Stucco over brick walls
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Hello, folks in this episode. We share some tips for spreading or applying Stucco over a brick wall.
This application can also be used over a brick fireplace For the interior for the interior.
Note, You do not need to attach stucco netting to brick walls; it’s counter-productive.
Nor do you need to attach any backer boards of any kind.
If anyone says so, they may have enough time to think about their right but not enough to know they’re wrong.
If your bricks are painted, clean the bricks well, then apply a bonding agent over the brick, never in the stucco mix or mud. Adding any bonding agent to the stucco mix dilutes the bonding agents into uselessness and waste time and money.
Scratch coats are also unnecessary for cementitious walls, including brick, cinder blocks, CMU, Cement Blocks, Terra Cotta walls, or cementitious substrates.
Remember that a Scratch Coat is 3/8 of an inch thick, whereas a Skimcoat is at least one-half inch or more; this minor 1/8 difference makes a big difference.
What happens if you apply less than 1/2 inch going over Cement Blocks?
Excellent question; glad you asked; nothing.
Except when it rains, you will possibly notice the grout lines.
In this video, we are applying Portland cement stucco mixed with sand.
One part of Portland cement stucco to three parts of sand.
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Kirk: How do you REMOVE stucco/slurry from exterior brick and is an expensive project to do so?
Hi David, it depends if the bricks were clean and the slurry was a Lime slurry it would be tough. I'd recommend using a gas power pressure washer with at least 3,500 PSI, if it's going to be separated that should do it.
Kirk your videos gave me the confidence to render the whole of my 140yr old stone built basement. It took ages to do on my own but i completed it.
Love your videos, keep them coming.
Evening Mohammed dude, your a better man than me, as I dislike mixing and spreading mud too difficult for one man.
Plus I would have no one to talk a bunch of useless crap to that doesn't amount to nothing.
No glory in rambling to one's self.
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Was this a sand/cement lime mix or acrylic? I’m doing the front of my house at the moment and it’s a lot harder than it looks
Hey Kirk and Jay you fellows are a huge inspiration. I am building a 25 1/2 x 31 1/2 detached garage. Block construction. And I’m having the outside stucco. After watching you and Jay I decided to do it myself.I know it’s a learning curve but, with your advice the first coat on the front came out great. Thanks for all your help.
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Best guy in the business,Kirk you should really start a school your videos teach so many,government should be giving you grants for your documentation of the trades.
Howdy David, I do indeed, like that grant idea. Thank you.
However, why wood anyone pay for something we show and explain to a worldwide audience for free?
My family and I are far from rich, but this gift was given to me, thus our gift to the world is also, freedom from fear. So now everyone knows. 😉
Thank you for another inspiring, educational, and interesting video.
Cool beans daddieo, thank you.😉
Nice to see another Video Kirk! Keep them coming my old friend!
Good afternoon X Ang X, thnak you my friend.
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Kirk if you put on right to left sand and cement you will work into the plaster and get better adhesion and drop less🤟
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Kirk I've stucco my outside wall and enjoy doing it. I've watched many of your videos you are the man. So I'm doing some walls in my basement and some are crumbling back to brick. I see what your doing in this video but I'd like to here the bosses orders before I begin. Thanks for this knowledge
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Greetings Gary McGovern, I wouldn't g that far, however anything I apply incorrectly and fails I will have to re-apply at my coat, sort of keeps a fella on his game.
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Hey Kirk ! I was that guy you were talking about. lol I can remember unloading the sand off my 1/2 ton truck with a shovel and going back for more before I started my day. That was 15 years ago will I do that now ...hell no and yes I was exhausted. Lol
Howdy Stan dude, I tred before going it alone took the fun out of the job, felt like I dided the next day.
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Kirk Giordano plastering Inc. just wanted you to know I enjoy your videos. I'm getting ready to stucco my house starting the end of February 😂😂😂. Lol
I have a few questions but first I'd like to thank you & your family for the years of GREAT Instructional videos... It's very generous of you to share all your extensive experience & expertise with the world! I'm currently remodeling my grandmothers house in Torrance, Ca. to get maximum value for it after her recent passing. I plan on re-stuccoing the entire house & the surrounding block walls. The back part of the house had siding over a medium float finish but that was removed about 3 or 4yrs ago & a crapy patch & paint over the holes by someone who wouldn't know the dangerous end of a hammer if he was repeatedly hitting himself with it! & the front of the house has a kind of a cat faced/ freestyled finish that I don't believe has ever been painted (Or if it was it was over 10 or 15yrs ago?) I want to go over the whole house to make it all the same "Heavy float finish" & my questions are 1. After pressure washing everything can I achieve this by just laying a new color coat on a lil thick (1/4" or so where needed to smooth the old rough finish? Do you recommend I use a bonding agent &/or an additive in your mud & a place to get it at a reasonable price? & For the block walls, if I have it right you recommend applying about a 1/2" Brown coat first then going over that a few days later with the color coat?
