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Cutting through a stucco wall?
Situation: All stucco townhome. Flat-roof garage has a 40" high
facade-wall around the perimeter. To gain easy access from a verandah to the garage roof I could build stairs up, then down... or better yet, cut a passage through the stucco. Question: How? I'm trying to imagine the easiest way to cut a reasonably clean passage, then come back and restucco the edges. Should I score the stucco, then bust out that line with a chisel before knocking the rest out with a maul? Cement blade for a circular saw? I'm not sure what's inside the wall. It appears to be 2 X 6 construction, with chicken wire over who-knows-what? Thanks for any ideas. Unc |
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Cutting through a stucco wall?
"uncle k" wrote in message hlink.net... Situation: All stucco townhome. Flat-roof garage has a 40" high facade-wall around the perimeter. To gain easy access from a verandah to the garage roof I could build stairs up, then down... or better yet, cut a passage through the stucco. Question: How? I'm trying to imagine the easiest way to cut a reasonably clean passage, then come back and restucco the edges. Should I score the stucco, then bust out that line with a chisel before knocking the rest out with a maul? Cement blade for a circular saw? I'm not sure what's inside the wall. It appears to be 2 X 6 construction, with chicken wire over who-knows-what? Thanks for any ideas. Unc Better call the HOA first. I will bet they will have kittens if they are anything like the one I was in. Cement or diamond blade would be the way I would try. Then gently remove the part. Any vibrations sent back into the rest of the structure could result in cracking later. Once you cut the hole then the real problem starts. The structure was designed to be solid now with it in pieces you may find that it needs more structure to make it solid again. |
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Cutting through a stucco wall?
I meant 3 ft long apx 4" wide they are above windows on a 2 story brick
apartment building, I did not know it was such a big job to replace them. Are they angled so they can not just slide out the old and slide in new ones. |
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Cutting through a stucco wall?
uncle k wrote: Situation: All stucco townhome. Flat-roof garage has a 40" high facade-wall around the perimeter. To gain easy access from a verandah to the garage roof I could build stairs up, then down... or better yet, cut a passage through the stucco. Question: How? I'm trying to imagine the easiest way to cut a reasonably clean passage, then come back and restucco the edges. Should I score the stucco, then bust out that line with a chisel before knocking the rest out with a maul? Cement blade for a circular saw? I'm not sure what's inside the wall. It appears to be 2 X 6 construction, with chicken wire over who-knows-what? Thanks for any ideas. Unc a dry diamond blade will make short work of that stucco cut.......BTDT demo'd & cut up a garage wall (8 x 20) into 12 pieces........2 - 20' cuts, 5 - 8' cuts in about 1/2 hr. cheers Bob |
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Cutting through a stucco wall?
"SQLit" wrote in message news:zbN4g.14 ............................ Better call the HOA first. I will bet they will have kittens if they are anything like the one I was in. LOL. If I'm quick, they'll never know I did it, which would be much easier on their nerves. Cement or diamond blade would be the way I would try. Then gently remove the part. Any vibrations sent back into the rest of the structure could result in cracking later. Once you cut the hole then the real problem starts. The structure was designed to be solid now with it in pieces you may find that it needs more structure to make it solid again. Yep, I'm pretty sure I'll find that the wall is mostly hollow where the cut will be. I'll find some way to shore it up, then smear Portland cement over the evidence. Thanks |
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