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Applying Stucco

Bob meets with the stucco contractor, Angelo Dattini, on the remodeling project in Coral Gables, Fla., a suburb of Miami. They attach diamond-mesh lath using self-tapping screws to metal strips in the 3-10 insulated forms. They then apply the scratch coat, using Rinker stucco.

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Applying Stucco

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" In the traditional Stucco job right over the concrete block. You simply part John about a half inch the Portland send mixture and you can -- smooth it out with a sponge or you can to a rough application like this it's nice it's dirty but you don't get any insulation. The addition that we're putting on the house relies on a new system these 310 insulated forms rather than concrete blocks this is real solid in -- but you've got insulating capabilities but he can't -- right over the styrofoam. You have to add this diamond mesh right now we're joining our contractor here until that to me are Stucco contractor. "

" Bible is it tough to anchor the stuff to the guys we don't have to do is you cannot see that the states behind. But -- I put lineup. Itself. -- in schools and tapping screw. Does just that it it creates its own hole in the metal show and and unquote the mental -- To a styrofoam. That these are on the day. Just metal strips in the styrofoam right. All right so what's the mix Angela all of these his regular Stucco made a weird I send. She meant he had this stuff over here -- this right. There's not a cement and cement and -- and -- Anderson what's the make what's the ratio of various both if they show some of it OK is it hard to do. Well -- little new model and load up the hot. Want to try out immediately that payment ego at all that they go like this message got -- Vila. Click it right yeah it's very its nuclear -- the other way right what Mike from there. -- have to really get it in the last battle right there right. -- if it's putting this coat. Should be so everyone. --"

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