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Stucco Home Insurance: How Does EIFS Affect Insurance

Admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:58:28 +0000

Stucco (or more accurately, EIFS) is enormously popular on homes in and around the Greater Toronto area due in large part to it’s great aesthetic appeal and it’s ability to insulate, thereby reducing heating and cooling bills. It’s become a …

Synthetic Stucco – Why Weeping Holes Are Important

Admin — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:19:52 +0000

Synthetic Stucco (actually known as EIFS) is a popular cladding among both commercial buildings and residential homes in Northern climates because of it’s superior ability to insulate a wall and manage moisture. The moisture management comes primarily from 2 important …

What Are Geometrically Defined Insulation Boards?

Admin — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 21:19:56 +0000

A relatively new modification to modern Exterior Insulation Finish Systems (EIFS, or “Synthetic Stucco”) are what is called (geek alert) Geometrically Defined Insulation Boards. What exactly does that mean? It’s a complex way of saying insulation with grooves cut into …

What Style is Your Home?

Admin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:30:18 +0000

I frequently get asked what type of house a home owner’s is – and what decorative stucco elements fit best on it. Until now, I haven’t been enough of a history-building-styles buff to really have an answer. I came across …

Unique Stucco Plaza Design: Rounded Corners, Square Cornice

Admin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:25:14 +0000

This is a great example of thinking outside of the box, and the great number of possibilities you have with stucco. I had always wondered what it would look like to have rounded corners, and not have the cornice moulding …