Howdy Troy, the bonding agent needs to be applied the surface of the house not in the stucco mix.
You can purchase your materials at a plastering yard such as Westside or Cal-Ply or Home Depot.
Lastly, after a skim coat over bricks, the color coat should be allowed to set for two weeks prior for a cementitious color finish or 1 month if you're going to paint it.
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OK... Got it on the bonding agent applied directly on the house after a good pressure washing... can I use an airless sprayer with that or just roll it on & is that a "Yes" I should be able to achieve the desired end result of a "Heavy float finish" on the house using just the new color coat?
I was looking at using Lahabra's Exterior Color coat on all of this project after doing the block walls & some patch work with their Fastwall Stucco Base 80 lb. One Coat Concentrate Gray.... Sound about right to you & On the block walls is that apply the skim coat & let set for 2 weeks before color coating bcuz I'd like to get away without painting any of it? Thanks again for all your help.
I'm ready to start the project & just wanted to know if I understand you right & if the material I'm looking at using is right for my application or if you could recommend something better suited? Thanks Kirk!
Howdy Troy, try watching the video below, it was filmed when we first started making video's so the camera and audio is not great, but perhaps it will help with your quest.
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Kirk, first of all thanks for being so generous with your as well as your families time. I'm sure the more time you spend making videos and responding to comments and questions they create, the less personal time you have. That said, let me take some of your time if you will allow me to! Warning! Long post!
I have a small covered porch on a corner of my brick house. I plan on screening this porch in and because I of a design/decore choice I'm making I have chosen to stucco the two brick walls of the porch.
They house has a brick that I can't find a match to. I may have a need for matching brick down the road and I'm thinking that putting stucco over this brick would be a waste of what might be valuable "donor" brick. So maybe I remove the brick?
Here's the issue. Were I to take the brick down I'd be exposing sheathing as well as have a 4" deep void and trim issues around the doors and windows. My thought is to fir the wall out within 1/2" of the original depth and then skin with Durarock or some other cement board then stucco over that.
What do you think?
Thanks again for your time.
Howdy Stuart, you can do this, but for saving possibly hundreds of hours, I'd call three brick contractors, the can probably match the bricks within minutes of seeing them at again a tenth of the cost that you might imagine it would cost.
It will require some phone calls, this time researching might prove your best call.
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Howdy construction dude, thank you
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Good afternoon Boots dude, I was in the neighborhood working on a different project, just stopped in to say hello.
Tough to do video's when Jason and I are on separate projects.
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Good to see you my friend. Appreciate the easy to find educational links too.
Good evening Tim Dude, thank you and no worries
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I like how you explain things and quality of work looks good. Love that you use a thick coat vs a thin 1/8" or 1/4" that's going to crack and flake off in 5yrs like a lot of hacks will do. Note to home owners looking to have this done. Ask the contractor how thick of coat he will use. If he says less than 1/2", don't even bother getting his bid.
However as a bricklayer, and understanding you're just doing what a client wants, I'd like to slap people who want brick covered up vs tuck pointing/restoring it. I just think brick looks much better than stucco.
Hey Brandon,
I agree bricks do look cool. Someday I would love to own a home, made from bricks.
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Brandon Prestwich, How do you restore brick that has been painted? My house is made of brick but the previous owner decided to paint it. I’m looking for ways to bring it back including the joints.
What a beautiful view!
Howdy Crochet, no doubt
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That is just what I have on the front of my house, a low row of bricks in the front. I'd be afraid in the Bay Area that they will crack because of earthquakes or settling. But in any case I would not have the guts to try it myself for sure!
I do like the sand finish terminology better than the float finish terminology because it finally describes what it is.
Good evening Truth Dude, I never looked at it that way, from now on I will be calling this procedure a sand finish. the float Termanology is stucco layman's talk, not homeowner talk.
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Kirk thanks so much for this video I have a neighbor that seems to copy everything I do I will put this over my foundation and make faux stones thanks again
Howdy V Bee Dude, I think your neighbor admires your creativity.
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Hi Captain Kirk. I'm amazed at the beautiful areas out there in CA. especially the views! Stucco finishes are Nice! Are there replacement IFS/EFS systems to move from manually applied (by hand) finishes to modern techniques, (i.e. cultured stones, rocks, stack ledges, stucco panels, etc.?) Keep Doing Great.
Good evening CM dude, with stucco or EIFS you're only limited by your own Imagination, stucco is either a base coat with a finish coat while IIFS is simply a colored acrylic finish.
