howdy folks Kirk to Jason here with Kirk Giordano plastering today I want to show you guys some tips
on laughing your own additions your own remodels why because we have a lot of issues here these
folks that Kirk we watch the video and we're gonna do it ourselves but decided we'd pay you because
or somebody similar to you because there's a lot of ins and outs we don't know I'm gonna show you
guys some ins and outs you may not know all right number one they got a beautiful patio here it's
all take a quick peek at this Jay it's beautiful patio they're gonna be having a barbecue here and
the rest of that jazz but here where they did the stamp concrete they put the concrete here on the
ground and it went up this is this is fine that's that's a 1 this is perfect so a weep screed goes
on here and it basically protects the mudsill what happens when you don't protect a mud sill
I'll show you what happens okay right here we have a mud seal and it's on top of the stamp concrete
before they did the Sam concrete they could have put metal here but it's easier to do it the way
they did now what we've done is we'll take some good caulking it's got to be a good polyurethane
caulking preferably an adhesive sealant and what I do is I cut these tips at an angle that way I
can go up the wood and then down and you make it a V Y so that a weep screed which has got to
go on the ground now can easily sit down a lot of times my own caulking will will shoot out of
these weep holes this is all going to be painted so it doesn't need to weep or drip so that piece
goes there this piece goes here and we just bend that around while we're at it you can show what
I've already done over here the same applies guys it doesn't matter you've got to protect the mud
seal now what happens say if you don't protect the mudsill well I'll show you guys alright now we've
got a lot of things going on here by the way guys a lot of things but nothing we can't handle okay
you take these vents for example those are not stucco vents well they they are stuck events but
they're not louver lured if you have the louvers they also have this mesh netting to protect from
say bees or wasps going inside here things of little critters bugs but they had the live allure
so the water hits them and slides harmlessly down if you don't have a Louisville er what will happen
guys okay the same thing I'm protecting over here the mudsill is what they have here this
is the piece of wood starts the foundation of the house that's a mud seal down here now this
mud sill after say ten years or even eight will warp you know when the water gets on it's a ten
twenty thirty days of rain or like the Noah's Ark the three months flood we get a lot of rain here
this wood will swell what happens when it swells will get big cracks right here you can already
see them right here but more importantly you can get buckling this wall right here comes out and
yeah they don't have a weep screed here or a drip but what they have is allowing water rainwater in
here for many many years and that just you get this cracking right here you'll get it because
you should have a vent a proper vent and by the way they're going to get proper vents for the
work we're doing now and the fella said will do is I just wanted to match what I had I said you want
to match that buckling wall and you don't want to do that I follow me I'll put this rock in the way
all right let me get over this rock I'm going to show you guys a couple other things since we're
already here again this weep screen or drip screed is not even going to be used for its intention but
it will give us something to stop too because it's all gonna get painted here defeats the purpose of
the water weeping through follow me here and we got a bit of a traffic jam nothing we can't handle
those vents right here now those are cute but they will allow the same thing to happen we're on the
southwest side water comes Southwest it'll rot out the add mud sill in no time so we don't want that
this they're going to pick up the proper Vince we're gonna install them and while we're on all
that stuff as far as what to do what don't to what not to do they also had electrical boxes there
that were flush with the wood the boxes can't be flush with the wood they've got to come out
7/8 of an inch so they're going to replace that too last thing I want to show you while I'm here
is okay now these guys they whoever installed the windows did a really really good job so what we're
doing is we are weep we put our paper under here and then we put down great job is it necessary to
coffee between the woods no it's going to get two minutes are two layers of 60 minute paper
anyhow so that's not necessary here when I first got here like on the other side we got to beat
it out on this side where it joins the house they put this tiny bit of caulking here now that tiny
bead of caulking is cute but it's not going to serve the proper function what I do is again I
cut this at a severe angle that way I can put my caulking here and don't skimp guys if it takes
two or three tubes use two or three tubes and then we put it here now this caulking is protruding out
a bit but I want it to protrude out a bit because now granted we're not going to get any rain under
here but if it were exposed the rain could get in here and do the exact same thing it's been doing
on the mud seal on the opposite side it could make this wood swell we get cracks in the stucco they
call me and say Kirk you did something wrong when in fact it's not old Kirk and here's what this is
called a J channel J trim J casing beat and a lot of times they're used for commercial projects and
even in some states they put them around the window but not here in California now what you
want is UJ trim to go on here it's to give a guide now you know you got enough caulking if you're J
trim sticks say like okay we put that on now it's sticking because I'm using a polyurethane caulking
with an adhesive so it's stuck by itself and the caulking does come through the nail holes no
no worries about that anyway guys I want to show you just a few tips if you're gonna last your own
house I say good for you because that's something you can do some of our plastering videos are wee
bit more difficult okay guys let's review there's the tie in a proper tired this is stud wall no
shear wall back you know or plywood back and it's kind of tough to get to also if you guys are going
to do your electrical outlets make certain they're out of solid inch for the to account
for the stucco he had to go get some stucco rings because he set these in or the electrician said of
men flush don't do that guys and if you remember always use a good construction sealant this is a
sealant and adhesive so it adheres everything right here on this side see this is the proper
these are the proper ones for you homeowners if you're going to buy them by the ones that have a
screw right here and it can adjust the fittings to go in or out with the electrical outlets all
these he had to get rings for because they didn't set him if they the electrician didn't know I'll
show you one last thing while we're at it and just show you the benefit of these live events now they
also have the screen and backs of the bugs can't get input possums rats can't go through here too
and it's protected all the mud seal is protected why we're on it one last thing for a fella LSD
or LSD guy he always asks about expansion joint now we put an expansion joint here why because I
can see the foundation here this foundation is poured differently than the rest of the house
and what is going to happen with this house I'll tell you what'll happen we get 10 days of rain
let alone 3 months of rain the house is going to lift that's what the rain does guys it lifts
the houses concrete it doesn't matter how big a house is it'll lift it and there won't dryer
conditions are Curt it'll settle and when it settles we'll get some hairline crack will we
still get some hairline cracks with expansions absolutely absolutely and yeah the house here
in the house next door are just the same they have just as big a gable and they'll have they
don't have any expansion joints you don't really need it guys but I like to put it in when I see
a situation such as this and I know the house is gonna lift and drop or settle independently
so we try to avoid any excess cracking if you can there's only so much you can do the weather
plays the biggest part anyway guys we thank you for watching and as usual live long and master
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