News

Q: Can you explain to me what a rainscreen is? Posted 5-27-19

NATIONAL OVERVIEW: The single-family home market is only one market for stucco cladding, but an important and dominant one. Posted 5-27-19

Pre-fabrication is Growing. Posted 5/27/19

So does the air control layer go on the outside or the inside?… You’ve got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do you, punk?

These construction pitfalls lead to callbacks and long-term problems. Here’s how to avoid building defects on the jobsite.
BUILDER, Don Neff, February 2019. Posted April 2019.

UPDATED FOR 2019!! Posted April 20. Go to our reference library and click on “stucco.” Title will show up in the publication titles displayed.

An underestimated cladding system that’s begging for the limelight. Walls and Ceilings Magazine, Scott Robinson, March 2019

Newsletter of the EIFS Industry Members Association. January/ February 2019

ASTM C1063 is the Standard Specification for Installation of Lathing and Furring to Receive Interior and Exterior Portland Cement-Based Plaster. Currently the Minnesota Building Code recognizes ASTM C1063 – 08, so this new version does not apply, it doesn’t however mean you shouldn’t be aware of changes.

Our model EIFS with Drainage Specification has been updated for 2019! Find it by going to our library and clicking on the “EIFS” tab.

Take it off, take it all off. These words are typically not heard on a construction site, but increasingly, we hear this phrase coming out of the mouths of our industry experts. Walls and Ceilings magazine, Albert Carillo 2-1-19

Changes of plane and intersections present moisture-management challenges. Journal of Light Construction, Tyler LeClear Vachta, John Koester, November 2018

Need details? This is the place to find them. Northwest Wall and Ceiling Bureau Publication

“If you aren’t expecting it, Allianz Field looks like an alien mother ship strategically landed at an area known as ‘Midway’ between Minneapolis and St. Paul.” – Walls and Ceilings Magazine, Steve Pedracine, MN Lath & Plaster Bureau, October 2018

If it’s possible to build a fireproof house, Robert Balzebre is convinced his stunning three-story personal sanctuary perched in the Hollywood Hills would qualify. USA Today, Chris Woodyard, August 2018

“Everyone is running around sealing the outside of buildings and the term “air barrier” has gone from obscurity to buzz word in less than a decade. But if you look at the physics we are sealing the wrong walls…” Building Science Corp., Joe Lstiburek, December 18, 2018

“Stucco doesn’t crack; breaking is a common misconception about a well-used coating.” – Walls and Ceilings Magazine, January 6, 2019

“Westshore Tampa is an ever-growing business district which includes Tampa International Airport”… EIMA Blog, December 27, 2018

“Stucco can take any color and adapt to any shape, from flat boxes to doubly curved fantasias” – Architizer, December 2018

Daunting challenges necessitate a mix of old and new plastering methods to bring back “The Star of the North”

Direct (applied) Exterior Finish System. Go to the Reference Library and look under “Specialty.”

Windows and doors are “holes” in the “sheet-like walls” of buildings. Hence the term “punched openings”.

EIFS Industry Members Association has published a new “Guide to EIFS with Drainage Detailing” .

Fire and Risk Management – April 6, 2018

EIFS Industry Members Association releases new video

Mulcahy Nickolaus receives the AWCI Excellence in Construction Quality Award for their plaster repair work on the Minnesota State Capitol.

The battle to control water entry is won at building joints and corners.

Steven Pedracine receives award from EIFS Industry Members Association.

The California Missions are not only state history made corporeal, but also one of the major reasons stucco is so common in the Southwest.

Walter Payton does permeance

OSHA Small Entity Compliance Guide for the Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard for Construction