Window retrofit inserts or flanged for stucco stud walls?

[@eschrader]

I felt bad when I only took a little stucco off around my window with good paper, now I don't feel so bad seeing it with my flanges windows. Thanks!

[@StuccoPlastering]

NO worries, my friend.

[@otto0189]

KIRK IS THE BEST. !!!

[@StuccoPlastering]

@@otto0189 No Otto, you’re the best, thank you for the kind comment.

[@cwc8979]

Enjoy your videos!

[@StuccoPlastering]

Hello OTC, thank you, and thanks for watching you must be a homeowner with a stucco house. Kirk & Jason Giordano’s DIY plastering and stucco channel

[@PeterAgostiniJdcap26]

Kirk & Jason Giordano's DIY plastering and stucco network Great explanation... interesting on the wire an no plywood kirk an Dan the man an big Lou the backgrounds. TU..Pete

[@cwc8979]

Kirk & Jason Giordano's DIY plastering and stucco network I have a brick home in Arkansas. I just enjoy watching you do your work, you're a hard worker doing that stuff. I actually like how you used that stuff instead of drywall mud on those walls in your other videos.

[@StuccoPlastering]

Hey Peter Agostini, hows the new house going, or is there one yet? This work we are doing in this video is what we used to do 30 years ago all day long as there was no plywood sheathing required in those days! Best wishes, Kirk & Jason Giordano’s DIY plastering and stucco instructional videos

[@teodorosoto8641]

Great job Mr Kirk, and as usual sharing us important and valuable information, God bless you

[@StuccoPlastering]

Good morning Teodoro, you are most welcome. My friend. Happy holidays. 🍻

[@cesargutierrez8581]

Ciubo compa Kirk. Once again i have come to you for your plastering wisdom. Thankyou for the time you and your crew and family spend on making these videos. Finished another LSB job today with yous guyses help. I appreciate the yous of you.

[@StuccoPlastering]

Atta boy Cesar, excellent news my friend. Peace, love, and happiness to all Bringing Plastering tips to the world, via KZbin Video

[@wstt4]

Thanks for the video. If I want to put a window into a stucco wall, can I just frame inside, cut exact opening through stucco, and install block frame window (no nail in fin), by screwing directly outward through the window frame directly into the studs, and then just caulk around the whole window? Will that make it waterproof enough? Will just caulking around the whole window make it water proof, as there will be nothing getting tucked around it, just caulk around it?

[@StuccoPlastering]

@@wstt4 It would leak, there are no shortcuts. Sorry

[@jfarinacci0329]

Thank you.

[@StuccoPlastering]

You're welcome my friend.🍻

[@windowreplacementagencywis5122]

Nice clip. Thx.

[@StuccoPlastering]

Evening The Acquire Agency, thank you and best wishes with your business, Kirk giordano plastering

[@bholowick]

Great video. In your experience how often do you see rotten walls under retrofit windows compared to windows with nailing fins? I have rotten OSB sheathing under 5 windows on my house (2x6 walls with OSB sheathing), and am trying to decide if I should replace them with nailing fin windows or brickmold (flange) retrofit windows. My goal is to NEVER have a leak again...

[@StuccoPlastering]

Hi Blake, good question, with retrofits as long as the caulking and or expanding foam is proper applied and you have ten year painting maintenance program set up, retrofits are a good solution. Nail on flanged windows are a better idea, but now you can disturb a perfectly stable and waterproof wall with break out. It's a very tough choice to make. If a person wants a wall which will last the longest, you remove all the stucco, install shear wall if necessary then install windows with flanges or fins as you say and stucco as usual. I have seen only 1 out of 20 who go this route, usually the walls are so bad that even the interior sheetrock has mold, so it's a no brainer and no choice solution. Best wishes on a tough decision, of course if a person has lots of cash it's an easy decision too, most folks don't! Kirk & Jason Giordano’s DIY plastering and stucco channel

[@bholowick]

Kirk & Jason Giordano's DIY plastering and stucco network Thanks for the response! There is going to be a lot of stucco destruction no matter what, due to the rotten sheathing that needs to be replaced. We have lots of driving rain and cold winds (here in Canada), so I'll probably go with nailing fin for the best seal. Your response is more helpful than the responses I have gotten from local contractors, thanks again!

[@MrJonniconni]

Hi Kirk. Great video as always. Couldn't help but notice at 0245 that you're in the company of OBELIX (outside)! LOL. Spitting image !

[@StuccoPlastering]

Hello John Reeves, O.K. I spent 10 minutes googling OBELIX, he's a cartoon character right? I have no worries with that, now some of my guys call me things that makes me wonder, man, "do you kiss your momma with a mouth like that"? Thanks for watching and the laugh, Kirk & Jason Giordano’s DIY plastering and stucco instructional videos

[@MrJonniconni]

Kirk & Jason Giordano's DIY plastering and stucco network no, no....not you. Look thru the window, the guy on the right...is Obelix, French cartoon character. Absolutement! ( give me time and I'll match you with someone, lol ) Rgds

[@StuccoPlastering]

Bonjour John Reeves, I see, he looks like how you say in English, crusty the clown? Too funny. I have to send this comment to my brother in law for the inside joke. cheers! Kirk & Jason Giordano’s DIY plastering and stucco instructional videos and forum

[@MrJonniconni]

Kirk & Jason Giordano’s DIY plastering and stucco instructional videos and forum didn't want to detract too much from your video. My apologies.

