I have a house with a walkout basement and this year we ended up removing a
lot more dirt and exposing the whole rear of the house. This means that only
part of the original basement wall was parged. I'd like to finish the job
properly but was wondering if there were alternatives to towelling? I'd
really prefer if there was a way to add colour at the same time. IS it
possible to use a modified concrete and polymer to spray on with a hopper
gun? How is outside stucco applied?

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I have a house with a walkout basement and this year we ended up removing a
lot more dirt and exposing the whole rear of the house. This means that only
part of the original basement wall was parged. I'd like to finish the job
properly but was wondering if there were alternatives to towelling? I'd
really prefer if there was a way to add colour at the same time. IS it
possible to use a modified concrete and polymer to spray on with a hopper
gun? How is outside stucco applied?



Are you in a cold climate area? Because...

... a lot of the reason dirt is piled up against houses on the walkout side of a
walkout basement is because the foundation footers are absent or insufficiently
deep. It's cheeep frost-protection.

Might not apply to you, of course (even if the climate is cold), just something
to consider if it might.

Banty

Have you ever seen anyone use polymer modified cement that is sprayed on
with a hopper gun?


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On Thu, 24 May 2007 13:25:29 -0400, "HotRdd"
wrote:

I have a house with a walkout basement and this year we ended up removing
a
lot more dirt and exposing the whole rear of the house. This means that
only
part of the original basement wall was parged. I'd like to finish the job
properly but was wondering if there were alternatives to towelling? I'd
really prefer if there was a way to add colour at the same time. IS it
possible to use a modified concrete and polymer to spray on with a hopper
gun? How is outside stucco applied?


Parging and strucco are basically the same thing. They just lay stucco
up in 2 or 3 coats. The top coat can be a different mix with color in
it, Stucco mix may also have some other acrylic bonding agent but it
is basically type S mortar. I have seen old timers "parge" using
nothing but portland and sand.

It will be very slow if you are building much of layer. We often
use a texture gun for a final finish, gives a bit of an orange
peel look.

Look up Thoroseal, read the application portion of this page:
http://www.thoroproducts.com/pdf_app..._thoroseal.pdf

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"HotRdd" wrote in message
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Have you ever seen anyone use polymer modified cement that is
sprayed on with a hopper gun?


wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 May 2007 13:25:29 -0400, "HotRdd"

wrote:

I have a house with a walkout basement and this year we ended
up removing a
lot more dirt and exposing the whole rear of the house. This
means that only
part of the original basement wall was parged. I'd like to
finish the job
properly but was wondering if there were alternatives to
towelling? I'd
really prefer if there was a way to add colour at the same
time. IS it
possible to use a modified concrete and polymer to spray on
with a hopper
gun? How is outside stucco applied?


Parging and strucco are basically the same thing. They just lay
stucco
up in 2 or 3 coats. The top coat can be a different mix with
color in
it, Stucco mix may also have some other acrylic bonding agent
but it
is basically type S mortar. I have seen old timers "parge"
using
nothing but portland and sand.

Thanks

"DanG" wrote in message
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It will be very slow if you are building much of layer. We often use a
texture gun for a final finish, gives a bit of an orange peel look.

Look up Thoroseal, read the application portion of this page:
http://www.thoroproducts.com/pdf_app..._thoroseal.pdf

--
______________________________
Keep the whole world singing . . . .
DanG (remove the sevens)




"HotRdd" wrote in message
...
Have you ever seen anyone use polymer modified cement that is sprayed on
with a hopper gun?


wrote in message
...
On Thu, 24 May 2007 13:25:29 -0400, "HotRdd"
wrote:

I have a house with a walkout basement and this year we ended up
removing a
lot more dirt and exposing the whole rear of the house. This means that
only
part of the original basement wall was parged. I'd like to finish the
job
properly but was wondering if there were alternatives to towelling? I'd
really prefer if there was a way to add colour at the same time. IS it
possible to use a modified concrete and polymer to spray on with a
hopper
gun? How is outside stucco applied?


Parging and strucco are basically the same thing. They just lay stucco
up in 2 or 3 coats. The top coat can be a different mix with color in
it, Stucco mix may also have some other acrylic bonding agent but it
is basically type S mortar. I have seen old timers "parge" using
nothing but portland and sand.