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Robert Swan, FCSI, SCIP
Intermediate Member
Username: robeswan
Post Number: 4
Registered: 12-2016
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 05, 2018 - 03:41 pm: |    |
Need to specify a high lime content historic type stucco on brick masonry - are the joints in the bricks to be struck flush? |
Brian E. Trimble, CDT
Senior Member
Username: brian_e_trimble_cdt
Post Number: 109
Registered: 08-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 05, 2018 - 04:06 pm: | |
I'm not sure if there are any code requirements, but usually you want a rough surface for the stucco to bond to the wall, so I would say that a struck flush joint may be a little rougher than a tooled joint (assuming concave). |
Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS
Senior Member
Username: michael_chusid
Post Number: 444
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 05, 2018 - 04:14 pm: | |
I speculate that tooled joints, being thicker, could change the curing of the plaster and telegraph to the surface. It may be helpful to test the suction of the surfaces to assure uniform water/cement content of plaster.
Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS 1-818-219-4937
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