Hello folkks, kirk and Jason here, with Kirk Giordano Pkkastering, plastering today what
we're doing is a window for Cameron Habel is a contractor located in Oakland we're in
Albany doing this window here it makes us a bit different from the majority of Windows is its
inset the walls two inches past the frame most of the windows we do are set on top of the sheer wall
and are even with the stucco so an inset window we have to do things a bit different one of the
things I did is the contractor put porta flash all around the window it's a peel and stick so
he stuck it to the frame here we have a key right here it's called the stucco key word stucco goes
in it to make sure we don't get a perimeter crack we took our of paper and went in that key
along with Kim runs or to flash this way we're sure it doesn't leak then I took my corner aid
and I shoved it into that room there when I'm done I'm going to call this and I'm using half
flange corner it comes in full flange which is both sides or even about two and a half inches
then it comes half plan the half flange is ideal for this because it doesn't get any past here so
when I screw the scratching Brown it'll line up and of course this is a very forgiving
float finish meaning it's Humpty bump-ty sandy and it's wavy the corners aren't straight so I
put my half flange in set a little bit because I want to make some group make some uneven corners
here and if I'm flush I can't make any uneven corner the real trick to this is the arch eight
this stuff here what I like to do is I bend it first I bend it to where it's already somewhat
of an arch I've already pre-cut it to where I want to go but for reasons of explanation show
you okay this half flange goes on just like this now I'm gonna go in the groove this is
called arcade I'm sorry not half playing path playing this stuff okay the arcade is going to
go on top of good I'm about to fasten it all off so there you have it guys as far as the proper
way to do an inset window so when the stucco is complete it'll fill these corners right here and
of course I'll wave up the corner fight by high to make certain that we've got those exact same
ones we'll be done here in about a half hour this is a job and I'll Albany again so we're
waiting for an inspection and later on in the week when it's inspected we'll come back and
do that scratching Brown we'll see on that knot all right folks we have our laughs inspection now
we're going to get ready to do the scratch in the brown coat I'm using rapid ed so I'm going
to do both code I've covered the window of course because no matter how good you are you might feel
a little bit but this window opens right here so here's a key mistake that people make I've
done it myself where you build this out too much right here then this windows won't open
this way so we got to keep an eye on them what I do is I start from the bottom work my way up
and I'm gonna come around here then I'm going to do the inside the inset so we take it out
of the pocket with a scoop a lot on here that way we go up what we've already done that way
we go once twice around here. These edges are really jagged right here, so after I'm come around
here, I'm gonna make them a little bit more, then I will mix enough cement go to the next phase
push it right through the top right through the cornerback on the last bucket of mud we're doing
here on these edges now no no I got the perimeter what I'm doing is moving a little bit of mud out
of here and going on top of this right here upward motion inside right here this does take a little
bit of practice we just learned it and try to do an inset window it's gonna be real tough go here
lazy man tends to fall gravity and again these edges right here I'm building these edges up
about a half-inch Oh with most of the time I'll cover a window especially if it's an insect one
here because no matter how good you already look down on the soffit here or the ceiling
it doesn't matter if you get it all over the tape like it gonna drip tape off anyhow I'm
almost done with this and what I'm going to do is I'm given a jagged edge right here it's not
crisp and clean you can zero in over there Jake jagged that edges I gotta make this jagged also
we're almost ready to start floating. This is a quick-set cement graphic. It's
floating this in about 15 minutes and as soon as I start floating it will see you'll see how
I take this green sponge flow and basically get the joint off that closes joint out and give it
the same heavy textures what we had alright guys we're gonna do now is close it's a heavy flood
finish if you could zoom in you'll see how the aggregates and here and because today it's about
all 45 degrees it's really cold on see my breath that's adjust for that if it's 75 degrees and it's
real warm then I make it superior but because it's so cold right now even with setters in here it
still take a while the idea is don't put too much water on a cold day on the boat so what I'm doing
is this of water bucket but I am however taking the water pump because I don't want more water on
this while drive simply too cold so what I'm doing now is I'm floating it to get the joint load load
it in there the top and again too much water and I'll be here an extra hour don't want that
plus it'll have a tendency to say so inner corners go straight up build up a little edge right here
All alright, guys, recap everything I've done here. I'm complete
what's important is again when these windows open this this corner bead right here shouldn't be in
the way and I've done enough of these where I've done it both ways where they called me back to
Kirk I can't open the window so make sure you don't fall for that old trick you could stand
over there J perhaps I'm not certain what that camera shows but if you could see the finish
here the transition is one of the most important things when doing a window the transition from
the new to the old should be right on the money you shouldn't see a joint right here and also
the transition this wall is really wavy so what I did was I took my float and I created waves I
don't want a straight wall otherwise it won't match or vice versa if we have a straight wall
we can't have it Humpty when we're done if I go straight up here like this with the flow
then I have a straight corner but if I use my heel or my toe it's even tough for me to
get a straight but I don't want it straight I want it to match that so that's why I'm using
the toe of my float so to be a little wavy just to match their wave this is how to do it video
but I'm something like this on an inset window sometimes it's better to know that gee I don't
think I can do that one I've got a utility truck here with a 9 foot vent full of tools that I've
been using for 20 years so I make it look a little easier than it actually is so something
like this an inset window you might be better off calling somebody but if you want to try
it I hope this explains it a little bit for you again this is Kirk with her Giordano philosophy
if you want to do it but simply don't know how we'll see on the next one thank you