Hi Kirk, I'm a plasterer/drywallbuilder in the Principality of Liechtenstein and I find it fascinating to see how other plasterers work all around the world. The basics are the same here but there are a lot of differences especially the tools and products. I enjoy watching your videos and keep up the good work.
Hello Raffael Beck form Liechtenstein, thank you, my daughter, Madeleine Giordano, is in Spain as of now and next week going to France to visit our relatives, my mom was born and raised in Paris. My daughter Madeleine love germany most of all, real close to you folks. Happy to hear you folks by the power of the internet can see us fellas in the U.S applying mud. I've found It's basically the same worldwide, with a few different techniques, tools, and materials, just different companies providing the same plasters. Merry Christmas from the Giordano family to yours
I do comparatively easy stuff around the house, but I always ask Kirk first about stucco/plaster/cinder block questions and he always answers!! His advice has been invaluable. I'll never do the stuff on his level here, but I still love to watch...something very zen about it.
Eveing GSMSfromFV, last reply I was Zen Plastering now the master of mud! I'll be up thinking about what these two comments really mean, beside's things that make you go hmmmmm. Best wishes,have a Merry and Mellow Christmas.
Morning OTC, thank you, will try as folks seem to enjoy seeing how and why it's done. Have a Happy Holiday Season from Kirk and Jason’s DIY plastering channel
All the best for Christmas and the holiday season. Hope you guys get a break and spend some time with your families. Great job, and we'll see you on the next one for sure....
Merry Christmas Shannon K, as the ultimate stucco geek or nerd, I'm usually always on break when I'm working as I'm wierd enough to really enjoy this tough trade. Have a Merry Christmas and a wonderful new year from the Giordano family
Morning Todd Forfreedom, I would suggest just a skim coat of cement plaster for the majority of beat up bricks or cinder blocks, If you really wanted to attach wire go with the deep furred K lath and just go the standard 1 inch. best wishes, Have a Happy Holiday Season from Kirk and Jason’s DIY plastering channel
Proud of you guys I watch your vids all the time. I do a lot of e.i.f.s. drywall and some stucco. When we gotta put it on real thick we just use our hawks:) anyway merry Christmas keep the vids coming they're awesome
Morning Jeremy Holmberg, thank you, I have been know to use my hawk from time to time or a cheater. Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday Season from Kirk and Jason’s DIY plastering channel
Evening mikebmw525, thank you, I enjoy making them for this reason alone. Folks like'em Have a Merry Christmas from Kirk and Jason’s DIY plastering channel
You guys are truly some of the best in our line of work, I just did a wall 2 & half inches thick, Merry Christmas & happy new year from Dynasty Stucco & Stone
Morning Ernesto Gomez with Dynasty Stucco & Stone, Its not often we have to go so think and I have gone up to 6 on a foundation repair, best wishes with your projects. Merry Christmas from the Giordano family to yours,
Thank you guys for doing these videos. You are some hard working dudes and i appreciate the schooling. Those California hills dwarf our hills out here in Pennsylvania, but I do know the feeling of being high up on a house high up on a hill. Talk to you later.
Nice job guys. I have the same problem only inside and its all brick. Would you suggest doing the same thing only with less thickness and a smaller mesh then screw it into the mortar joint? Can you also suggest an online company for corners, drip screed and darbies?
Howdy Erick, I've been to Mexico a few times and have helped a few folks down there applying stucco for the hell of it. I found that funner than watching a bunch of women walking around wearing something close to nothing, NOT. Back to reality, I have really helped whoever I see struggling in Sayuletos and Puerto Vallarta a few times. Got to share the love.
Old Saint Nick gonna love that Chimney ! TU an Congrats ...Merry Christmas an season greeting Kirk , Lou ,Jason, Dan , Carl, an women folk .. Cheers . PS what material mix did you use?
