hi guys, Kirk and Jason are here with Kirk Giordano plastering today. Why don't I show
you is what's the best way to put paper around an event and I've gotten asked this question
quite a few times you I'll show you how to put the paper over it and cut it out and caulk it,
but here's the way I prefer to do it usually contractors sometimes do it this way too what
we'll do is since this fella got gung-ho and pop some nails in here we're just going
to pull this out why because personally I like to go underneath these guys and
at the same time I'll show you how to go over them to take these nails out of here,
and this way guaranteed no matter what it's not gonna leak don't take some paper measure out a
little piece what we need okay what we'll do is we'll lift this vent up right like so and then
we'll just go all the way under it till we hit we don't want to block the bent it the venting but
at the same time what we do want to do guys is we want to get it watertight so say for example
I'm right here cut this paper off I'll show you another way to do it also at the same time while
I'm here okay that's the correct way to do it guys this is the way I'm comfortable with now
what I'm gonna do is just pop these nails back in here and I'll show you another way too okay
a lot of guys you can use paper crafts you can use all kinds of membranes under these endless
possibilities of the stuff but here's another way say for example you cover it up I'm just gonna go
up here because that's where we're going anyhow now what we do is we get a sharp knife usually
I'll put a new blade in this one's somewhat beat-up but I think I could show you what I'm
referring to we feel it it's kind of pure guys feel where it is and cut the perimeter stay on
your vent we just follow that outline of that vent and go around it like I feel this blade is kind of
beat-up worn up and used what I can still make it work what we do is we follow the outline of this
because if you do it this way guys which I've done it this way few thousand times that's an
it'll work also but it's always better to put it underneath then go over okay for example because
my blade is dull I don't have a real sharp got here so now I can see what I'm doing off recut
it if you want to leave room for the caulking guy this is what I'm getting at that's why I'm
recutting this little piece right here that's what happens when the blade isn't real sharp then after
you got that done get a good quality caulking guys I'm always saying that on all the videos
good quality of Sikaflex or the urethane type of caulking they make about 30 different poly
urethanes this actually feels and it adheres so what it's basically going to do is you could look
at it as its gonna weld this paper to this metal I mean this is a sealed you're not gonna get any
better than this so it seals it permanently to the paper and once this is set the water cannot
go through this you take three drops put it on two bricks those bricks won't even come apart with
this particular polyurethane caulking that's two ways to do it it's personally I prefer both ways
especially when I'm doing a job we just cut it out if the vents are on the inside you just use the
inner vent part and cut that out for foundation bends anyhow my name is Kirk I'm with Kirk you
Donald flustering we thank you folks for watching and as usual we'll see you guys on the next tip
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