BTW, that was a hck of a view.
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You gosh darn professionals make this look so easy. It's not. 👍😉
Howdy Rantone, thank you, you must have already plastered a few walls, it does take a bit of practice.
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That is a good mix and very workable.
Howdy Al, I'm learning from you.
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What cement you used for this project plz let know
He said one part Portland cement to 3 parts sand in another comment
Portland stucco mixed with sand.
I've watched your videos you inspired me to make my own
Good afternoon Tape dude, congrulation, the world needs more teachers.
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Great video. I have a small job coming up, covering the brick sides on a small set of stairs. Have to cover some areas where the stucco covering is coming off. Thanks for your help.
Evening James, no problemo, my friend.
Why didn't u wet brick before spreading motar???
Why didn't u wet brick before applying mota??
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Evening Leonardo, thank you my friend, and they are comfortable too.
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Afternoon Waxhall, cool beans, thank you, my friend.💃
Good to see you back.. top job Kirk get a beer in you 🍻💵🖖💪
Good afternoon Frankie dude, sinse I just read this and my wife is by the fridge, I asked her, "babe, grab me a beer, please" suggestion is a powerful tool.
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Can I do this over painted brick or do I need to get the paint off?
Pressure wash the surface apply a bonding agent then stucco away.
Sinsei- I would ask why you are not using a go-devil but you have taught us the reason why is you must key in the material.
So today's question is why didn't you coat the brick with weld Crete material I believe it is called weld crete,where you paint it and it forms a bonding agent between the stucco and the brick
Evening Billy dude, excellent question, my son Jason pressure washed this wall very well, when you have either a brick, cinderblock, or concrete wall, new stucco will adhere by suction, the bricks were just pressure washed so they were still moist, our new stucco had a natural mechanical bond by both being porousas, so they will have adhered forever as a result.
If not certain of a mechanical bond always use a bonding agent.
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Just to chime in here we did apply a full strength coat of weld Crete to these bricks prior to my dad's arrival, just didn't get that part on film. It isn't technically necessary when the bricks are clean and in good condition, but preventative measures are cheap and save dough in the long run. It is especially helpful with boding around the vent holes, and makes it much easier to get a clean line on those small spaces.
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1-Do you believe one day the student will surpass the master ?
2-Have you ever eaten a Giordanos deep dish from my hometown of Chicago?(quite tasty)
Billy Field Surpass? I don't know about that one, but I do expect to develop different strengths over the years than he has, as I've had a pretty good teacher. He's still got over 20 years on me, so it won't be happening any time soon!
And I've never been to Chicago so I have not, but it's on my list for someday!
love your vids. My render game has come on leaps and bounds. Need to get one of those trowels.
Cool beans, Antony, that is why we create these videos for those who wish to learn and make a legal living.
It's fun, keeps you in shape, plus pays the bills that never stop coming.🍾
Looked better as brick. That being said, the information seemed good.
It did indeed, I'm just an applicator who when the boss says, Boy, Jump. "I say, how high boss?"
Kirk, what type of stucco should I use over the brick? I see so many different types in Home depot or lowes. Not sure which to use. What do you use or recommend?
All stuccos sold at HD or lowes will work, Green Cor by Quikrete has fine sand while rapid set has heavier sand.
Quikrete makes many stucco's that can be applied.👨🏻🔬
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Kirk do you ever rule your walls straight ? , never see a video where you do that , you always slap on and start floating and finishing ? . Is this a industry standard in the USA ?.
Howdy Jon, that depends on small jobs like this to rod the wall is not necessary, If I'm applying stucco to a bank that is going to get the thin-set tile placed on my second coat then yes I have to rod the walls true and plump with no more than an eighth-inch variance every ten feet, in fact, I still have two rods or whay you guys call staight edge rods in my garage that are 10 and 15 feet long.
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Kirk a pro go lwatch. His video s on using the darby u bone head
Juan Moncibaez been plastering for years bud and a Darby does not get a wall flush ,true and plumb a Darby is designed to spread the mud over a large area after spraying it , it gets it some what flat but not true . You have to use a straight edge that actually
Takes off the high areas , then you fill in low spots and then rule again . You gotta use a u channel or something that’s straight , a Darby is basically a big trowl .
U obiously aint a plaster
Juan Moncibaez fully qualified plasterer from Australia mate , got the certificates to show it . Been doing it for
Years , we do it a little differently
Here , that’s why I was asking if it was the industry standard over there , no hate just curious , we have Darby’s here but you would never use it to make your wall true and plumb within 1mm it’s impossible , we use straight u channels , we get the wall so straight And the surface so flat you can’t even fit a piece of paper in between the rule and wall
what about the top of the brick? Where the wood siding it, it looks like there are some holes that water could enter into? can you put stucco over that and paint it?