Moning Peter ol pal, thank you, for this chimney I used a rapid set stucco as I needed it to set really fast and extra strength was necessary. Have a Happy Holiday Season from Kirk, Jason and family
Makes sense with that square lath layout , but take that one square an make 4 smaller squares would of been better , less drop out while slinging mud. just my two sense . cheers
Morning Todd Forfreedom, your question does not have the normal reply link under it so hopefully you get this answer to your interior brick question. Anyone know why 1 out of 25 don't have this reply link? With an interior brick or cinder block surface the rules change a bit, they are simpler. First prep your brick wall properly, apply bonder if necessary, then If it were me I would apply either a Struct-light base coat or a diamond base coat, and follow up with a finish coat of whichever material you choose for your basecoat. There are more options, but I wish to simplify as best as possible. All the necessary material's can be found at either of your monster hardware stores such as Home Depot or Lowes if you know what to look for. Cheers and have a Happy New Years, Kirk Giordano’s DIY plastering tips
hi kirk and jay great job as usual. man that chimney was high .one question in most of you videos you use a pool trowel now here in ireland its nearly all square end trowels .i personally use a 16x5 or 18x5 now we use alot of sand and cement here most houses are sand and cement finish out side ,and a sand and cement scratch float inside before skim coating ..all houses are block built .what i want to ask is could you recommend a good pool trowel for both skim and sand and cement work, size and material ie. stainless. carbon steel or blue steel i see pool trowles have short shanks so they should be very flexible thank guys love the videos happy holidays
Morning johnzo70, I generally use a 16X5 stainless steel trowel, when I started this video I was using a 20X5, but most folks find this too big and awkward as it's mainly used for concrete finishing. Note the ends are not a complete radius, they have a straight edge, just the top corners have the curve. I would recommend the 16X5 as we as plasterers need to be able to flex the trowel in order to muscle it where we need the plaster, if it's 4 inches wide or less it won't have the flex and is usually only good for concrete finishes, I tell my guy's an 18 or 16 X 5 rectangular trowel are the best for experienced plasterers, while the standard 12X5 is for the beginner. I just happen to prefer my 16X5 as I'm shown later in this video using. best wishes, Kirk and Jason’s DIY plastering tips
Good evening Brayden, I was not joking. see the mountain in this video, ruclips.net/video/TgaNMMOze5o/видео.html Bringing peace, love, and brotherhood back to the world of, “Plastering.” 😏 With over 800 educational and free RUclips videos, by your favorite plaster geek, “me,” and my son, “Jason,” the bearded plasterer.😉
Morning Tony, yes we also attach corner, especially on projects as this, we call the corners here stucco corner aids and or corner beads, cheers, Kirk and Jason’s rendering videos
Morning Peter Moring, I had to ask me English wife what a bevvy meant, she say "a drink, silly." I personally don't trust a man who doesn't drink. Best wishes and don't get too sloshed this new years
Good evening Tunes Dude, no all the mud on this project was the same three times as much sand to one part cement plaster Live long and plaster Sharing the plastering knowledge
interesting technique of shaping and rounding the large cap. many here would just slope it a bit. still the idea is to get the H2O off the chimney . that was a big job.
Kirk & Jason Giordanos DIY plastering and stucco tips I've been watching your guy's videos for a long time now, and thanks to you I am addicted to plastering. I've been plastering since the start of this year and I absolutely love it! I understand your passion now. Grazie di tutto! Please never stop doing what you do! Your family rocks! =D
Levi Barros Levi: I don't know if you're aware of the group called Plasterers Anonymous: I had to go to one in New York after 6 mos of Kirk Giordano plastering. I became addicted watching their videos till late night. I began losing sleep. My wife awoke to Kirk and his family saying, "See you on the next video!" And then we began having issues. Needless to say, I'm in recovery now and I only watch Kirk while driving to and from work Although this has caused other dangers to my personal life. But I'm in group therapy and I'm on the mend. Cheers.
