QOD for 11/21/06 Stucco

[Gerry Beaumont]

Hi to all,

Here's todays question

Picture courtesy Carl "Mr BadStucco" Brown

Regards

Gerry

[Leonard E. Ungar]

Gerry;
Not everyone can have a wall like that !!!!!!!!
Thank god;

[Larry D. Kage]

I think you are asking for the maximum typical spacing, no?

[Gerry Beaumont]

Originally Posted by lkage

I think you are asking for the maximum typical spacing, no?

Larry, there are several criteria to be taken into account with stucco, there is a maximum sqft area and also maximum height or width dimensions.

Regards

Gerry

[Gerry Beaumont]

Originally Posted by lungar

Gerry;
Not everyone can have a wall like that !!!!!!!!
Thank god;

I hear you Len, unfortunately there are just not enough bad installers to go around, some people actually end up with stucco installed by people who know what the hell they are doing

Good god and I thought my humor was a bit on the dry side

Regards

Gerry

[Larry D. Kage]

Originally Posted by gbeaumont

Larry, there are several criteria to be taken into account with stucco, there is a maximum sqft area and also maximum height or width dimensions.

Regards

Gerry

Yes, your question asks about square footage, which is typically area, so one would want the maximum...that's my thinking.

[Blaine Wiley]

I'm sooooo glad I don't have to deal with EIFS anymore!!!

[Gerry Beaumont]

Hi to all,

The correct answer to this is:

144 square feet

Also no single dimension should be more than 18ft in length

Regards

Gerry

[Joseph Hagarty]

Originally Posted by gbeaumont

Hi to all,

The correct answer to this is:

144 square feet

Also no single dimension should be more than 18ft in length

Regards

Gerry

For what types of stucco are you referencing?

Is there a Code or Standard that references the 144 square feet requirement?

[Gerry Beaumont]

Hi Joe,

the requirement is for cementatious stucco installed over timber framed walls a nd come from the ASTM std for stucco as referenced by most if not all cementatious stucco manufacturers installation instructions.

Regards

Gerry

[Shawn Rowe]

Just for Reference:

Designation: C 1063 – 03

Standard Specification for

Installation of Lathing and Furring to Receive Interior and Exterior Portland Cement-Based Plaster1

7.11.4.1

Control Joints—Control (expansion and contraction)
joints shall be installed in walls to delineate areas not
more than 144 ft2(13.4 m2) and to delineate areas not more than
100 ft2(9.30 m2) for all horizontal applications, that is, ceilings,
curves, or angle type structures.
7.11.4.2 The distance between control joints shall not exceed
18 ft (5.5 m) in either direction or a length-to-width ratio
of 21⁄2 to 1. A control joint shall be installed where the ceiling
framing or furring changes direction.

[Joseph Hagarty]

Thanks

[Carl Brown]

What the heck it is just stucco. Thats the least of the problems!

[Dan Bowers, CMI]

The texture is very nicely done. We're seeing a lot of that here lately. They must have a new training class - You see so few quality installations like this.

[Gerry Beaumont]

Originally Posted by dbowers

The texture is very nicely done. We're seeing a lot of that here lately. They must have a new training class - You see so few quality installations like this.

Dan,

This quality piece was done by "Wreckham & Skarper Installations" and is titled "Relief map of the moon" It was done in thier friday afternoon on the way back from the pub period, which is recognised as one of the best periods for random application art.

Regards

Gerry