Stucco (EIFS) comes in a literally limitless number of possible colours, as home owners and architects are able to pick out of a catalog or even have colour swatches or samples matched. Like any coloured exterior product however, stucco colours will change over time due to exposure to sunlight (UV radiation). What can be done [...]
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Stucco Colours Fading
Posted by Admin on September 9, 2011
http://torontostuccocontractor.com/blog/2011/09/stucco-colours-fading/
Toronto Stucco and Stone Renovations
Stucco is a great looking cladding itself, with a limitless range of colours and a range of ways to design it to your specific tastes. Some home owners want to take the design a step further by integrating stone with their stucco. This creates a great contrast between the rough stone-face and the smooth (comparitively) [...]
Posted by Admin on August 29, 2011
http://torontostuccocontractor.com/blog/2011/08/toronto-stucco-and-stone-renovations/
EIFS “Panels” Using Reveals
I was driving through London, Ontario a while back and saw what looked like panels on the London Fire Department Station. When I got closer however, I realized that it was just cleverly disguised EIFS. The architect has specified reveals to be cut into the EIFS to segment it into panels, and black spots to [...]
Posted by Admin on March 9, 2011
http://torontostuccocontractor.com/blog/2011/03/eifs-panels-using-reveals/
Stucco Reveals: Design with Distinction
One of the more attractive features of stucco (for the sake of convention, we will refer to EIFS [What is EIFS] as”stucco) is the nearly limitless capability to shape and design the product to achieve the result you have in mind. Whether you are trying to imitate brick, precast or just trying to modernize the [...]
Posted by Admin on July 18, 2010
http://torontostuccocontractor.com/blog/2010/07/stucco-reveals-design-with-distinction/
Adding Soffit Lighting with Stucco
Lighting can be used to accentuate parts of a stucco home, or draw attention away from unsightly parts. Soffit lighting in particular offers a dramatic effect, intensely illuminating a portion of the wall but quickly fading to dark just a few feet away. While they don’t create an enormous amount of light, it is enough [...]
Posted by Admin on April 11, 2010
http://torontostuccocontractor.com/blog/2010/04/adding-soffit-lighting-with-stucco/
What is Stucco?
"Stucco" is typically what people in the Toronto area use when they're looking for EIFS (Exterior Insulation Finish Systems, or "synthetic stucco"). We use the two terms interchangeably.
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