Spencer Colgan We are in the same boat, my friend. My wife left me and my kids chose to go with her, because I spent all of my time and attention on watching Kirk's videos. Plastering is everything to me... I haven't seen any of my distant family members in over three years, due to my addiction. I travel the world and go wherever plastering is needed. My dream is just to meet and plaster with Kirk... nothing else. I don't have any friends left, and the only socializing I have left in my life, is... well, right here on Kirk's videos. :/ Please pray for me. Even in my dreams I'm plastering walls. :'(
i am an old Army Ret, Vet looking at that vertical stuff as a hobbies, you know that stuff they do making waterfalls and fake rocks and you guys are pro's with mud! I've learned a lot from your videos Thanks.
HowdyStacy, I have stuccoed a few mountain walls and have incorporated many of the rocks that were existing, just for the heck of it, they are on my site. Plus built a three lever water fall using maily stucco, if interested I can send you a link. Best wishes, Sound advice From your neighborhood stucco geeks
Evening Mr. Wizard, this seems ;logical, however concrete for foundations or walkways have a PSI strength of say 2,000 to about 3,5000 psi. This product with just sand as an aggregate not rocks mind you, when full cured set at an incredible 4,700 PSI. Rapid set manufacturers it for our bridges and man is it expensive. That crazy strength plus the rebar and two inches think Google Eisenwall cement plaster as the technical stuff I know but takes to long to share accurately y in this small space. Cheers, Kirk and Jason giordano’s rendering videos
Your link provided info that after 28 days Eisenwall cement plaster is 3500 PSI. Didn't knew that you use so weak concrete in US as you stated. We usually pour footings, slabs etc. with concrete that has 4300 PSI it's premixed and delivered by concrete mixer truck and it's still quite low end concrete as strenght wise.
Good evening Steve, there are many ways to skin a cat. Although we didn't attach the rebar, I support its application. The general contractor, who is also an engineer, pressure washed this chimney, we sprayed Weld Creat, 'A stucco bonding agent" through the rebar so that the stucco would adhere even to the substrate. Happy holidays and New Years to all, from Kirk Giordano plastering and Family Plastering tip’s for beginners or experts.
Nobody moves those bars with me going on it either.. Now if they want to tie actoss the top & bottom with rope, you know to prevent them from opening, then I would be ok.. But I am not up there either, just trying to find something that you might find helpful. Enjoy the 🎥
Hello Nate, no way, I had two hod carriers and my other son too, I'm no spring chicken you know. Best wishes and have a Fantastic New Year! Kirk Giordano’s DIY plastering tips
well still, I figured you had the helpers, but still that is quite accomplishment for a days work,, spring chicken or old rooster,, still a good days work.. good video btw
Good morning Dee, we're all entitled to our opinions. Mine is, it will not only hold for thousands of years if there's a nuclear war, "that chimney," will remain standing. Happy holidays and New Years to all, from Kirk Giordano plastering and Family Plastering tip’s for beginners or experts.
Structural and restoration engineer here. This is very interesting. I would have never considered plastering the wall to enlarge/stiffen. I would have defaulted to a form and pour method with self-consolidating concrete, and finish accordingly. But as long as enough area of steel is provided in the mesh and the anchoring to the wall is sufficient, this should be fine. Very cool, Kirk.
Howdy Scott Dude, Cool Beans Daddieo, this was one fun day's work as it was different. Live long and plaster images for stucco/plastering and teaching video’s
Howdy Dave Dude, I wouldn't go that far, but we do get paid to stay in decent physical conditioning without having to pay gym dues. Cheers, live long and plaster Giordano’s images and teaching video’s
This is a cool one, great job as usual Big Kirk!
Good evening james Dude, thank you kindly.🍾
Hi Kirk,
I'm a plasterer/drywallbuilder in the Principality of Liechtenstein and I find it fascinating to see how other plasterers work all around the world. The basics are the same here but there are a lot of differences especially the tools and products. I enjoy watching your videos and keep up the good work.
