Cultured Stone Cladding THE TRUTH

Cultured Stone, veneer, faux or other fabricated stone cladding systems, may be leaking, infiltrating or permitting moisture, water or vapor intrusion. Many of these homes have hidden; inner wall, interstitial, insulation, band joist, sill plate, sole plate, joist, or wall deterioration. Additionally, certified home inspectors who perform moisture investigation evaluations are also finding insects, termite, carpenter ant, mold or musty odor problems. These siding products were specified by architects and were poorly installed by contractors. These installations were similar to the EIFS (Exterior Insulated Finish System) holocaust, epidemic, and crisis, which resulted in class action lawsuits against builders, developers and Dryvit Manufacturers. Installers failed to place the proper drainage plane, drainage space, capillary break, window flashing, door flashing, weep hole, or rain screen. In these poor installations, water or vapor travel from the exterior to the interior of from the interior to the exterior through gravity, surface tension, capillary suction, absorption, solar vapor diffusion and air pressure. Many of these homes, similar to the synthetic stucco homes, will require full moisture surveys to determine if replacement repairs are necessary. Most repairs will result is a 100% tear off removal. Marko Vovk Clevelmold@aoll.com, Clevelandmarko ClevelandMold or www.houseinvstigaions.com.

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• Marko Vovk
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• odor
• musty
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[closerlook2]

Marko, I have actually seen manufacturers specs which are also wrong. Builders still do not get what a drainage plane is all about?



[Clevelandmarko]

@closerlook2 Right--- I find this stuff every week.

[dtmbcorp]

Thanks for exposing this

[slobomotion]

As a Clevelander living in Europe now, I have found it very interesting to talk with homeowners in France where I am about why they have these stone houses, why their roofs are what they are, how the drainage and ventilation is dealt with, etc. Many are lured into a false sense of security by a new home and guarantees. The older ones are often better but need a lot of correct updating. The good artisans have to be booked years in advance.

[closerlook2]

Marko, I have actually seen manufacturers specs which are also wrong. Builders still do not get what a drainage plane is all about?

[tdebat]

good job marko

[bin952]

Especialy watch out if you have your house stuckoed and your house is not on the west coast.

[rickbar123]

Oh gee wiz !!!! Contractors not trained or not using what they should be using !!!!!

That's a freaking new one on me.......not.