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A traditional three-coat plaster job was used in the Manhattan Brownstone…
…finish or white coat that blends the new plaster wall into the profile of the cornice…
…where new support is needed for the plaster application. It has many "keys…

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…characteristic hue comes from a special plaster-friendly paper applied over its gypsum…
…commonly known as drywall pushed traditional plaster out of the new-home market. Everyone…
…to a skim coat of specially formulated plaster. When finishing blue board, instead…

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… be shorter on the outside and longer in the center…
…exterior surfaces like stucco and concrete. Caption…
… wallboard, smooth plaster, wood, or metal - a…
…5mm light-textured stucco, poured concrete, and…
… heavy-textured stucco, concrete block, and…

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…warmer when it's cold outside. However, these two…
… Bricks, siding, stucco, and foundation Air…
…all fans that blow air outside, such as bathroom fans…
…water damage inside and outside of the home when applied…
…Fills cracks in tile, plaster, glass, and plastic…

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…North Charleston house. "We had an open house one day when it was 85 or 90 degrees out and the air was at least 10 to 20 degrees cooler inside. This was before we had even installed the windows." Attaching the Home to its Foundation A container…

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…glycol solution flows through the tubing in the cement floors. It comes from the boiler at 120 degrees and returns only 20 degrees cooler, at 100 degrees. Glycol is present so the water doesn't freeze during periods when the heat is not on. This is important…

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…exposed hairline cracks in the stucco, allowing wind-driven rains…
…keeps severe weather on the outside but breathes to allow damaging…
…any hairline cracks in the stucco," says Tim McLaughlin, Vice…
…painted surfaces such as smooth stucco, concrete/cinder block…

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