Hello Raffael Beck form Liechtenstein, thank you, my daughter, Madeleine Giordano, is in Spain as of now and next week going to France to visit our relatives, my mom was born and raised in Paris.
My daughter Madeleine love germany most of all, real close to you folks.
Happy to hear you folks by the power of the internet can see us fellas in the U.S applying mud.
I've found It's basically the same worldwide, with a few different techniques, tools, and materials, just different companies providing the same plasters.
Merry Christmas from the Giordano family to yours
Your brother Lou is tuff as concrete what a great worker mixing all that material
Howdy Daniel, after this day, Louu, he couldn't work the next as the tons he mixed and brought to us kicked his ass. I too was sore.🍾
Nice work Kirk!! Your videos have helped me with my jobs!! keep'em coming!!
Thanks, will do!
I do comparatively easy stuff around the house, but I always ask Kirk first about stucco/plaster/cinder block questions and he always answers!! His advice has been invaluable. I'll never do the stuff on his level here, but I still love to watch...something very zen about it.
Hello Slap Stick, thank you,
I like the sound of that "zen Plastering"
Cheers!
Have a Merry Christmas from Kirk and Jason’s DIY plastering channel
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Kirk, you're the "Master of Mud"!!! ;o))
Eveing GSMSfromFV, last reply I was Zen Plastering now the master of mud!
I'll be up thinking about what these two comments really mean, beside's things that make you go hmmmmm.
Best wishes,have a Merry and Mellow Christmas.
I love learning...your a great teacher. ...in Spanish...a maestro
Thank you! daniel. 😃
I am a plasterer living in Ireland I enjoy your videos keep up the good work .by the way plasterers here are called SPREADS😂
Cool, thanks
Keep up the good work! Always enjoy the videos y'all put out.
Morning OTC, thank you, will try as folks seem to enjoy seeing how and why it's done.
Have a Happy Holiday Season from Kirk and Jason’s DIY plastering channel
All the best for Christmas and the holiday season.
Hope you guys get a break and spend some time with your families.
Great job, and we'll see you on the next one for sure....
Merry Christmas Shannon K, as the ultimate stucco geek or nerd, I'm usually always on break when I'm working as I'm wierd enough to really enjoy this tough trade.
Have a Merry Christmas and a wonderful new year from the Giordano family
I miss the Bay Area… been living in Tucson for 5 years. I would not recommend it. It’s always a pleasure learning from your videos
Gracias Maestro👌🏽
Thanks for watching! And here I was considering Arizona as a place to move to.🕵🏼
Morning Todd Forfreedom, I would suggest just a skim coat of cement plaster for the majority of beat up bricks or cinder blocks,
If you really wanted to attach wire go with the deep furred K lath and just go the standard 1 inch.
best wishes,
Have a Happy Holiday Season from Kirk and Jason’s DIY plastering channel
Proud of you guys I watch your vids all the time. I do a lot of e.i.f.s. drywall and some stucco. When we gotta put it on real thick we just use our hawks:) anyway merry Christmas keep the vids coming they're awesome
Morning Jeremy Holmberg, thank you,
I have been know to use my hawk from time to time or a cheater.
Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday Season from Kirk and Jason’s DIY plastering channel
Thanks guys and a Merry Christmas to you all! I really enjoy watching your videos.
Evening mikebmw525, thank you, I enjoy making them for this reason alone.
Folks like'em
Have a Merry Christmas from Kirk and Jason’s DIY plastering channel
Keep up the great video's, I have learned so much from watching your work. You guys are "true" masters in your trade! Merry Christmas!
Evening WKShooter, thank you,
Have a Happy Holiday Season from Kirk and Jason’s DIY plastering channel
You guys are truly some of the best in our line of work, I just did a wall 2 & half inches thick, Merry Christmas & happy new year from Dynasty Stucco & Stone
Morning Ernesto Gomez with Dynasty Stucco & Stone,
Its not often we have to go so think and I have gone up to 6 on a foundation repair,
best wishes with your projects.
