3/15/05
The Battlements are Stuccoed
The stucco is a little slow going. Mainly because the scaffold
has to be built up so high and tearing it down and putting it back
up takes a while. So, as Lynn says, 7 hours to prep, and 1 hour to
actually stucco.
We got in a test window  last weekend. I hate handling glass, so Bart did all the carrying
and placing and I fitted the moulding.
It looks like we can save a lot of money if we get the glass and
put molding in to hold it in place. So far so good. They'll probably leak,
but isn't that what caulk is for?

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We've had good weather for a few weeks now. Threats of rain, but nothing to slow down the stuccoing.
The stuccoing is so easy (well, I'm not doing it, so it is) that we think now we'll do the entire tower that way.
I still look at stone sites, but since we've been discussing stucco, no one likes the idea of change.
 

Here's a closeup of the corbels. Not really for support, more for decoration.
They look so nice after they're stuccoed. It's hard to believe they're as simple as layered 2X4s.
 
 No stairs inside yet. We still use the ladder to get around the upper floors. There's so much to do, it's difficult to decide what's important.
Once the windows are in, we'll be forced to think about stairs for getting around inside....
I do help a bit, but here I was watching the fire behind the neighbor's house. Helicopters kept flying around, and we figured they were really looking at the tower.
 
The first window installed. George, the cat, really likes this room. He likes to roll in the sawdust.
From the outside. That Low E stuff is really reflective. If we put muntins on the inside I'm not sure if we'd see them with the glass reflection.