Builder's Guide to Stucco Lath & Plaster

Reviewer's Bookwatch, August, 2007 by Able Greenspan

Builder's Guide to Stucco Lath & Plaster

Max Schwartz with Walter F. Pruter, contributing editor

Craftsman Book Company

6058 Corte del Cedro, Carlsbad, CA 92011

9781889892726, $49.95 www.craftsman-book.com 1-800-829-8123

Written by expert civil and mechanical engineer Max Schwartz, Builder's Guide to Stucco Lath & Plaster is an in-depth manual especially for field professionals to plaster base (lath) and stucco's use as a versatile exterior finish. Chapters cover mixing and application basics, decorative plaster work, assorted properties of plaster from structural to thermal, cost estimating, typical causes and remedies of plaster failure, and more. Step-by-step instructions, black-and-white illustrations, and a CD-ROM filled with files in Adobe Acrobat format round out this all-purpose, user-friendly guide enthusiastically recommended as reference and "how-to" resource.