I’m building a small shed about 110SF and want to make it so it matches the existing home. We are planning on a typical 3 coat stucco system, my question is being there are no stamped plans should I sheath the exterior walls and whats is the best type of lath to use? Paper backed? chicken wire? diamond lath? Sheets or roll?
ML
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chicken wire?
Is a vanished species. It's now "poultry netting" and about 1/3 the diameter wire chicken wire was.
Southern California after WWII is studs with let in bracing, then wire about 12" or 15" apart horizontially, tar paper, chicken wire on nails with cardboard spacers (what they are called I don't remember) then stucco.
Joe H
then wire about 12" or 15" apart horizontially
Baling wire for the uninitiated. It's there just to hold the tar paper in place, keep it in tact.
And the let in braces are the same as today's, galvanized steel about twelve feet long, running from the top plate diagonally to the bottom.
I don't know when those steel braces appeared, 1"x6" is what I'm thinking.
And baling wire is considerably larger than what was used.
Now it's plastic string, no baling wire any more either, gone where chicken wire went I guess?
Joe H
the disappearing bailing wire was actually 26 ga tie wire.Anyone think sheathing the exterior is necessary? I can get 36" rolls of "poulty" netting with gun grade paper already attached. Do I still need to taper the building before rolling out the netting?ML
You should have something to resist racking even though it's a pretty small building.
What's gun grade paper?
Joe H
It will have let- in braces on each of the 4 sides. I assume the gun grade paper is thick enough to withstand applying stucco by gun, as is the usual case in these parts.
Havn't seen anyone with a hawk and trowel in many years.ML
I don't know when those steel braces appeared, 1"x6" is what I'm thinking.
The steel braces have been around for more than fifty years. They are easy to install, just a couple of passes with a circular saw, whereas a 1X6 brace requires much more cutting and chopping.