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first job was the exterior. Garden State Brickface
was called in and given the task to design a concept
which included molded carvings and a 19th century colored,
textured stucco finish to satisfy the owner.
Sample
after sample was made and rejected until we showed the
owner a 200-year-old villa in Spain. We made
a sample to simulate the texture and color of the villa
and approval was immediate.
In
order to duplicate the double relief molding our manufacturer
and designer had to retool to come up with the exotic
casings and keystones. Raised window surrounds
and door treatments, as well as, quoines in extruded
polystyrene were designed. Applying them over cement
next to five coats of hand rubbed mahogany windows with
a fast drying bonding agent was time consuming and nerve
racking.
The
original house was filled with voids and spacing and
had to be chipped and flash patched prior to starting
the job. After the addition was complete, special
galvanized spacers and trim were installed before lathing
with 3.4" galvanized steel lath. The iron oxides
had to be carefully measured before folding them into
a cyclo-blending hopper for consistency of color.
The "Instant-Crete" textured finish coat was carefully
hand trowelled, as the frame and windows could not be
masked.
We
achieved the "Last Word in Design" that the owner was
looking for. The result was that we created a
rich looking, maintenance free exterior façade
that fit the architectural integrity of the home.
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