Each stucco profile has its own specific properties. In this article, we explain what which profile is most suitable for.

To distinguish stucco profiles, we distinguish between "wet finishing" and "profiles". Wet finishing means that the plaster or cement is applied wet, and with dry finishing we are talking about plasterboards.

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Stucco profiles overview

The following profiles fall within the wet dismantling:

• Corner guards
• Stucco profiles
• Guide profiles
• Stainless steel profiles
• PVC profiles
• Special profiles

Dry off:

• Corner guards
• Closing and end profiles

Wet finishing

The stucco profiles Ripstaal Group produces for wet finishing are made of galvanised steel, alu-zinc, aluminium, PVC and STAINLESS STEEL.

Among the edge protectors There is also a distinction to be made depending on whether thick or thin plaster is to be applied. The most commonly used thin plaster profiles are made of alu-zinc and are suitable for layer thicknesses of 2 mm and 3 mm and higher. Thick plaster profiles are used for layer thicknesses of 5 mm and more.

Corner profile, angle profile, stucco profile, corner bead or angle spear? There are different types of names for the same type of product on the market. Every plasterer can call it just a little different again.

Where one plasterer talks about a angle bar, the other plasterer it about a corner profile or a stucco angle profile. And if one is talking about corner protection has, gives the other the prefer a stucco profile. A "horned spear" will also occur. No matter the exact name. The main is that everyone is talking about the same product and above all knows what the means.

What exactly are stucco profiles?

Stucco profiles are nothing but corner profiles used for plastering to create tight and strong corners. Before plastering, the corner profile is placed (flattened) on the outer corners of the wall and/or ceiling after which it can be plastered.

The plaster profile also serves as a gauge for the plasterer during the cleaning process. There are different types of plaster profiles.

Think of types of different thicknesses and stucco types. They are available in different materials such as galvanised steel, aluminium, stainless steel and plastic. We actually only use the thinnest stucco profile, which is the 3 mm type. Made of galvanised steel, it is basically suitable for all types of (interior) stucco and provides the most elegant, sophisticated and stylish corners.

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Stucco profiles

Another type in the stucco profiles range is the stucco stopper range . Where corner profiles are really used for exterior corners, the profiles are plastered on both sides and the situation is slightly different from plaster stop profiles. Use a stucco stopper (the name suggests something) to stop the stucco.

Assuming the end of a wall is not adjacent to the frame or another wall, the plasterer should have a point to finish with the plaster.

This is where stucco stops coming in handy. When a stucco stopper is chosen in this case, the stucco always stops in a straight line. It may also be that the wall or ceiling is too big to smear in one go.

To get anywhere, a stucco bulkhead is used. Like corner profiles, stucco bulkhead profiles come in different materials and types. Nevertheless, 3 mm and 6 mm aluminium stucco bulkheads are relatively the most common.

Stucco profiles in new buildings

Stucco profiles are placed on exterior corners, such as the side of a window (back or sight side), or where, for example, two vertical walls meet. Without these contours, it would be impossible to create a tight corner using only the material of the wall itself.

Whether in concrete, plasterboard, gypsum board, sand-lime brick, fermacell or other materials, to create a very compact corner, stucco profiles must be installed.

Unfortunately, some main contractors of new buildings increasingly think otherwise. It is more common for houses to be delivered without plaster profiles in the outer corners of the walls at the side of the windows than it was a few years ago.

Placing stucco profiles after completion

Is there a solution? Absolutely, of course. The stucco profiles are perfectly placed after completion (as yet).

If your newly built home is found to be delivered without corner profiles on either side of the windows, we recommend that you eventually have them done. However, this is a recommendation, not an obligation.

We feel obliged to report this to you as the end result of product is seriously affected, which is negative. We could never get these outer corners as tight as with corner profiles.

Indeed, the more time we spend on it, the less engaging the results are. There are only two drawbacks to installing stucco profiles after delivery. You have to pay extra and it causes a schedule to go wrong because you need more time.