Housing Project - Mudding of the house

It is an interesting process involved with the adding of the new exterior of the house. Because the original part of the house was stucco, I opted to have the new part of the house covered with stucco.

Definition of stucco is: Traditional stucco is a cement mixture used for siding. The cement is combined with water and inert materials such as sand and lime. Usually, wooden walls are covered with tar paper and chicken wire or galvanized metal screening. This framework is then covered with the stucco mixture.

Definition by http://architecture.about.com/od/sidingconstruction/g/stucco.htm


The machine below reminds me of a Jack Lemmons movie, "How to Murder Your Wife". In that movie a mixer machine was called the gloppada, gloppada machine.

All the equipment required to do the job. Were they expecting a two or three story house? That trailer is full.

First the wire mesh is applied and metal gaps under the windows. I assume the metal is needed for expansion and contraction as the weather heats or cools.

The whole house is covered with the mesh. That day the mesh was put on the rain was pouring, literaly. I admire the tenacity of the workers to complete the mesh even with it raining. Beaver recieved over an inch of rain.

Mudding begins. Another coat of mud is to be applied. The whole process will take three days.

I think this will be very nice when completed.

Next should be the heat and air people. The plan is to put high seer air conditioning with gas heat in the new part of the house. The vents will be in the ceiling. In the original part of the house another unit will be installed. The unit will be a heat pump and the vents will be in the floor.

OK later.