I just put an entry door in for some folks who hate the brick veneer in their vestibule.
They want me to Stucco it–can I go right over the brick? It’s clean and smooth, in good shape.
Do I need to do anything to it first? Mesh? Bonding agent?
I have plastering tools and can work a pretty smooth finish, which is what they want, but I’ve not done any exterior stucco-ing b4.
Is there a stucco product I can buy in the bag?
What should I do?
Thanks as always,
Pat
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what about plaster? It's inside right? Also it sounds like you are doing parging as opposed to stucco...maybe it's the same thing. Some of the building product places have a parging mix that they sell in 55 lb bags. No harm in rolling on a bonding agent. Just read the instructions on the bag
Thanks Hudd,
It's not inside--but under a large eave. I think 'parged' is right as the finish does not need to be weatherproof.
I'll look into the bagged mix you mention, and i've got some deck-o-weld.
any other opinions? As to strength? I'm assuming I can do this in one coat with the parging mix.
Pat
Plasterers who stucco over bricks and blocks always place a brown coat over it first.
The main thing is to pre-wet the wall first. Pre-wetting does 2 things, it prevents water from being sucked to quickly that reduces bonding and it reduces uneven curing/cracking.
Look at other stucco jobs there is always more cracking on the South side than the North, my theory is that the sun causes it, so make sure the area is shaded when you do it.
Thank you.
Well shaded area--and affirmative on the hose down.
Pat
We hired a stucco contractor to do this and it worked out fine, Our brick work had 1/4"-1/2" deep grout lines between the bricks so they just troweled on a base coat of fiber-reinforced stucco. They misted the brick with water ahead of the guys with the mud. Top coat was Dryvit's acrylic color troweled on about 1/8" thick.
I'd think twice about trying this as a DIY job. It is a hell of a lot of work to mix and move that much mud, and to do it efficiently you need a crew of four guys willing to bust-####.
It's only about 100 sqft in the entry way.
I think I'm gonna go for it. More and more I like 'troweling stuff on.'
Thx,
pat