack here. Still, it's well worth a hairline crack than a leak anyhow,
my name is Kirk, Jason on the camera, and as usual, folks, we'll see you guys on the next fix.