Letters

Trades Need To Work Together To the Editor: In response to comments made by clients and co-workers about my article, "Stucco Details" (2/92): I in no way intended to imply all "concrete guys" are lazy or inept. Many do exquisite work, and where would we be without concrete? Truly professional concrete workers place a bond breaker or expansion joint between their work and a stucco sidewall, permitting movement of slabs and patios. Further, if I had my way, I'd be with the block guy at his house "having a beer." And had the blueprints specified a cast concrete cap (correctly sized to protect the anticipated application of stucco on the block chimney surface), I'm sure he would have done it in a proper fashion. The