Evening trth Dude, the fella who owner the home ordered Z falsing to waterproof then he is attaching new sideing.
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My only question to Kirk after watching several videos is how the heck do you keep this white shirt so clean?
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Good morning Mathieu Poulin, easy my friend, I have to wash my own clothes.😉
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This man is a master!!! Only question..what name product is used to go right over the brick ? Thanks so much for your tips and time 👍🏻
Evening Meanhog dude, I used Hanson's Lehigh premium cement plaster. We add three times the sand to every part cement plaster.
This cement plaster is only sold at the plastering yards, such as Westside building materials.
Hopefully, soon it will be sold at the big daddy hardware stores such as Home Depot and or Lowes.
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I want to first of all thank you for all your videos! They help me and my father in fixing up our house! Thank you! If I may ask question, I'd appreciate some input. My dad and I are trying to do something over some drywall someone installed years ago, and what they did looks like a disaster! Their drywall is all wavy with many holes and such. It's secure to the studs but we'd like to put a veneer over it to at least give it a "country" look as opposed to a "crappy" look! Itll never be smooth, but hopefully we can makw it better! Some of the low spots and joints have almost quarter inch depth. My question is what product would you recommend that's strong and will dry quick, and can be applied for my issue! Any help at all will be greatly appreciated!!!!!!
Howdy Bob dude, easy question, apply a bonding agent "plaster weld" or similar, I would recommend 20 minutes drywall compound by Easy Sand or Wespac sold at home depot or lowes and all the rest of the smaller hardware shops.
You can apply coat after coat as thick as you are able to plaster.
FYI, 20 minute means the amount of time you have before it sets, they also sell 40, 60, 90 and so on.
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I have an interior wall and fireplace surround in which I want to cover with stucco. This is the first video I've seen that clearly shows the layer and thickness...thank you so much!
My question for you though is, since this is an interior wall, what would be the best way to clean it? Pressure washing it really isn't an option (I don't think?)...because there is an electrical outlet on the wall. The brick is 48 year old and doesn't seem to have ever been cleaned. I'm currently using a $7 deck brush (stiff nylon bristles) from HD and there's just seems to be a nasty film coming off the wall no matter how many times I go over it (currently 3)...and it still feels like there's a thin film of debris over sections of the wall.
I'm so anxious to get started putting up the stucco, but I certainly want to make sure the wall is properly prepped before I do. What should I do?
Howdy Justin, I would use a five-gallon pail of soapy water and scrub it until no more dust comes off since you can't pressure wash, then apply a bonding agent and plaster away.
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...Why would they want to cover such a nice brick wall with stucco, tho?
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Howdy Darren dude, thanks brother.
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Hi Kirk and family...I have a question in the uk to mix rendering or Portland cement stucco they use a front loading rotary mixer versus the tupe u use...is the any difference it the equipment. What is he diff between the 2 mixes that makes one better than the others.
Good afternoon John dude for the UK, the frontal round barrel type mixers are used here too but mainly for concrete, We prefer the tow behind ssuch as Multiquip, Essex or Whiteman plaster mixer for plastering, as they hold more and mix better
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Good to see you’re back, it’s been a while since your last video.
I noticed that currently you’re only 155 subscribers away from 50,000 so wishing you and your crew well on achieving that milestone.
As I’ve heard from somewhere, wink, wink, we will see you on the next one.
Good afternoon Clint Dude, thank you, there are lots of folks who have stucco homes that want to save the dough and do it themselvs.
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Can you use the same process over painted brick?
Of course, you can clean the bricks first by pressure washing then apply a bonding agent onto these painted bricks, now stucco away. 🕵🏼
hey kirk I have to paper and wire on to a new footer that was added and then try to paper under this disintegrating exterior corrugated drywall now the footer is about 3 feet tall should i use bitchathane membrane up to my bottom plate and then paper down from my tie-in if I can get that paper in under that corrugated drywall whats the code on that? and how should I install my wire on to the footer? and should I use diamond mesh or stucco wire? thanks just wondering what you would do.
Good afternoon Lincoln dude, I have video's showing how to do this type in on this channel how to lath exterior sheetrocked walls or lathing stud walls. It's time consuming to figure out where to stop, often it's best to remove the whole thing and start fresh.
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Good evening Missippian dude, thank you.😉
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We have a 30 year old Adobe brick home, we like the look of the plaster semi smooth look,. Can you just go over the adobe brick. What do you charge per square foot for this kind of work?