Merry Christmas from the Giordano family to yours,
Happy Holidays Guys Best Wishes From Paris fr
Morning D.i.S VINCENNES, thank you, as I said before my mom was also from Paris,
best wishes and Merry Christmas
You guys do a great job. Thank you for your videos I truly appreciate them
Howdy Luis, thank you, my brother
Peace, love, and happiness to all.
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I enjoy ur videos what a beautiful view..
It was too cool.
Love all your videos!! Keep up the great work!!
Thank you Don.
Thank you guys for doing these videos. You are some hard working dudes and i appreciate the schooling. Those California hills dwarf our hills out here in Pennsylvania, but I do know the feeling of being high up on a house high up on a hill. Talk to you later.
Good Evening Joe Blow Dude, no worries.
Live long and plaster
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Hi kirk and family, happy holidays from Italy!
Morning Harles from Italy, thank you,
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Top job as always
Good morning Ghulam, thank you
Live long and plaster
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Nice job guys. I have the same problem only inside and its all brick. Would you suggest doing the same thing only with less thickness and a smaller mesh then screw it into the mortar joint? Can you also suggest an online company for corners, drip screed and darbies?
You are the man!!! How did you form that radius?
Evening Spencer, by free hand.
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good stuff as usual
Howdy Vine dude, thank you
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In Mexico we throw soupy concrete right in the wall and then give the level with a 2x4 piece of wood , after it dry a little bit we do the tin plaster
Howdy Erick, I've been to Mexico a few times and have helped a few folks down there applying stucco for the hell of it. I found that funner than watching a bunch of women walking around wearing something close to nothing, NOT.
Back to reality, I have really helped whoever I see struggling in Sayuletos and Puerto Vallarta a few times.
Got to share the love.
Old Saint Nick gonna love that Chimney ! TU an Congrats ...Merry Christmas an season greeting Kirk , Lou ,Jason, Dan , Carl, an women folk .. Cheers .
PS what material mix did you use?
Moning Peter ol pal, thank you, for this chimney I used a rapid set stucco as I needed it to set really fast and extra strength was necessary.
Have a Happy Holiday Season from Kirk, Jason and family
Makes sense with that square lath layout , but take that one square an make 4 smaller squares would of been better , less drop out while slinging mud. just my two sense . cheers
Hey Peter, yea, we sure dropped a lot of plaster, but I expected to, nothing we couldn't handle though.
Merry christmas, brother
Merry Christmas ..bro
Peter me pal, back at you bro,
Merry Christmas from the Giordano family to yours,
Morning Todd Forfreedom, your question does not have the normal reply link under it so hopefully you get this answer to your interior brick question.
Anyone know why 1 out of 25 don't have this reply link?
With an interior brick or cinder block surface the rules change a bit, they are simpler.
First prep your brick wall properly, apply bonder if necessary, then If it were me I would apply either a Struct-light base coat or a diamond base coat, and follow up with a finish coat of whichever material you choose for your basecoat. There are more options, but I wish to simplify as best as possible.
All the necessary material's can be found at either of your monster hardware stores such as Home Depot or Lowes if you know what to look for.
Cheers and have a Happy New Years,
Kirk Giordano’s DIY plastering tips
Morning Albert Forlini, I agree, but old Kirk is just the applicator.
Cheers and have a fantastic New Year, Kirk Giordano’s DIY plastering techniques
hi kirk and jay great job as usual. man that chimney was high .one question in most of you videos you use a pool trowel now here in ireland its nearly all square end trowels .i personally use a 16x5 or 18x5 now we use alot of sand and cement here most houses are sand and cement finish out side ,and a sand and cement scratch float inside before skim coating ..all houses are block built .what i want to ask is could you recommend a good pool trowel for both skim and sand and cement work, size and material ie. stainless. carbon steel or blue steel i see pool trowles have short shanks so they should be very flexible thank guys love the videos happy holidays
Morning johnzo70, I generally use a 16X5 stainless steel trowel, when I started this video I was using a 20X5, but most folks find this too big and awkward as it's mainly used for concrete finishing.
