Re: [OT] What is that cement-on-styrofoam cladding system?

[voxwoman <voxwoman -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Because one really belongs only on a movie set, and the other is meant to
pass the test of time?

-Wendy

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Leonard C. Porrello <
Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- soleratec -dot- com> wrote:

> What I don't quite understand in my own thinking is why I would tend to
> consider a styrofoam+stucco version of a bas-relief crap while I would
> approve of and enjoy the same design in stone or bronze.
>
> Leonard
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> Is anybody on the list writing for the construction and renovation
> industry?
>
>
>
> I'm trying to find the generic name of that building-cladding system
> (mostly used on commercial buildings, until fairly recently) where you
> slap styrofoam on the exterior, carve some "architectural" details into
> it, then spray, roll, or trowel a cement-ish outer coat on top. Presto!
> Fresh new look on old building. The sites that I've visited so far tend
> to use only their own system name for the process and to avoid a generic
> term.   The Portland Cement Association has a "Stucco" site, but I'm not
> totally convinced that I'm looking at the same thing - they refer to
> "portland cement plaster". I think they mean something more literally
> like lathe-and-plaster than the skin-on-styro thing that I have in mind.
>
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> Do we know what I'm talking about?   Do I?
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>  - Kevin
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