Hey kirk my wife & I purchased a home that was built in 1911 & it has brick column pedestals along the front porch , I want to put stone veneer on the brick, should I use a bonding agent before parging the brick or do I need to parge at all to apply the venners
Howdy Mark, bonding agents don't attach stones to anything.
You would need a cementitious adhesive for that Such as Ploy-Bond by La Habra.
Or a tile grout.🍻
I am redoing a garage attached to my house it is wood framed on cinder block foundation that comes up about 3 feet off the ground, once the outer boards 4x8 1/2 inch plywood was put on it overlapped the cinder block by one foot. When I do the stucco what would/should I have on the bottom of the plywood to hold the stucco in place on the bottom of the wall?
Howdy Sardom, type in weep or drip screeds on my channel, I have about 10 videos that show how to fix this issue.
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Do you have to repoint all the brick, or can you use the “skim coat” and push it into the joints if it’s bad and falling out? I had a “skim coat” that was done horribly, all cracked and falling out. I simply used a hammer and taped it and it just crumbled off in most places. The joints are all dust and falling out in 90% of the bricks. I’m guessing they didn’t clean off the wall before hand and that’s why it didn’t stick the first time they did it. But to repoint all the brick is going to take me 2 days. It’s just me and my moms boyfriend redoing it. I used a high pressure hose and got all the dust and dirt off. Can we just go a little heavy and push down hard to fill in the spaces or do we have to repoint it first?? I would imagine just pushing the stuckko down hard is going to fill most of the spaces. I did have to relay 3 different spots that were so bad I could literally just pick the bricks up. I actually took them all out and restacked and remortored them myself. A cpl bricks were so bad I had to replace them. But this was in the places the down spouts were and they all ended way too high so I imagine it was all the water damage that caused them to deteriorate. The rest of the wall is in good condition and still holding tight but in a lot of the wall (ok most of the wall) they are missing most of the mortar in the joints. You can see on the stuff that fell out the old skim coat was pushed into the joints but it fell out with the rest. Again I’m sure this is because they didn’t clean it before hand. And way what do you suggest? I really don’t wanna repoint them all and make it a 4 days job as opposed to a 1/2 day job especially since my moms boyfriend is a older gentleman so I would end up repointing myself. I did repoint or relay the really bad spots so with the rest, as long as all the loose dirt and dust it clear can I get away with a thick skim coat if I make sure we are pushing it into the cracks???
Good evening my young friend. Clean as in this video and simply skim the bricks, no need for tucking if you will skim coat the brick wall.🤠
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Will just cement n sand work (or is that stucco)? I'm wanna do this for my son who has couple old brick planter walls.
Good afternoon Bobby, portland stucco and sand will work, cement has rock in it.😉
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Kirk, how are you mate? Still waiting for you to come to Liverpool :) Beers waiting for ya mate in Leeds! I was doing some plastering and I was so happy I have seen your video's. The plasters came of the old 1920's building exposing the wooden lath's and being a DIY I said to Mrs, you know what? I'm doing it Kirk style and boy did your videos helped hahaha. Mrs thought I was crazy following an American but no UK plasterers willing to tackle this issue all insisting plasterboard but i didnt want straight lines and perfect finishes in a old house. You know what i mean Kirk? :)
Howdy Sharky my fellow UK plasterer, in that case, two pints gotta be on the ice when I get there, just to get started.
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Kirk big fan... I have a question so we can do sand finish with gray mud, or is it better to buy stucco for example 16/20 la habra.. thanks
Howdy Zarate Dude, if you use a grey basecoat as we did in this video, you can bring out the sand if you choose to.
if you use a pre made finish coat with 16/20 sand, it's easier to get a perfect finish as the sand is screened to be the same size.
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Hey kirk..I'm trying to learn plastering. Do u have to put pva(glue) on internal brick wall before plastering sand and cement?
Evening Shaheb, I would as you can't pressure wash and interior wall. It makes a house too wet. 🍺
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if you do a scratch, brown, and a finish layer, what is the appropriate drying time between each layer?
Howdy Kyle dude,
if it's a wood substrate with paper and wire, 48 hours after a scratch apply the brown coat, "second coat," then wait two to three weeks later after proper hydration, to apply a color finish.
If your covering bricks or concrete blocks, apply just a skim coat, 1/2 inch or more, allow setting 2 to 3 weeks also, then apply a cementitious color coat.
FYI, if your planning on painting or applying an acrylic stucco finish both seal the stucco, wait 1 month cure time.