[@owensummers4481]

Interesting. No sheathing? Just paper. Never seen that up in the Pacific Northwest

[@StuccoPlastering]

Hi Owen, most stud home were built pre-1980, then new codes were introduced that said all exterior substates need plywood backing.🕵🏼

[@chalyfalcon24]

Mr. Giordano; This wall is similar to what I'm doing right now in my master bedroom, I'm in the middle of the whole repairs, one issue I have is that under the window and all along side the frame I have this ugly cracks and balgie cement plaster sticking out to the interior, peaces of chunks of this cement were falling down, paper in this area was damaged. This problem was due to not having enough paper and wire or any short of shatting support such as plywood. Some areas of Paper in the interior got pulled out and damaged while removing the wall frame studs. Planning on braking stucco around window and do exactly what you're doing here; question is, would it be possible to put plywood around the area before the next steps, I can see here that you didn't use any, may I ask why. Thank you for all your educacional videos they are of a lot of help.

[@StuccoPlastering]

Good Evening Chaly, if I were to add plywood, where their was not originally, my depth for the entire wall would have been off by the width of the extra plywood. Live long and plaster Mastering Plastering by Kirk and Jason Giordano

[@danchandler9381]

Kirk, what's the brand of polyurethane caulk that you use? I want to buy the same stuff. Thanks

[@StuccoPlastering]

Hello Dan Chandler, easy question, I use a construction sealant called (Sikaflex) it's a polyurethane caulk, as it has never failed me. This product fuses pieces together, on my current project I used just over two case's at 24 tubes per case. It works! I use so much I should be a spokesperson for the company, hell maybe I am. best wishes, Kirk & Jason Giordano’s DIY plastering and stucco channel

[@bar50]

It's amazing how easy you make putting a destroyed wall back together. The homeowners at the local pub drinking themselves silly knowing what a man with a sheetrock knife cost them? :-)

[@StuccoPlastering]

Hey bar5o dude, thank you. best wishes, Kirk & Jason Giordano’s DIY plastering and stucco channel

[@ljones396]

It's insane how thin that wall is!! Over here in the UK we're talking CMU (breeze block) construction. 100mm outer block, 100 - 125mm cavity (with 75mm insulation) and 100mm inner block! Is there any insulation in those walls Kirk?

[@ljones396]

Plus that stud work, am I right in guessing 4x2? I'm just amazed that's all!

[@GSMSfromFV]

Llyr Jones Generally, 2X4 minimum exterior wall construction for homes here in California. Colder areas may require 2x6 exterior walls. Building codes do require that the exterior wall be insulated, with fiberglass bats or spray foam being the most common.

[@StuccoPlastering]

Evening Llyr Jones, yes, there was insulation between the stucco and the drywall, the frame work here in the US is called 2 by 4 framing however it is technically 1 1/2 by 3 1/2, in the old day as in my home the studs were actually true 2 by 4's. I believe for about the last 30 years all home built here in california now have to have plywood sheathing attached to the studs for the structural strength, we do live in so called earthquake territory. When I worked as a plasterer long ago all the house were just studs as in this video, we had to stretch the wire tight or use twice as much plaster in the fields. best wishes, out in the UK. Kirk & Jason Giordano’s DIY plastering and stucco videos

[@StuccoPlastering]

GSMSfromFV good answer brother, had I saw it earlier, it would have save me the time. especially as I type with 2 fingers, how many other folks only type with 2 fingers? Applying stucco is way easier than learning to type with all fingers, I think. Best wishes, Kirk & Jason Giordano’s DIY plastering and stucco videos

[@DarrenWigfield]

I don't get it. Why wouldn't you just use closed cell spray foam to replace the vapor barrier?

[@StuccoPlastering]

Good morning Darren dude, good question, this wall was too far gone for caulking or expanding foam Live long and plaster Plastering tips and techniques

[@erickcabezas7555]

Hello Kirk, Love your videos and I always find myself learning something useful when watching. I am in the process of changing windows in my house (stucco). currently I have the original aluminum, single pane windows. I am thinking of getting vinyl retrofit windows with a 1 5/8" flange. The person doing the installation wants to remove the aluminum frames. I replaced one of them myself a couple months ago and left the old frame but now I notice a lot condensation building on the remaining section of old aluminum frame inside the house. What would you recommend me to do? leaving the frame and dealing with condensation or taking it out? hoping it does not disrupt the stucco paper? Thank you!

[@StuccoPlastering]

Morning Erick Cabezas, although I realize what cause condensation, I am not certain how to stop it. I have condensation on my upstairs window also as it's a single pane so naturally when it's warm inside versus the the cold outside my glass beads with water. I simply wipe it so mold won't form. Sorry, I don't have a solution for you. best wishes, Happy Holiday’s from the Giordano’s plastering network

[@charliemccoy6859]

"Fella"

[@StuccoPlastering]

Charlie,😉