Install Galvanized Steel Lath

galvanized steel laughs boys and girls this is a honeycomb mesh and so the paper's there to make sure the mortar moisture doesn't compromise the wood and then the lath right here is meant to have the mortar stick onto something quite well so the stone doesn't fall off one thing to note the honeycomb shape points up and down you want it to be flipped which way just like that you want it to be sitting like that where this little honeycomb is sitting slanted up so the mortar can actually sit on it and not slope off i'm securing it using my roofing nails they're galvanized as well you want to punch this sucker in about every six inches vertically up and down and then every 12 inches across a nice tight spread and trust me get it tight or else you're gonna have a miserable time putting the first scorch coat of mortar on and i've done that before it sucked really dead suck that has to be an easier way to do this i i think we're just going to roll this thing as a box oh good jeez my hat's so soaked in sweat good thing i have felt paper down [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] i don't even know i'm wearing this glove fingers out of it [Applause] [Music] she is wrapped and ready oh by the way between the galvanized lath the nails and the mortar spent about 50 bucks