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i'm planning on mixing an 80 lb smooth coat finish bag with integral color. what's the working time of this mix. i'm a slow plasterer based on my base/brown coat experience. thanks kirk
about 45 minutes.😏
When I parged my brick and it dried, i noticed some cracking in some areas. Why did it crack? was it not thick enough? I soaked the brick then used adhesive
Hello, sometimes, our work also hairlines, there's no such thing as no hairline cracking on all skim coats.😉
@@StuccoPlastering thanks very much i watched a few of your videos before i did it. really helped me
Keep up the good work
Thank you, my friend.😉
Hi Kirk - is there bonding adhesive in that mix? What is the mix? I have no choice but to do it myself. It’s only 25 sq feet
You can do it with regular cement mix on bricks but if the bricks are painted you will need adhesive
Great stuff, thanks for sharing. Do you have a link for mixing the stucco. I’m going over old brick.
Type in how to mix stucco.
Hey Kirk great video mate I love how you roll I'm looking at your knee pads thinking wow they mean business where do you get those from I love your trowel that you used to lay on
Howdy my friend, thank you, I'm checking my pads to see how much mud I caked on them the trowel is a 20 by 5 inch from Bontools.
Love these Videos! Helpful! I have a brick on my front steps that have old glue from carpet and and are just old and ugly. Is there anything I could coat over it? Everyone says def no concrete b/c it will crack. Im a one woman show but have done a lot myself around the homes I've owned and am up for a challenge.. I just need to save money so I dont want to have it redone or put wood over or tile over it. Any helpful suggestions much appreciated!!
Hi Bris Saxon, sure you can save the dough and do it yourself, use a gas powered pressure washer and remove all the dust,dirt grim carpet glue ect from the brick porch and steps. You may find that this does the trick for you, as it can look brand new afterwards. If you don't like the look apply a bonding agent, weld-crete then apply a thin coat of BMI 690, and either smooth it with a trowel of bring out the sand with a green float.
If you have or had any movement in the bricks, then it may crack your new surface.
BMI 690 is only sold at plastering yards, thus google plastering yards near me.
Looks great! I like your Seinfeld pirate episode shirt. (Pirate)
Thanks!
I am doing something on a much smaller scale and it might be a dumb question (bear with me here). I bought a small container of stucco in hopes of applying it to the pots for my balcony garden. I hate looking at crappy plastic and bare terra cotta, so I was attempting to go for a stoney-concretey type look. Question, will it adhere to them without anything between? Also, should I put any sort of protective coating on top of it? I have zero knowledge in this field, I am an artist but not when it comes to home exteriors, Lol. I need all the help I can get at this point.
Howdy Haley, clay is as natural as white on rice and last hundreds of years, I can't see trying to reinvent the wheel. Cheers.👨🏻🔬
Kirk can you use this same process over Painted Exterior Brick?
Also if you don't mind, I have had two contractors in the Dallas Tx area give me bids and one insist that the proper way is to mount cement board over existing exterior brick then stucco while another is saying mounting wire mesh and then stucco is the only way to go. On also insist he is adding an "Insulator" into his stucco mix.... is this an up sell? Any advice suggestion you have would be greatly appreciated, unless you happen to be in the DFW area and want the job.
Howdy Easy Guitar Dude, it appears you had to fools give you estimates. The procedure in this video is accurate. But first, pressure wash and apply the bonding agent to the painted bricks. Attaching wire does more harm than good, and attaching a board of any kind is so far-fetched, that he must have no clue as to his own name to come to this ludicrous conclusion. 😉
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Wow I came here with the same question. I got a $2500 quote to plaster a fireplace and he included fabric mesh. I’m in Houston tx.
Howdy Easy Guitar lessons dude, both fellas only have an idea. They have just enough time in to think about their right but not enough to know they're wrong.
No wire or boards are necessary. In fact, they are counterproductive, clean the bricks well, then apply a bonding agent, now plaster away. I have at least 25 videos on how it should be done. Simply type in, how to stucco over painted bricks. It's common sense for longevity.🍾
@@chillintm I wish this guy serviced Texas..... I would for sure hire him. It is hard to believe a contractor and listen to their BS after watching video and seeing him work.
Hey Kirk, I've watched a lot of your videos. my question for you involves a 125 year old chimney with some sort of cement the was troweled over brick (i'm guessing to help seal it) its crumbling in places and my local mason suggested chicken wire with a Portland cement/sand mix, then a second layer. do you find this adequate ?
I will be covering over the chimney, so its more for structure than aesthetics. Thank you!
Evening Evan, I'd recommend Rapid set Stucco, from Home Depot or Lowes one coat will correct any size hole, without the use of stucco netting.
Just make sure the wall is clean from dust, dirt or, grime or nothing will adhere, plus wet the wall or apply a bonding agent before applying the new Stucco.
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In this example is it advisable to prime the finished wall with drylok before painting it?
You can, or you can leave it raw stucco, your house your rules.
