Articles Tagged with ''plaster''

For 20 years, Advanced Stucco Design has worked in the “Mile High” city to great success.

Many plasterers make a good living with rendering skills alone. However, once mastery of rendering has been achieved, a plasterer may progress on to run molding work.

Once upon a time, workers in the construction industry were looked upon as respected members of society. We seem to have come a long way since then.

Lathing Accessories—Both New And Old—Can Be Used To Ease Lath And Stucco Applications. 

In our two previous articles, Ryan Chivers and I considered the means, methods, and materials of traditional Tadelakt in Morocco, aspects of which extend back to Roman times.

Decorative plaster and faux finishing embody a tremendously wide range of products and application techniques for decorating wall and ceiling surfaces. Worldwide, these two crafts are gaining in popularity with impressive growth statistics.

Every few decades an innovation comes along that completely changes the contracting landscape. I’m not referring to the near-constant cycle of power tool updates, or forward-thinking new building materials that aren’t yet cost-effective to manufacture or use.

Clay is a simple word for a very complex material. 

In the past decade, 3-D printed concrete technology has made significant strides moving from theoretical concept to practical process for building of homes, schools, hospitals, hotels, restaurants and other structures.