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Posted by Kris Krieger on June 4, 2006, 4:37 pm
> Kris Krieger wrote:
>> > Kris Krieger wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I'd seen some HGTV show where the people wanted to redo the tacky
>> >> front of a house for which they'd paid somehting over $400K.
>> >>
>> >> The job was easier then they'd expected because the huge front
>> >> columns/"portico" thing was stucco-coated *FOAM*.
>> >>
>> >> I was utterly appalled.
>> >
>> > Why?
>> >
>> > R
>>
>> A 2-story portico (on a high-proiced "luxury house) made of what looked
>> like florist's foam?
>>
>> If I have to explain it, then no explanation would be of any use.
>
> If you're commenting on the design, I can't assess the situation from
> your twenty words. If you're commenting on the construction technique,
> you need to get out more. It's called EIFS or an acrylic stucco
> system, and it is as good a system as any other as long as the
> installer knows what they are doing.
I know what acrylic stucco is. It was created to adapt to climates, such
as Southern California's, whcih experience wide temperature fluctuations
over short periods of time (such as going into the 40's at night and the
upper 90's in the afternoon). It was OTOH quite problematic in the cool
rainy climate of Vancouver. I've personally seen (and lived in) both.
The stucco, acrylic or otherwise, was, however, not the issue. The OP's
statement is quoted right at the top. The issue, as indicated by the OP's
aasterisks and caps, was the foam used to make the underlying structure.
> Ask Don. I'd hazard a guess that at least 50% of the buildings he
> designed in his previous life had some acrylic stucco detailing.
>
> R
>
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