I have a house with that kind of wood siding that u have above the brick. Should I stucco right over it or should I take the wood off and then stucco it??? Thanks for your expert opinion in advance.
Hi Mike, stucco over it saves time and money and adds insulation.
@@StuccoPlastering thats what I was thinking also about it just adding insulation, perfect im ready get er done thank u brotha much appreciated
Brilliant guy kirk
Evening Shaheb, thank you, my friend.
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Aloha Kirk and many thanks for all of your great advice and videos. I do have a question for you that I need some help with. I want to stucco over the Old cement block exterior wall of my garage that the 1929 stucco has been crumbling off of.
I was thinking of first scraping off all the loose stucco the number to power washing the number 3 skim coating with at least a half inch to an inch a mud which I'm thinking 1 to 3 ratio and possibly putting some lime for x-ray vision what do you think about the addition of lime? Also, I was thinking about a finish coat of white Portland and sand what do you think about that? I'm looking forward to your Insight on this project thank you so much.
Evening Demetrios, I'd recommend Hansons Lehigh cement plaster, it has lime in the bags already.
I too mix three parts sand to one part cement plaster.
Rather than the white portland cement plaster, I'd use a cementitious finish coat, comes in Christal white, too.
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Great video. Curious if this stucco trick could be used for a brick walkway? Our home is brick and so is all of the hardscaping so a bit overwhelming visually. Looking for a cost-effective way to change the hardscaping in the walkway and backyard pool surround without having to rip and replace everything lol the homes brick exterior was already stained to change the color but if there is a way to use stucco as a way to make the appearance of the brick disappear that would be awesome
I’d suggest attaching slate over it. Stucco won’t adhere very well to walkways especially that’s been stained.
hello, looking through you videos and haven't found what I'm looking for yet. Have you done a house with a fluid applied WRB like R Guard, polywall or any like it. I am wondering how you flash in the paper and lath at the bottom of a window. Thanks for all the videos and insight.
Howdy Adam Dude, not sure what you're referring too, I do know that any bottom window sill flashing should cover any new moister barrier.
If there's no window sill flashing make one, either apply a peel and stick which needs no caulking if done right or but a paper flashing next to the window sill and caulk with a polyurethane caulking, to seal the paper to the frame forever.
If I have misunderstood and you are hoping to just apply a waterproof membrane over some sort of "Densglass board," this I don't feel will work as even Densglass need a moister barrier and not just a roll-on finish coat, if stucco is to be applied over.
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So no need to put weldfleet on the brick to get the stucco to stick?
No, my son pressure washed these bricks, so a bonding agent was not necessary. However like me he did some overkill and applied Weld-Crete bonding agent as well.🕵🏼
Hey Kirk, can ypu stucco over sandstone, and does the same techniques apply?
Howdy Mike Dude, it's possible to go over every type of stone, rock or brick that's been applied, the trick is to find the application method that works well for you.
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I have one side of the house that’s all brick I pressure washed it and its about 12 ft. high
Should I
just apply glue
Or add some wire
Or Add straps
I plan on using spec mix applied at 1/2”
Howdy Lincoln, if it were me I would apply a basecoat as in this video, stucco netting it not necessary and often does more hame than good.
FYI, in over 30 years an I have installed stucco netting only once as the brick wall was really beaten up.
Lastly, stucco must be applied to a surface that is very clean as nothing adheres to dust, if you not sure about the raw bricks and its ability to achieve a mechanical bond naturally, apply weld crete as a bonding agent.
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Thanks for the quick response kirk 👊🏼
Already pressure washed
I’m going to apply the bonding adhesive
Then brown coat , wait a day or two then finish with a la habra color coat using a skip trowel finish 😎 and good bye brick
Atta boy Lincoln, one last tip, wait at least two weeks before coloring.
When stucco is first applied it has a pH level of about 14 I'd wait at least two weeks for the walls to drop down below a 10 on the pH level, boring tech stuff but necessary.
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And easy way to tell if you need a bonding agent is to test how porous the brick is. Splash some water on it, not much about a cup at a time in several places. If most of it soaks in you have a porous brick and no bonding agent is needed. If most runs off the brick is more dense and a bonding agent would be best. As well some brick have a thin slurry type color coat on the face, clean as much off and use the bonding agent.
Can this method work over old soft bricks and lime mortar from the 30s? Do you use different materials for that application?
Howdy Eric, this method can be done over bricks that are thousands of years old, but they must be cleaned very well, yes they knew how to make bricks and blocks a thousand years ago. In fact, pyramids were built long ago.🍺
@@StuccoPlastering Thank you for your response. I don't see you have any videos on stucco over brick where the stucco is fully covered over the brick but the outline of the brick is still visible. I think they call this slurry wash or brick sacking. It has a modern look for traditional old homes. Do you have recommendations on this ton using synthetic stucco or natural stucco in a hot humid moldy environment? Can you make a video on this when you have a chance? Thank you.
