Another View
Synthetic Stucco:
A Revolution in
a Traditional Material
by Jan Nogradi
[The following rebuttal was written in
response to the special report, "Troubles
with Synthetic Stucco" published in the
June 1988 issue of New England
Builder. Given the complexity of the
topic, we agreed to publish this response
in full.]
Adhesive method. As far as the
method of adhesive attachment is
concerned, STO Industries has never
specified the ribbon-and-dab adhesive
method, because we do not believe it
can be installed with consistent
quality. We specify notched trowels of
various sizes, depending on the
adhesive to be used, which will
control the size of the ribbons applied
over the entire backside of the
expanded polystyrene (EPS) board.
Terminology. We reject the
terminology of softcoat