September 27
Yes, yes. I know. I must devise different titles for these next postings or it will become really boring. Part 4, Part 5, Part 6. Boring.
Ok. I will try! 😉
technical
Almost the entire house is covered with the first layer of stucco now.
Crew members show up on Friday (a day they do not usually work) to spray the house with water. The stucco needs to remain damp during this layering process. Rain is in the forecast, so they may not have to come back until regular work resumes on Monday. We shall see.
This is going faster than I imagined. Steve and I are looking at colors for the last layer–the elastomeric layer (more on this later). I want something in the “stone” range, to go with the other colors we have chosen so far, but I want the color to be rich. So, we will be experimenting a bit to see what we can achieve.
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- West End Porch
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- West End Den and Porch
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- Groovy! Sorry…I’m rather elated about all this progress!
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- West End Master Suite and Second Guest Bedroom
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- I love the angles of this house!
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- This stucco is a kind of concrete and you really feel that here
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- It is looking industrial now, but once the last coat with the color is added, it will be Pueblo Revival.
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- The house rises out of the ground
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- …and goes up towards the sky.
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- The vigas are covered up, just waiting to reappear
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- No missed corners
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- Looking forward to the last coat with color–it will look so good with the wood.
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- No more black felt, silver circles, and stucco netting. Yay!
personal
It is hot today, a precursor to rain. Days of empty blue skies come to an end as the thunderheads begin to roll in. They are far away at the moment, but they move fast!
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- Something new! Looks like a mushroom. It is all alone on the road.
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- No, I am not cooking this.
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- Rain clouds are massing
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- The sky has been clear for several days
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- Now the clouds are back!
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- And so are the cows…
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- No, Bella. Let’s just go home. It is going to rain anyway!
The crew did a great job on the scratch coat. What colors are you going to go with? Did you have any in mind yet, or looked around for some inspiration anywhere yet? That is one of the hardest parts, in my opinion. Keep up the progress!
Hi, Ryan. If you read a bit further, you will see that I chose Sierra Tan for the elastomeric coat.
https://leahkrevit.net/2013/10/14/stucco-project-part-eleven/
The stucco is all done now. Thanks for dropping by!