Cracking FAUX STONE

[Carl A. Brown]

Here guys the same co. does both the stone and stucco. They lath the wall and where the stone goes the just scratch the very thin base cote that they have applied for the very thin one cote stucco that gets painted. With a very thin cote of paint.

[Barry Adair]

the rule of "less is more"

the less they do the more it fails

[James F. McKee]

Originally Posted by cbrown1

Here guys the same co. does both the stone and stucco. They lath the wall and where the stone goes the just scratch the very thin base cote that they have applied for the very thin one cote stucco that gets painted. With a very thin cote of paint.

It all sounds a bit thin,,,

[Carl A. Brown]

The less jobs they do the more the public is better off.

There is no room in the industry for caring tradesmen anymore.

That will stand their ground any and that need for things to be done differently.

Even more different then the material mfgrs. and ASTM, let alone the BLIND UNKNOWING eye of codes enforcement.

The HBA is a member driven org. they are all for the builders making all the money they can using untrained help and claiming in court they thought they were hiring the top of the line subs for the bottom of the barrel prices.

Yet the Home Inspector gets hit with the claims when they miss something that they have no way of knowing what is going on under the cladding.

[Carl A. Brown]

Originally Posted by jmckee

It all sounds a bit thin,,,

That is the skinny of it Jim.

[James F. McKee]

Originally Posted by cbrown1

That is the skinny of it Jim.

[mivie]

I ordered a couple of pallets of this crap to finish out a basement wall. When it arrived on the job site and I inspected it, almost every (stone) had air bubbles on the surface. I called the supplier and was told that was normal. I explained that water infiltration and the freeze thaw cycle would split the (stones) wide open. I was assured it would not. HELLO I sent them back and used real stone.

[Carl A. Brown]

More of the pictures.

A lot of things done wrong and a lot of water coming down on that corner.

Roof clearance,clearance on the porch, kickout flashing to name a few.

[David A. Andersen]

Great place for a gutter downspout!

The last house that I inspected with this stuff, it had to be removed and replaced and then removed and replaced again!
But that all would have been totally unnecessary if I hadn't inspected the house in the 1st Pl.!

So I propose that this stuff never be inspected by a home inspector and then there won't be a problem!

Marcel, nice link with great graphics!