Everything Stucco

 I recently visited the Green Idea House in Hermosa Beach ( http://www.greenideahouse.com/ ), which will be a beautiful contemporary custom...

There are three main types of glues used in the construction industry. Concrete Glues (Poly Vinyl Acetates), high end bonding agents (Ethyl ...

There is always quite a stir over colors in stucco. The designers, architects and owners want the colors that will make the project sell mor...

Sometimes architecture calls for variations in the finish of steel troweled stucco . There is “ hump and bump ”, “ cat-faces ” and differi...

The new Title 24 rules for higher energy efficiency in homes and buildings will have builders scrambling to find cost effective means of rea...

A few years ago we heard of “Feng Shui”. This is the eastern philosophy that things must be aligned in a certain manner to be pleasing and c...

Plaster and stucco are porous materials and therefore susceptible to staining. Stains come from anything that can leach into the plaster thr...