Exterior Insulation Finish Systems incorporate a coated fibreglass mesh designed to allow flexibility due to expansion and contraction, and prevent the base coat and finish coat from cracking. In situations where the base coat and finish coat crack, water is able to get into wall system where it can and will go through freeze/thaw cycles […]
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EIFS Cracking Due to Lack of Mesh
Posted by Admin on February 7, 2011
http://torontostuccocontractor.com/blog/2011/02/eifs-cracking-due-to-lack-of-mesh/
What is EIFS
What is EIFS? This is a question that is easy to answer, but difficult to show. Adex Systems (a manufacturer out of Montreal) has put together a FANTASTIC video showing what the basics of the EIFS system. The visual aspect of the video makes it much clearer what constitutes the various layers and what they […]
Posted by Admin on May 19, 2009
http://torontostuccocontractor.com/blog/2009/05/what-is-eifs/
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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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