Note the ends are not a complete radius, they have a straight edge, just the top corners have the curve.
I would recommend the 16X5 as we as plasterers need to be able to flex the trowel in order to muscle it where we need the plaster, if it's 4 inches wide or less it won't have the flex and is usually only good for concrete finishes,
I tell my guy's an 18 or 16 X 5 rectangular trowel are the best for experienced plasterers, while the standard 12X5 is for the beginner.
I just happen to prefer my 16X5 as I'm shown later in this video using.
best wishes,
Kirk and Jason’s DIY plastering tips
Stuccoed mountains was the best joke ever
Good evening Brayden, I was not joking. see the mountain in this video, ruclips.net/video/TgaNMMOze5o/видео.html
Bringing peace, love, and brotherhood back to the world of, “Plastering.” 😏
With over 800 educational and free RUclips videos, by your favorite plaster geek, “me,” and my son, “Jason,” the bearded plasterer.😉
Do u guys ever use vinyl cornerbead? in Florida we hardly use galvanised because of rust issues.
Morning Tony, yes we also attach corner, especially on projects as this, we call the corners here stucco corner aids and or corner beads,
cheers,
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Have a good Xmas lads.
Over here in the UK, plasterers have a reputation for liking a bit of a bevvy ;-)
How's it over there?
Morning Peter Moring, I had to ask me English wife what a bevvy meant,
she say "a drink, silly."
I personally don't trust a man who doesn't drink.
Best wishes and don't get too sloshed this new years
Kirk, did you use the same coarse plastering sand for the chimney and the rounded cap or do you use a finer sand for finishing more detailed jobs
Good evening Tunes Dude, no all the mud on this project was the same three times as much sand to one part cement plaster
Live long and plaster
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interesting technique of shaping and rounding the large cap.
many here would just slope it a bit.
still the idea is to get the H2O off the chimney .
that was a big job.
EPIC!!
Evening Levi Clays, thank you.
best wishes,
kirk giordano
Kirk & Jason Giordanos DIY plastering and stucco tips I've been watching your guy's videos for a long time now, and thanks to you I am addicted to plastering. I've been plastering since the start of this year and I absolutely love it! I understand your passion now. Grazie di tutto! Please never stop doing what you do! Your family rocks! =D
Levi Barros Levi: I don't know if you're aware of the group called Plasterers Anonymous: I had to go to one in New York after 6 mos of Kirk Giordano plastering. I became addicted watching their videos till late night. I began losing sleep. My wife awoke to Kirk and his family saying, "See you on the next video!" And then we began having issues. Needless to say, I'm in recovery now and I only watch Kirk while driving to and from work Although this has caused other dangers to my personal life. But I'm in group therapy and I'm on the mend. Cheers.
Spencer Colgan We are in the same boat, my friend. My wife left me and my kids chose to go with her, because I spent all of my time and attention on watching Kirk's videos. Plastering is everything to me... I haven't seen any of my distant family members in over three years, due to my addiction. I travel the world and go wherever plastering is needed. My dream is just to meet and plaster with Kirk... nothing else. I don't have any friends left, and the only socializing I have left in my life, is... well, right here on Kirk's videos. :/
Please pray for me. Even in my dreams I'm plastering walls. :'(
Absolutely. Kirk is the man. No doubt. And he's a great teacher. This is a man's job and a real skill. I'm homered to know Kirk Giordano.
Man a clean piece of plastic at the bottom could catch the falling mud for reuse
Evening Mate, no doubt, but instead we used black paper
Cheers,
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is that 3/8 rebar or HogWire?
Evening Redeye, it was 3/8 rebar, a bit overkill, but it will outlast old Kirk,
Cheers,
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Wow..
