hi guys Kirk and Jason here with Kirk Giordano plastering we're gonna do today is show you
how to do some repairs on a fireplace now over the last 30 years I've done at least
40 fireplace its interior how many have we got on video this one we didn't usually do
videos way back then usually I work for about 20 to 30 contractors year-round plus I've been
licensed for Oh close to 30 years and people call me from used to be Yellow Pages used to be
newspapers now it's online stuff anyhow I want to show you a couple things this is a limestone
that the fella had put over he took off this what he had you can zero in on that it took
off this brick here and he hired a company to put on the limestone and what we're gonna do
is repair the plaster around it now in my time I have stuccoed over cinder block fireplaces brick
fireplaces Rock slate even lava rock where the lava rock is 6 inches out and it's it's odd we
just fill it throw the stucco in and then finally plaster you name it we've done it we've done it
with lime plasters colored finishes I've done it with chimneys that are just wired and we come in
with struck the light as a base coat and then we put a veneer plaster over it such as diamond or
Keens that whatever folks want I've done them with sheetrock where we do three coats of mud and give
it a smooth finish you name the material I have done it so I thought this would be a good example
to explain a few things now guys he's already had the limestone installed and these folks did a real
nice job and what do we have here we got a gap here and we got a gap here then we got another
gap over here now say for example here I can put a piece of sheetrock here but the sheetrock we
brought is 5/8 because this is the slats the wood lath timber those 3/8 and this is about a quarter
it was too full so we're just gonna go by hand and use a mesh can you use any kind of wire well this
is this is what I show you folks what to use now if I use say big wire like this then most
of the plaster is just going to go right through it so what we're going to use with a three point
four mesh I'm gonna cut this put it on here put it here and on that side and then we're just going to
go ahead and and plaster it up it's a real simple technique we're gonna scratch it and brown it real
quick so I'm gonna go ahead and cover this guy up Jay's gonna mix me up some plaster when he gets it
ready he'll bring it up and I'll show you how we just float this in real fast all right guys we're
at the fun part the easy part for me plaster in this J mix me up some stiff mud how stiff that's
stiff you just I just put it on my hock why is this so stiff because all I want to do is scratch
this guy and by the way if you guys are wondering what this color is that is plaster well why do I
put plaster weld on the would I put plaster weld on the wood so that if the wood is say dusty that
this will adhere we want this to in here we wanted to mushroom right through the lath I'm using the
same laughs these folks used 90 years ago and it's just three point four diamond mesh and that's what
works I'll show you this is just a scratch coat right here guys and I'm using a particular PLAs
or actually this is a compound that I can put both coats on almost immediately this is a 5-minute mud
don't ever use a 5-minute mud guys use a twenty minute or 60 or 90 depending on your skill level
J just mix this and I see it's getting hard but that's what I want again this pink stuff
here simply weld creep because if the surface is dusty just wanted here as well as I would like so
this is just a scratch coat by the way - I asked the fella here if he had insulation it says for
what that's why I can put some insulation in the holes the rest of the house is an insulated cell
he didn't bother sounds like my own house I did I did come across a car come across on the job
not too long ago but the guy had newspaper in there and I pulled it all out he says dude what
are you doing that's - so the plaster will stop and you won't use so much plaster I asked man do
you really want newspaper in your wall around a fireplace that's kind of a common sense thing so
I pulled it out and said do it all I'll push the plaster in there that'll give you your insulation
and that's how plastered here's anyway guys by mushrooming behind say like this wood lath here
timber laughs they're mushrooms behind it or you can use this three point for it mushrooms behind
it another tip guys has put your tape and account for the amount of plaster like say he had this box
cover he did me a big favor and covered the box but the tape went over the box though I pulled
the tape off because when I'm done plastering if I pull it it'll pull the plaster off just like say
the top here the tape was against the wall but if I pull the tape and pull the plaster so I had to
pull the tape back in order for the plaster to and here anyhow I'm gonna leave you with that
Jay's gonna mix me up the next coat because this is set and that's exactly what I wanted good mud
yay alright next time you see us we'll be putting on the final coat all right guys what we are doing
now is the second coat and can you do both coats back the back without a scratch coat yes but I
like doing it this way gives me more control gives me the ability to fill that up so my second coat
doesn't go all between the wire anyhow what I'm doing now is applying my second coat notice that's
that's pretty hard guys we just spread it about oh ten minutes ago so here's the second coat then I'm
gonna do my texture I've already done my sides I'll tell you what guys give me ten minutes I
don't want to bore you with the remaining portion of just feathering this out and then I'll show you
how we do this texture real simple texture - okay guys gonna put a conclusion on this now that that
second coat is set what I'm doing here is I'm floating the wall that just makes it smooth and
pretty matches what they have gives me they're bull-nosed corners here went around sides here
for the sake of showing you guys what to do because I got a couple guys waiting on me to
put this insert in so anyhow now that we've got those two coats look in the texture and cambree
even see that texture it's a very very light skip trial all you gotta do is put one little little
tiny bit and then you can see it's kind of going sideways and I'm going straight up why because
now I'm gonna take my draw take it this way and it will give the appearance of a horizontal texture
because I'm pulling that same texture horizontally anyway there it is my name is Kirk I'm with Kirk
Giordano plastering we thank you for watching and as usual guys we'll see you on the next one.