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Plastering is not a one-man job,
and is especially not for me. I stepped aside for this part of the
project and hired a local contractor. But before work started I
took some time to seal the house. Every possible crevice was
caulked or sealed with fibrous acrylic duct sealant. This task
took a full two weeks to complete.
It wasn't that the solid polystyrene walls needed to be sealed
against air leakage. I wanted to deny admittance to ants and other
small insects that just walk right in to ordinary houses.
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All of the window and door
openings were flashed with Protecto-Wrap, a tenacious aluminum-faced
bituminous rubber material. I also used this material to flash
smaller openings, like these electrical boxes. The boxes are
covered and fitted with messenger pigtails to keep the plasterers from filling and
burying them.
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I will never understand why
conventional builders in this area use cheap black paper to wrap the
house before plastering. I've seen more than one remodel where the
paper had turned to compost. There are good house wrap products
available. I chose creped Tyvek. The seams were securely taped
and then heavy expanded metal lath was applied to accept the plaster. None of that cheap
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