Hi Kirk, great channel. I was hoping you could tell me that if I use Mor-Flexx for a stucco hairline crack and then paint, Will the mor-flexx shine (flash) through the paint? Will you notice a shine and see the repair through the paint? Thanks for your help.
Howdy candlelight dude, no, this caulking does not gohsta through.
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Hey Kirk can you do a video of you ruling a wall , I haven’t seen you do it yet . We use a aluminium u channel to rule the walls here down under to make it perfectly flat and straight .
Greetings Jon, I have so many of these, I call it rodding or darbying a wall.
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I’ve seen a few of you using a Darby , but I’d like to see a video of you ruling it true and plumb or rodding as you call it .
Hey Kirk, thanks so much for the videos! Entertaining and very informative.
Question for you: are there any precautions that need be taken when working with old brick (early 1900s)? I've been told that modern mortar (containing portland cement without any lime) can destroy old soft brick because it doesn't leave room for thermal expansion. Is this a concern when using modern stucco on old brick, especially when the brick mortar joints are chiseled out?
Good morning Deriek, I would not worry about this myself, yes, it's a fact that Portland cement is sort of new about 150 years old and discovered in Britain in the 1800's while lime plastering is well over ten thousand years old.
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Kirk , first let me say am a big fan and thank you for you videos I have been able to complete jobs the correct way .. I have a question for anyone that can help .
I have a job that requires eifs over painted stucco . It’s a existing wall that has really old course painted stucco and the cliente wants a smoother finish . So it seems to be to difficult to just skim it and new finish . So can I apply eifs over this painted walls . Or do I need to remove paint first .
And if so can I sand plastic it off ??
Thank you
Howdy Hector, if it were me, I'd apply a bonding agent over the wall.
I recommend Weld Crete by Larson.
Of course, nothing adheres to a dusty surface so clean the wall first with a water hose to remove any dust.
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Is it possible or okay to do stucco over slate rock?
Good evening Hobbies dude, absoluly, I have done this many times, it does take a bit more mud as sometime the stucco can be over 5 inches think to blend in the high points,
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Kirk, I love your videos. Have helped my tremendously stuccoing my home in Florida. I have 40 ft high brick building in Boston that needs restoration. Repointing quote is $120K ouch. What's your though on stuccoing in cold weather states?
Howdy Pedro, stucco holds up well to snow as well as Safari desert conditions. Sidewalks are everywhere in the united states, It's the same material. stucco has portland cement and sand while concrete is portland cement and rocks. 👨🏻🔬
Can you stucco over sump stone? I don’t know if its to uneven
Evening Bryan, I have applied stucco over lava rocks where there was a 6 inch difference in depths. Just takes practice.
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Come to England Kirk you don’t have to worry about the sun,nice and dark and damp
I've been to England, it's a wee bit too cold for my sissy ass.🍺
Six years ago so what did you use for a mix? 3 sand and one portland?
Yes, this ratio is correct.
Hey Kirk, do you know about how many sacks of stucco for this side of house in this video
Habit, we are not always on the money, sometime we make too much then other time not enough. But as a rule we make what we need. Sounds like a mick jagger song. th-cam.com/video/Ef9QnZVpVd8/w-d-xo.html/😉
I love your videos! I want to cover the exterior of my bottle dash stucco garage, and was wondering if I could follow the method you're doing in this video for that surface?
Yes, absolutely, make certain you apply a bonding agent before resurfacing.
Do you use any bonding agent in the plaster/stucco mix?
Howdy John, good question. No. If your bricks are painted, clean the bricks well, then apply a bonding agent over the brick, never in the stucco mix or mud. Adding any bonding agent in stucco mixes dilutes the bonding agents into uselessness and waste time and money.👨🏻🔬
Kirk I’m down in Florida and just curious why you haven’t used a bonding agent on the bricks - I want to do this to my house and I would like to know what I would be dealing with
Evening Aviation Dude, of course, there was a bonding agent applied. When dried, not all bonding agents show.
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Hey Kirk! What is done with all of the mud that falls to the ground?
Aloha Durango, it's usually picked up and thrown away.
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Hi Kirk, do you have a link to exactly the type of stucco you used on this project? I want to make sure I am buying the correct kind.
Sackrete, quickest, Greencor USA, all of these are sold at Home Depots stores, look for the bags that say same day stucco, or you will have to add sand.🤔 all the same day stucco's set within about 45 minutes, now get out there and have some fun.