Photo #1: The New Zealand countryside.I'm always on the lookout to meet and speak with plasterers and this article covers one individual who does both drywall and plastering. And since
Remember the old Westerns, where the good guys wore white hats and the bad guys wore black? In those days, one could judge a person by the color of his
Regular readers of Adventures in Drywall will remember it started as collaboration between my good friend, Bill Scannell, and me. Bill and I spent many hours together and found ourselves
I wanted to mention first of all that the interest in Venetian plaster just continues to increase week by week. I've had samples of several types of plasters that are
The article, "Integrity Rules," by Robert Thomas in the February 2004 issue of Walls & Ceilings garnered much attention. According to Thomas, his article, about the Exterior Design Institute's EIFS
Few business rivalries are as spirited as that between FedEx and UPS for the hearts and minds of package delivery customers. Both are huge organizations, with UPS the larger one
I get a lot of consulting inquiries about moisture aspects of EIFS. They fall into two basic categories: bulk liquid water leaks and the presence of water somehow related to
Boom trucks, forklifts and cranes have greatly improved our ability to stock material into buildings. These wonderful machines strain their guts out doing what we need done and can be
In part two, we examined the United States Green Building Council's LEED green building rating system's application and operation. In part one, we discussed the history and genesis of the
Paper-faced gypsum sheathing is a gypsum board that is used as a substrate for exterior claddings. It has a noncombustible core, composed essentially of gypsum and is faced with water-repellant
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