What is wrong with this picture ?

Poorly installed window damages stucco.

Someone sent me a link about a webinar on bad window installation and stucco installation and this picture was included.

Who could build a house like this:

More poor window installation in Washington, DC.

I took this picture yesterday of a $ 5,000,000 house in Washington, DC. This house is 3 years old. Note the stone sill is level so standing water runs back into the house. Worse yet is the trim piece holding in the window is also level, allowing standing water to run into the house. Caulking has shrunk and cracked. Caulking isn't made to go on this thick, or tolerate standing water.

Historic masonry chimney repaired.

More about what I wrote about in October. These knee walls at the steps on old houses are usually in bad shape.

See how we fixed these knee walls here....

Formstone fans in Zippy the Pinhead

Formstone with Zippy the Pinhead. With permission from Bill Griffith.

My Book - Stucco and the blind man - Table of contents

Chapters one and two

Introduction; About windows and doors

Chapter three

Evil EIFS

Chapter four

All about lath for plaster and stucco

Chapter five

Mortar and sand

Chapter six

About interior plaster

Chapter seven

Bonding plaster and cement mortar

Chapter eight

Planning a stucco or plaster project

Chapter nine

Decorative features from a 24 year old website

Chapter ten

Glossary of plastering terms

Chapter eleven

About flashing for stucco

Chapter twelve

Chimneys

Chapter thirteen

Pay per leads.

Chapter fourteen

Stucco art

Chapter fifteen

History of materials

Addendums

January, 2024

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Thanks for reading all these years.