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April 5, 2019

Renovation/Restoration/Residential • Washington

Photo by Alexander Beattie
To cover the traditional stucco at all three structures at Eagle’s Nest estate, contractor Phampena installed an acrylic-based fiberglass mesh crack shield followed by an acrylic finish color coat.

Eagle’s Nest Estate

Location: Friday Harbor, San Juan Island

Contractor: Phampena

Team: BASF, ClarkDietrich/Vinyl Corp., Evergreen Building Products, Sto

The Eagle’s Nest estate in the San Juan Islands occupies 21 acres with seven structures totaling 23,000 square feet with Spanish slate roofs in an Old-World European style.

Traditional stucco is the perfect wall cladding for the three principal structures at the estate, consisting of the main house and terraces (20,000 square feet), the guest house (1,000 square feet), and the carriage house (1,400 square feet) -- all with 1-foot-thick walls, bullnose corners, inset windows and doors, and soffits and dormers throughout.

The estate owner’s design and construction philosophy from inception has been “perfect is acceptable.”

In early 2017, the existing stucco on the main house was removed down to the exterior plywood wall sheathing in order to start over with a completely clean plywood palette for a state-of-the-art weather protection in a traditional stucco system.

Phampena was brought in for its expertise and attention to detail to install the new drainage mat stucco system, and for its expertise in the installation of commercial scaffolding shrink wrap systems able to withstand the occasional high winds on San Juan Island.

The three-story structure was a unique challenge with its approximately 20 different roof elevations and highest point at 55 feet above ground, and soffits, dormers and bullnose corners throughout with 99 inset windows and doors in its 1-foot-thick walls.

There were discussions throughout the construction process, experienced insights were shared, and all best practices were implemented, keeping in mind the estate’s design and construction philosophy that “perfect is acceptable.”

The stucco processes at the guest house and the carriage house were not as extensive, since the existing stucco was removed only around all the doors and windows to install flexible weather wrapping, aluminum-head flashing where needed, metal casings and bullnoses, diamond lath in the top corners, copper flashing and kick-out flashing. Stucco was also removed at the wall bottoms, so newly installed casings were at least half an inch above the surrounding bluestone terraces.

Covering the traditional stucco at all three structures, Phampena installed an acrylic-based fiberglass mesh crack shield followed by an acrylic finish color coat resulting in a glorious Tuscan look with a warm color tone.

Juror's comment: "'Perfect is acceptable' is a tough standard, but this contractor stepped up and met that demand wonderfully. This is truly a masterwork, built to the highest standards, to last for the ages."


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