Nice job like always boss
WOW you know you could put up a Ferrocement dome in nothing flat!
Howdy Stacy, no doubt
best wishes,
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i am an old Army Ret, Vet looking at that vertical stuff as a hobbies, you know that stuff they do making waterfalls and fake rocks and you guys are pro's with mud! I've learned a lot from your videos Thanks.
HowdyStacy, I have stuccoed a few mountain walls and have incorporated many of the rocks that were existing, just for the heck of it, they are on my site.
Plus built a three lever water fall using maily stucco, if interested I can send you a link.
Best wishes,
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I think the engineer took the specs out of a bomb shelter handbook
Howdy Einstein Dude, no doubt, it is a bit overkill, but better too much than not enough.
Best wishes,
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If they really wanted to add more strength to chimney spray fiber concrete would be best option instead that 2 inch stucco.
Evening Mr. Wizard, this seems ;logical, however concrete for foundations or walkways have a PSI strength of say 2,000 to about 3,5000 psi.
This product with just sand as an aggregate not rocks mind you, when full cured set at an incredible 4,700 PSI.
Rapid set manufacturers it for our bridges and man is it expensive.
That crazy strength plus the rebar and two inches think
Google Eisenwall cement plaster as the technical stuff I know but takes to long to share accurately y in this small space.
Cheers,
Kirk and Jason giordano’s rendering videos
Your link provided info that after 28 days Eisenwall cement plaster is 3500 PSI.
Didn't knew that you use so weak concrete in US as you stated. We usually pour footings, slabs etc. with concrete that has 4300 PSI it's premixed and delivered by concrete mixer truck and it's still quite low end concrete as strenght wise.
Why didn’t they decide to use the chicken wire type first then the rebar type after to make it easier for the stucco to stick.
Good evening Steve, there are many ways to skin a cat.
Although we didn't attach the rebar, I support its application. The general contractor, who is also an engineer, pressure washed this chimney, we sprayed Weld Creat, 'A stucco bonding agent" through the rebar so that the stucco would adhere even to the substrate.
Happy holidays and New Years to all, from Kirk Giordano plastering and Family
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Nobody moves those bars with me going on it either.. Now if they want to tie actoss the top & bottom with rope, you know to prevent them from opening, then I would be ok.. But I am not up there either, just trying to find something that you might find helpful. Enjoy the 🎥
Howdy Thomas, this was such a fun stucco job.
Peace, love, and happiness to all.
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are you telling me you two cats got that completed in one day?
Hello Nate, no way, I had two hod carriers and my other son too,
I'm no spring chicken you know.
Best wishes and have a Fantastic New Year!
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well still, I figured you had the helpers, but still that is quite accomplishment for a days work,, spring chicken or old rooster,, still a good days work.. good video btw
Thanks Nate, I'm no spring chicken but not a old rooster either, what between?
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Maybe squirrel from dry summer? :)
@@mr.wizeguy8995 I like that, LOL
That wont hold
Good morning Dee, we're all entitled to our opinions.
Mine is, it will not only hold for thousands of years if there's a nuclear war, "that chimney," will remain standing.
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When you remove old render the thicker parts are allways the easiest for a reason
Structural and restoration engineer here. This is very interesting. I would have never considered plastering the wall to enlarge/stiffen. I would have defaulted to a form and pour method with self-consolidating concrete, and finish accordingly. But as long as enough area of steel is provided in the mesh and the anchoring to the wall is sufficient, this should be fine. Very cool, Kirk.
Nice job guys. Mud that thick is a pain. Try's to work you instead of you working it. On to the next guys.
Howdy Scott Dude, Cool Beans Daddieo, this was one fun day's work as it was different.
Live long and plaster
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You guys must have arms of steel
Howdy Dave Dude, I wouldn't go that far, but we do get paid to stay in decent physical conditioning without having to pay gym dues.
Cheers, live long and plaster
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