gtblum Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 This is on a firewood box at a camp built in 75. Click to Enlarge 96.86 KB Click to Enlarge 77.18 KB Click to Enlarge 75.49 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Marbleite? OT - OF!!! M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Plywood that has pea gravel adhered on one side. I don't know it's trade name. Was commonly used here for exterior finish on condo firewalls. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbinspect Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Yup, I don't believe it's a "product" at all. It's a product mis-applied - pea gravel and epoxy resin - typically used over concrete slabs around pools to permit water through and off a surface without ponding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtblum Posted May 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 I feel a little stupid for not paying more attention to the substrate, but I thought for sure it was a durock type of sheet good under it. It looks like it was cut with a circular saw. Hmm. I was trying to remember if I'd ever seen it on one the admin buildings at one of the nuke plants. Those plants supplied a lot of material to the construcion workers homes when they built.[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtblum Posted May 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Plywood that has pea gravel adhered on one side. I don't know it's trade name. Was commonly used here for exterior finish on condo firewalls. Marc Marc, I just blew this pic up to see the cut better. It looks like the pebble is on a sheet of 1/8 inch plywood, on 1/2 cement board. Is that the same as what you're talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Plywood that has pea gravel adhered on one side. I don't know it's trade name. Was commonly used here for exterior finish on condo firewalls. Marc Marc, I just blew this pic up to see the cut better. It looks like the pebble is on a sheet of 1/8 inch plywood, on 1/2 cement board. Is that the same as what you're talking about? If memory serves, it was more like 1/4 or 3/8th ply. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In-Depth Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 I've seen it on a commercial property in 4x8 sheets on the exterior. I don't know what it's called though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 "Aggregate-coated plywood" is the name of the product. It was popular at one time for exterior cladding, starting in the late 60s. It's available today as stone-aggregate panels, but the substrate is now fiberglass/resin. It's mostly used for commercial building facades and extensively used for outdoor trash receptacle panel inserts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbinspect Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Now that I'm home and able to behold the stuff on a decent sized screen, I can see it's not epoxy resin. Interesting! Never seen it. I wonder if it can be had with finished edges? (It sure is ugly stuff...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Moore Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Made me go all nostalgic for a bit there. It's not the same product, but the look is something called pebble-dash in England. Basically gravel thrown at wet plaster over masonry walls. Very, very common on house exteriors where I grew up. Click to Enlarge 66.97 KB Click to Enlarge 10.28 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Visit the East coast Richard, and you'll find it isn't unusual here on old buildings (mid-1850s through the early 1920s). But, like the old Church I discussed in an earlier thread, it often gets covered over with a limewash at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 Needs more glass in it. This is 1940's stucco on a 1910 wood frame house. Is there a band called 'Pebbledash'? There should be. Click to Enlarge 110.91 KB Click to Enlarge 112.5 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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