Something Olde and something New

Custom work, Residential, Commercial, repairs and design thoughts.

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Another recent Completion

It still looks grey but its just not dry and its paint grade stucco finish, when its painted it will be like that deck never fell off.
Check the custom vent we added in, ideas cost $$ too, we always try to hold one back. Because sometimes customers take our ideas and give them to the low bidder, not fair!
I had to throw this pic in, its so beautiful.: )


Brown coat

The Little House in Roseville

I seem to have lost the photos of the scratch and Brown coats but there is a little before and after here, It came out nice A job like this very week would sure be nice!




Cliff's job is Done







Friday, December 25, 2009

Repairs are where it's at These Days

The front of this place is impressive, and it brings back memories from the 2 different times I have worked on this beautiful home.
A bad deck design equals repairs and just a tiny quick hit job for us, but I love working on homes like this and any job is a good job right now.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Cliff's Disaster





When there is a bad line of communication this is what can happen...
Cliff wanted an imperfect smooth and the guys he hired gave him a case of the measles. The paramedics of Plastering can help here. We will first grind these bumps off and then bond over the acrylic, and then re base coat the thing. Finally we will put our imperfect smooth finish over the whole thing. I think Cliff will be happy.You can see there are three different things going on on this poor old house. The other plasterers were stopped in the nick of time and we can make this right. Even that awful blue colour was something the homeowner didn't want. It is funny to think the salesman thought he could sell this mess. Nate and I just shook our heads and wondered what in the world they were thinking?

Monday, November 9, 2009

Some Finished and nearly finished Stuff

The mess is hard to escape, doing this in the Garage and in the front yard, sorry neighbors. Eventually we want to get a shop and do this more regularly. There is some money to be made in the really custom field.


Closing in on completing Giles and Kolleen's house. These photos show the wall cap still needs to be sealed, cut and set, but the Rowlock cap on the house looks great to me!
Some looks at Les' job, that was completely done, with the exception of the ceiling cracks in the upstairs room. The Plastering detectives figured a guy that was too heavy may have been up there wiring in a ceiling fan after the fact?? Not sure but that or a structural thing I think as those were the only cracks in a job that joined many dissimilar materials together with stunning results.