Recent content by David_R8

Stucco repair has started!!! <happydance>

Hey, I've seen that lathe before ;)

Looks like a decent machine!

Welcome from the other coast, Vancouver Island!

That is a good deal. Too bad my CCMT inserts are the smaller size :(

Added the city to the original post.

I calculated the I calculated the area to be covered at 60 sq ft. $5000 for that is just complete insanity.

Yup, the fellow hopes to get going next week.

Yup, the first one pretty much feels like a "we don't want this job" estimate.

Second quote is in. $1600. Same work, same process.

I have an import keyless Albrecht clone that came with my mill and I've never used it because a pipe wrench was used to loosen it at some point and the jaws are messed up now. Plus the thing is like 2" longer than my Jacobs MT3 mounted chuck.

Fellow cam yesterday afternoon. Now I'm waiting for the quote.

Yes, I owned a condo here in Victoria that had to do a million dollar remediation after the leaky condo debacle. Full re-stucco of the exterior. Folks were not happy.

Our house was built in 1920, it is the original dairy farmhouse. It has a lath and plaster exterior so it's been this way since at least the 50's. We rewired the entire house 16 years ago and took off all of the interior finishing and found zero evidence of water intrusion.

Stucco because the rest of the house is stucco. And I'm not confident that a weather-tight seal can be created between siding and the uneven surface of the existing stucco. And as @Dabbler said, we live in rain central. In the winter it rains all the time. Snow is a rarity. So watertight is...