Cover it in Stucco
Day three is all about creating walls and finishing the roof. We put roofing on the particle board and seal it with tar. Then there is the more involved process of creating walls from bailing wire, tar paper, and chicken wire.
Bailing wire gets strung all over the building with no more than six inch gabs between the wires. This provides a backing for the tar paper. The wire has to be tightened and then it has to be retightened. If it is too loose it won’t support the tar paper which won’t support the chicken wire which won’t hold the stucco.
Once the wire is in place we wrap the whole building in tar paper. Each sheet has to be nailed in and if you have never heard 14 people hammering all at once, it is deafening.
Then comes the chicken wire. The main issue with chicken wire is that it serves as support for the stucco, like rebar in a concrete foundation. Tightening the chicken wire is a pain, but it got done quickly this year.
Next comes the sifting of the sand and the mixing of the stucco. About half the group is involved in the creation of the stucco and the other half is involved in applying it. The goal is to get one layer on before we go home on day three so it can dry over night.
