September- 2024 - Paeonian Springs, Virginia

Who could build a house like this ?

Replacing stucco on an old tudor house.

Exploratory holes are cut under bottom corners of the windows to reveal rot. The condition is the same as last issue. Windows have a gap around the edge formed by casing bead and filled with caulking. Water is trapped at the top of the window, runs down the sides and saturates under the bottom corners of the windows.

The EIFS band under the window absorbs and traps water, also. Note how the wall is saturated. I came out here in the pouring rain. My phone got wet so I couldn't take any more pictures or videos. There was water pouring out of the soffits. The whole edge of the roof is leaking due to lack of a drip edge, gutter apron, starter strip, much less ice shield. You may have seen what I said about this method here:

Video shows caulking around windows causes rot.

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Don't follow these absurd specifications for stucco !

Replacing stucco on an old tudor house.

Video shows caulking around windows causes rot.

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No more democracy.

Liz Cheney says it right. If you vote for Trump in this election, it may be the last free election you vote in. Orange cheeto head already said he plans retribution on Liz Cheney, and other adversaries. Trump says he'll have a military tribunal for his adversaries.
Trump also declared if he wins this election, you don't have to worry about voting in another 4 years.
I don't know if you have read any of Project 2025. Project 2025 has a plan for post constitution America. The president becomes a dictator. 100,000 troops will be used to round up illegal aliens, that is with no warrant, or proof they are illegal aliens and they are herded into camps. Hitler called foreigners "refugees" and not migrants, but it works the same way.
The first admendment with freedom of religion and freedom of the press, and freedom of speech goes next.
Putin lover has already declared all of this.
Lie after lie after lie. There is no such thing as illegal aliens patrolling the streets in gangs where people are afraid to come out of their houses. There is no such thing as Latin American countries emptying out the prisons and insane asylums, like Castro did in the boat lift in the 1980's. If nothing else, Central American counties are building stronger, more secure prisons.
Maybe these republicans didn't learn anything from World War II, where Americans sacrificed to defeat these fascist dictators.
If you vote for Trump, and buy the lies, you may be voting your last time. You can be a victim of retribution.
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

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Thanks for reading all these years.