Synthetic and Hybrid Stucco Resource Guide

[mgbinspect]

Hey,

It's been about ten years since I went through a third-party EIFS inspector certification course, only to decide assessing the condition of EIFS clad buildings is a shot in the dark, with too much liability.

I've been asked to return to a property (for a fee) to identify an apparent hybrid stucco product. I could not find anywhere I could see a cross-section of the materials. But, I'm bound to return and try harder.

Is anyone aware of a really good up to date document (perhaps a PDF)that describes all of the synthetic and hybrid stucco products out there right now? I know there's a lot of products out there since I took the course, and there's not a whole lot of the stuff here in Richmond.

Thanks in advance for any documents that you have and can post here, even if it's simply one particular product.

Mike

[Marc]

Does this mean that contractors are mixing polymer based materials with cementitious stucco?

I guess I need a refresher also.

Marc

[mgbinspect]

Does this mean that contractors are mixing polymer based materials with Cementicious stucco?

I guess I need a refresher also.

Marc

A lot of the newer hybrid stuff seems well thought out - impressive. There's just too many variations out there to keep in your head. A field guide would be nice.

[Scottpat]

Mike, I don't know of one simply because of all of the variations that can or are done on site. I don't think anyone has really made a field guide after Robert Thomas printed his book back in the late 1990's.

EIMA has a good paper (book) http://eima.com/pdfs/EIMA%20ORNL%20ExecSum%20Final.pdf

[Rocon]

In addition we are seeing more hybrid systems like:

http://www.icc-es.org/reports/pdf_files ... R-1607.pdf

Details here:

http://www.westernblended.com/architects_specs.php

[mgbinspect]

Anyone familiar with Dryvit Outsulation Systems? Negatives?