Stucco Italiano Tadelakt exterior

[The Plasterers Arms]

so last night I was figuring this place on the forum looks a tad lonely,so prematurely I will start a thread here where you can watch us install a black tadelakt exterior here in Vancouver BC

its Aaron's product from seattle ...I have been dealing with this owner since approx march of this year and we finally started today...(good job too ,as i couldnt of started sooner without highering people ....and i hate new people)

the black sample in the slideshow is what won the better half of the owners heart ( the wife:P)...its scratched up from kicking around in my truck. and is what the final color will be for the exterior and partial interior.

this project was this close to going full hydraulic basecoat [ ] but will be done on a fibered cement basecoat. ( is it fibered or fibred?)


so i get to spend the rest of the summer on the hillside over looking stanely park ....and fight traffic all the way here....sucks

shots are just as we started scaffold this morning.



http://authenticplaster.myjalbum.net/tadelakt%20exterior/

[Elena]

very nice house, very nice colors, can't wait to see where they're going over their "Fiber cement siding (or "fibre cement cladding" in the UK and Australasia) is a building material used to cover the exterior of a building in both commercial and domestic applications" (wikipedia)"

I'll be checking back for pictures, thanks for saying that the samples were scratched, I got confused when I saw that

...and don't fight the traffic...join it... ...look at the other people driving, they're hilarious! hehehe

[KathyFakesIt]

ooh Steve, it reminds me of a Pompeii wall. Love it. Is this house in Deep Cove by any chance?

[The Plasterers Arms]

nope slightly below and to the east of the british properties,I can see the city skyline and the park from the roof....cant see rec beach though too far for the zoom lens

the tannish one a pompeii wall?

either way ...gawd i love that color the tan one:P....

elena should of just said fibred cement basecoat...as in stucco.....not hardipanel if thats what you mean:P

[KathyFakesIt]

No, the black one. Love it.


Hmmm, so you must be just off the Taylor Way Highway exit. I was wondering if you were working on teh same house my son is doing carpentry on.

I'd love to see a pic of the Lime Paint sample Darrell did on top of your "slop dash" - is that right?

Got a pic?

So what colour trim are they putting with this?

If I wander by one day, will you let me slap some up?

[The Plasterers Arms]

too dark to take a shot right now....will do one before i head to work in the morn...looks slik


next time i see you....Ill be doin the slappin...hahahah and you know where ...right pat?

[KathyFakesIt]

Oh my Gawd,
You really made me laugh out loud!

Hey, drive up Taylor Way, just above the upper levels, going up, right at the bottom of the british properties, Look for 1580. That's where I grew up.

[artesano]

Hey Steve,

Looks like a great project, how many square feet are you doing...? Are you going to polish the tadelakt with a stone...? How many people will you have on the tadelakt crew...?

This is the first exterior tadelakt I have seen over here.. I think it is great.. I saw some in Marrakech... huge 3 story walls done by like 25 moroccan guys in sandals.

Will stay tuned..

[KathyFakesIt]

Ryan, your site is so cool. That house looks kind of Dali-esque.

[Fauxho]

Toooooooo much work....good luck I hope they pay you a ton$$$$$$$$$

[The Plasterers Arms]

sorry been on hols for an xtra long weekend on vancouver island,

Ryan the square footage is approx 2900,and for polishing we will use the combination of stainless trowel and nylon float ....no stone on this job ....cost prohibitive,the steel and nylon trowels compact the tadelakt very well.

my crew extends from 7 up to 20 at any given time, depends on the work load

the exterior finish will be with only 4 people .... everything previous to the finish ( rainscreen scratch and brown )will be done with 7 guys

all the walls are broken into small panels with aluminum reveals verticle and horizontal,giving a very contemporary look and feel.

I would surely like to know if this is indeed the first exterior largish scale "Tadelakt" application done in N.America ....hard to say for sure, would like to add it to my list of other self proclaimed exterior firsts

thanks for the interest

[artesano]

I think you can pretty safely say that this is the first large scale exterior tadelakt in N. america I have not heard of any others..

In vancouver, you have a great climate for an exterior tadelakt to last for a long, long time..

Is the material you are using a moroccan lime or domestically produced..?
Acrylic additives?

We have had issues in showers with long hairline cracks in the tadelakt that come from the cement stucco basecoat shrinking as it cures... when we put the tadelakt over the cement, before it has fully cured (shrunk) (?30 days??)the cracks come through the tadelakt.

Still trying to figure out this whole basecoat dilemma???.

[The Plasterers Arms]

[artesano]

Steve,

Michel at transmineral is a friend of mine, I don t know if you'll get any deals on materials, I dont think it would be a heck of a lot more in terms of overall cost, maybe $1000.00 or so.. shipping times etc could be a bit of an issue, at this stage..

If done properly, we get small microcracks in all of our tadelakt work. I believe that the cracks are what makes it authentic tadelakt rather than a fake veneer.
In marrakech, I learned to spot the fake tadelakt. In the markets, there are all kinds of tadelakt pottery objects for sale, the fake ones are actually done with a paint like substance that can be polished to a shine, probably not unlike some of the acrylic paint store venetian plasters that we have here.

So, you would look for the cracks..... The crux of tadelakt is to be able to control the cracks, too big and you ve got gapers that let the water in..

The cracks that I was referring to in the previous post are long straight hairline cracks that tend to run horizontally across the whole wall. These are what I refer to as movement cracks and are to be avoided..

[The Plasterers Arms]

1000?? Id pay for it myself at that cost ,I costed it out at $6000...unless i was given incorrect numbers ...ill look at it again on monday.

[The Plasterers Arms]

[painted spaces]

Wow--awesome project. I LOVE the style of this home and the exterior is fabulous!!! Very nice work.

[The Plasterers Arms]

[Not fauxnee]

where do we find the pictures?

[sonol'artista]

to see the pics. go to the first post and click on the album page at the bottom.

Theresa

[The Plasterers Arms]