hi guys, Kik and family here, with Kurt Giordano plastering got a question for you guys can anybody
look at this bit if you could zoom in J and see what's wrong with it we're on the north side we
don't get much rain but on the southwest side we are redoing a whole wall because the mud seal
failed it rotted out well I'll tell you what they did wrong here and I've seen this about G
was 10 12 times on separate houses in the last 30 years I think what they had in mind their mindset
was hey how about we reinforce this wire here this is for that's rodents squirrels skunks wasps bees
don't go through and make nests but maybe they were thinking of the bigger stuff like the rats
going in here and they put the wire here here's what they did wrong they papered they put the
drip screed then they pay for everything then they took this vet and they installed it right on the
paper well they didn't put any caulking here so what's happening is the water is going straight
through this stucco and it's going behind this paper and then the water with the rain is going
on top of the mud sill and coming back down in back of the paper here's the paper right here
I can see the paper so here's a tip guys if you want structural strength so that skunks and rats
and squirrels don't get in the house go with these guys right here now this will give you
the strength plus it'll give you the it'll shed the water plus you've got the screen back here
for say your bees and wasps that's things like that we're up in the Livermore Hills where when
it rains it goes sideways so these vents I don't recommend them I mean Ivan's I've worked around
many of them but I always tell folks hey go with these then the fellow who is the contractor he
said Kirk they're kind of adamant about going with that and I thought if they are they get another
gun because I'm not doing it this way because it'll leak it'll rot then they'll call me back
and they'll conveniently forget that I told them so here's the vents we're using in the rear and I
suggest you folks use that it does shed the water and never put the paper first and then you're bent
on that the vent goes on first guys on the plywood then you paper over that then you seal the paper
to this vent and we use a polyurethane caulk and that's the proper way to do it anyway guys
because the home owner and the contractor asked me the specific question I thought maybe some of
you folks might be interested in that answer too I'm going to show you what it looks like when it's
done properly I'll give you an example guys we're cooking in the hot Sun you take some polyurethane
caulking and then you fuse the paper to the vent and the only good thing about this hot Sun right
now is that this polyurethane is a real drag if it's cold it doesn't come out of here and note
this to the lip of the vent is over the lip of the screech so this lip is over this so it won't
leak if you get brave you can do this but it's not necessary and if you do do this you can poke your
finger so I don't advise doing this I'm just doing this because it's real hot and I can and
that fuses it to the paper that's the proper way to do it guys and you won't get any leaks south
west side we don't have to worry about it even in these Livermore Hills anyway guys my name is
Kirk I'm with Kirk do it on a plasterer night thank you for watching and as usual we'll see
you guys on the next one once again folks we thank you for watching and I really enjoy all
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