I was trying to get my kitchen uppers level on that awful stucco wall in my 1950s house and nothing was working... ended up wedging a stack of old poker cards under one corner and it sat perfectly. Took about 15 minutes to shim everything with different card amounts. Has anyone else used something random like that instead of buying actual shims?
I was picking up some gravel at that place off Isleta and saw a whole pallet of lime mortar mix sitting near the registers. Caught my eye because I've been reading up on old adobe repairs and how modern cement can wreck them. Anyone else spot new materials like that popping up around town?
So I've got this old stucco house up near the North Valley, built in the 50s. Last month I noticed a hairline crack running down the side of the garage. I figured hey, drywall mud is cheap and I had a bucket left over from patching the bathroom. Big mistake. That stuff doesn't breathe like stucco does. Now I've got this dark gray splotch that stands out from a block away. My neighbor came over and said I should have just used a stucco patch mix from Home Depot for like 12 bucks. Has anyone else messed up mixing materials like that or found a way to blend the color back in without redoing the whole thing?
I used to just grab whatever DAP tube was cheapest at Lowe's and fill cracks in my stucco every spring. After last year's monsoon season I had huge peeling strips where it pulled away from the wall. Switched to a polyurethane based caulk from Sherwin Williams on Candelaria and it cost $18 a tube but it actually flexes with the temp changes. Been 8 months now and zero cracks coming back. Anyone else find a better fix for that stucco expansion issue we get here?
Hey everyone, we're finally gutting our kitchen and I need to rent a roll-off dumpster for all the debris. I'm torn between Jackson Compaction and Scrapy Bins. Scrapy seems okay but I've heard mixed things about their hidden fees. Has anyone used either of these locally? Would love to hear your experiences before I book.