September- 2024 - Arlington, Virginia

No drip edge on roof

Facsia wrap and no drip edge causes ceiling to collapse.

I brought up this same condition last issue. Fascia wrap and no drip edge funnels water into the house. In this case a ceiling collapsed.

No drip edge.

Water running down edge of roof trickles into the metal wrap. More details here:

Ceiling collapses.

Ceiling held up with a two by four and tape.

Follow this link for more.

Please stop doing these level rowlocks and window sills!

Specifications for cement stucco.

Level rowlock and window sill will rot house. Rowlocks and window sills should be pitched for water to run away from house, not into the house. This is a source of our repair work. Old houses very rarely have this condition. This practice needs to stop. You may have seen how we fixed this condition here. We didn't repair the rot, just stopped the wall from rotting further.

Pathological liar. Wannabe dictator

During the debate, cheeto head said immigrants are eating cats and dogs in Springfield, Ohio.
He also repeated the lie that Venezuelan immigrants have taken over an apartment building in Aurora, Colorado. BTW, this was on Fox News website that Venezuelan immigrants had taken over an apartment building with automatic weapons, promoting child prostitution and drug use. also the police were at a standstill. The regular news sources like CBS and MSNBC showed this was a lie. The mayor and police chief of Aurora, Colorado said there was no truth to this anti immigrant propaganda.
The lying orange head dirtball said that the Democrats supported transgender operations for illegal aliens in prison.
If you believe any of this, you have to be mighty stupid. Unfortunately, a percentage of the American public believes this.
Do a google search for project 2025. Project 2025 was written by Trump advisors, and is a plan for post-constitution America.
Orange head has already declared retribution against political opponents that have spoken against him, like Republicans Romney and Liz Cheney, indicating public military style tribunals, where his opponents are punished. Only would a dictator like Putin do something like that.
Lying sack just took credit for a $ 35 cap on insulin prices, but it was signed into law by Biden. In fact, it didn't pass the senate vote without the tie breaking vote by Kamala Harris.
Sorry, Obama didn't found ISIS. If you believe that you are stupid.
Democracy is at stake. Freedom is at stake.

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

Copyleft: Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Thanks for reading all these years.