Stucco

All right, whatever.

Anyways, with us today, we are lucky enough to wrangle Mark Fowler, author, editorial director of a little publication called Walls and Ceilings Magazine, prolific author, executive director of the Stucco Manufacturers Association, and 50 years in the industry with heavy focus on plastering and plastering systems.

episode we talk about interior finishes of course and the industry transition from plastering to drywall in the early 70s and the steady insurgence of drywall into the european markets he knows a little bit because he has connections to germany and we talk about that too mark is the quintessential expert in plaster systems and systems in general and that expertise shines through

In Washington State, it was known to be the worst city to do building work.

Yeah.

Who who answered the phone there? Oh, that would have been my wife.

She actually is the office manager for the Stucco Manufacturers Association.

So, yes, she's OK. He's the one.

I had...

Stow is, just for our listeners, stow is a form of stucco.

Stucco and eaves.

And eaves.

So synthetic and non-synthetic.

this is interesting.

Was there...

So basically it was Sto and it was Drivet, just these two companies creating Stucco at that time? Or