howdy folks Kirk here with Kirk Giordano plastering ,today I want to go over some stucco
vents and the necessity of them because we could ask that often we did do a video on this about six
years ago but we had a really crappy camera and plus I wasn't wearing a mic so the sound didn't
come out that good thought I'd redoing nother one since we do this kind of often all right guys
there's a stucco vent now these stucco vents here they're they're usually they're okay for wood but
for stucco this is a better choice event why okay this vent is put on this way which is backwards
it's okay they made it work this is the proper way for a vent to go on that way the stucco stops at
these points right here but see here's a problem with when you use a wood vent for a stucco wall
would vent for any wall we're a southwest right here meaning we got some dangerous clouds right
there black as they come it's about to pour down rain hopefully we won't get rained on but when you
put a vent on right here what's the main purpose of a stucco vent anybody know anybody care if
you're watching this you probably do okay the vet is made to protect the mud sill the mud sill is a
piece of wood that's on the foundation you build the house up so you got to protect your mud sill
when it pours down rain especially for this house about 70 years old pours down the rain it goes
into these holes right here and it lands on the mud sill now the mud sill can swell and when it
swells well it pops a stucco off it beats up the stucco the wood gets rotten termites come and come
and you know the rules it just gets worse from there so what I tell folks is well put these vents
on now they still have the bug screen this is a bug screen so wasps bees don't get in there and
make nests but it has a much stronger vent right here too so the rats can't get in you don't want
rats under your house guys but more importantly Luber vet now now the water hits here it drips
down harmlessly that's the most important thing about a Lulu guys a liberal event will allow the
water to drip down thus not rot out your mud seal well walk around here explain a wee bit
more in greater detail okay Jay has been breaking all this stuff out Jay of course is on the camera
say for example this one here he had a wire here he says well gee Kirk how do I get it to where you
don't have to poke a hole see that big hole right here where my finger is going through that's what
they had before what we did is we just made a a a channel for it and then this is going to go on
here now we keep going around here guys this vent was put on properly it was put on this way where
the other one over there was put on that way why who knows just the way folks do things this is the
way it should look when it's done I'll go into a little bit more detail since we are on the topic
okay we already did this side right here I'll take it from I'll take it from the start point guys and
I will go back your way all right we put this one in here now we remove the old one a lot of ways to
do it we put that new one in we put this new one in and here I'll start from where I'm where I'm
at right now okay this is these are the vents were using and by the way guys don't put them in this
way if you put them in this way the water goes in here two years ago I went to a job the guy only
had five and I laughed because I thought I thought he was joking he was not joking he had put them
upside down don't do that guys so they go this way so the water drips down off of them here's what
you can do I mean we don't do this every single time but you can get some caulking and you can put
the caulking first as sort of a gasket and over on those I was hammering it and nailing it you could
use an automatic gun but for this I just thought well gee I'll just use my screw gun because it's
it's more adjustable now I see this wire here a lot of guys when they stucco house will leave the
wire and cut out this and put the vent on top you can do that this just means you got extra strength
for these right here because sometimes you've kicked a hole right through them and then the
rats get in so now that I got a gasket right there and by the way guys it depends on the house if the
house is say 60 70 80 100 years old some of the paper is not going to be in perfect condition we
get this hammer out and I'll show you a couple little tips guys if you're gonna put a vent in
oftentimes it ain't gonna fit just right you're gonna say dang how come it's not lining up every
which way when you're done with the vent it should line up that way with that way now this stucco
wall here is an inch and a half why because they put the wire here and then they put the vents on
top of the wire which increased the depth instead of 7/8 so these are made for 7/8 right here
this is a template a guide for 7/8 so we got to improvise now so I put the gasket there and here's
another tip guys you could bend these right here you bend these little guys on the side and I give
you some extra fur now what we do is we put this guy on let's see I'm gonna eyeball it at first and
get it where I think is about right let's see now that's I think is about right put the level on it
and that is about as crooked as a dog's hind leg so you adjust that a little bit more okay
come on now
if I'm boring you guys, sorry this sometimes takes a little bit more okay, we wanna get
up there we go. Don't trust your eyes, guys, because if I trusted my eyes on stuff like this,
you'd be wrong, and you'd be redoing it, get right to there hey fines up finally okay now
once you got that lined up take your level here and find out if you are chewing level
that's chew and level that one needs to come out a little bit okay so what I'm gonna do
guys is at least get a screw going so I could have a starting place get in there
okay, at least I got one screwing right now, so I'm gonna check my level once more,
and we are groovy, and we'll take another screw and get it in there, and by the way,
guys on the old vent old house like this, I would recommend that you put a little bit of
a gasket or a sealer on there meaning caulk it first and the most important
thing right now and I don't have to do this immediately is to get this vent out to this
wall right here because the wall wasn't put in perfectly so it's our responsibility to
match it now that they did something a little goofy now what I'll do is put that there that
lines up that one can come out a little bit so what I'll do is take my handy dandy
hammer I got a cat's paw with me too and I could bring this out just a hair the idea
guys is to get everything true level and here's what you used to do the breakout guys we use a
Bosch Bulldog because it'll break out easier than trying to go with a hammer if you take a
hammer for example guys and you think well gee whiz I'm a strong dude I'm gonna break
it all out what you're gonna do is destroy the paper because you're gonna push this stucco in
to deteriorated paper this paper 70 years old it ain't in the best shape to so and by the way
guys it's I'll show you how much breakout we've done in our past look at this is a hammer this
is one of the blades we put on here that's how beat up it is when you buy these if you ever
buy these get a blade they're like six bucks because these they go bad fast and with a good
blade it goes right through this we've already done enough of those breakout video so we won't
bore you with the breakout on this particular one ah left out an important part once you got
that vent on it's always another good idea to put another bead of caulking before we do the stucco
around it that's just a common-sense thing that I didn't just now explain and I said you better
explain that Dad because they're just gonna put a gasket or a sealer on it and not caulk the
top off the top and whatever type of caulking you use guys that's your business but I would
advise you strongly to spend some dough and get some good stuff all right guys we are done with
those vents let me show you what they look like after the house is either color coded or painted
because the vents protect the mudsill number one and they also protect it from squirrels bug rats
your friends nobody can get through those plus there's a net behind it this is the fresh color
coat we just did this today it's Friday like a brick when this gets wet it darkens and it's
kind of light and dark right now but you can see the vents look pretty cool and they'll save this
house already had a lot of work done because of because of the other vents so don't do that
guys make sure that you have the our Vince this is what the color coat actually looks like when
it dries color coats light and when they dry paint darkens when it's dry it's Friday about
6 p.m. and this is our third ten-hour day I'm so tired I don't even want a pint of beer but I'll
settle for a pitcher Jason's buying anyway guys we thank you for watching and as usual live long
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