You see it everywhere on commercial buildings, but has anyone seen it used on a house?
Gone are the days when you had to get it in gray only. The manufacturers are offering it in a whole lotta colors, now.
You see it everywhere on commercial buildings, but has anyone seen it used on a house?
Gone are the days when you had to get it in gray only. The manufacturers are offering it in a whole lotta colors, now.
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Like walmart houses, eh?
Did you get my photos of the stair landing trim turn?
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Got your photos of the skirt winding the landing corner. Not sure if I like the trim dropping as low as it does when it comes off the landing and heads down.
How about this, then? I am shopping for someone that wants a copy of a house I am finishing now, but wants a masonry finish beefier than one of the cultured stone products (2" max thickness, cannot run it down to grade), and is willing to consider some ultra contempary looks.
This is a concrete brick product from Oldcastle.
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something wrong with fieldstone?
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Ah yes, the dufferin stone veneer. I called a local sales rep around here (northeast) and he told me they had only sold like 1 pallet of the stuff on over 3 years. For what that's worth anyway.
Funny thing is, the question I had for the rep was weather or not this veneer could be used in an application that would be on a brick shelf slightly below grade. As you already know, you can't run regular cultured stone below grade, so you end up with exposed foundation which I just cannot accept. When I'm trying to give a home the look of having an old stone foundation, that defeats the purpose.
Edited 12/1/2005 2:34 pm ET by xosder11
I've seen it applied as banding to finished block to create some additional texture and design to the facade. Some examples looked pretty good in my opinion, generally blocky modern Louis Khanesque buildings.
So what was the answer about contact with grade?
I left that out cause it was a while ago and I forget. I think it was ok. It's applied like regular masonry .
In my municipality it's not an approved residential exterior finish. You can use whatever you want where it won't show. Only certain types of siding/stucco are approved for the street side.
Stacy's mom has got it going on.
Is that govt or land covenant
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govt or land covenant
I'm not sure what that is, but it's a local building code.
They aren't very picky, it's not like a historical society. You have to submit your finish material as part of the permit process, if your finish is on the list, no worries. If it's not on the list, you can file for variance, and depending on the neighbors you have a chance.
I've never had a problem, but I've seen them bickering about it on the local broadcasts of the planning/building commission.
Stacy's mom has got it going on.
I wish I would of thought of that. it would look cool.. 2+3=7
It's usually a zoning issue here. Various area commissions fall under zoning, and some of them (especially in older/historical neighborhoods) also have a palette of colors and materials to choose from. You can apply for a variance and go before the zoning board or city council, but the $1500 fee tends to scare people off. Especially with no guarantee that you'll be approved.
Aaaarrrggghhh! That would make me insane. Or I'd have to vote with my feet.Andy
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Split face cmu.
AKA: "poor man's stone."
Have seen it used in landscaping and for a base, but not much beyond that. 8" units would look awkward, would go with 4" units at most. Even so, a difficult material to use with most house styles.
I think that I have seen some 50/60's "modern ranch" styles with a textured block at was common at the time.
Probably not a good idea, since to get a finished surface inside, you're end up building stud walls behind the CMU, insulating them and drywalling. That's a mighty expensive system for what essentially becomes "siding" unless you leave it exposed inside and don't mind exposed conduit for electrical, and having to use a Ramset to hang a picture on the wall ;)
Bob
A quarter of my hometown is built out of slump block, its an old military base, built cheap as can be. We supplied a house about 9 months back that used split faced block as both structure and exterior finish. Pretty weird looking, but it will last.
It's used quite often here (central Iowa) as quoins on residential brick jobs. Using stone quoins vs split faced block would have added an extra two grand (12%) to the brick job on our house. I liked the look of the stone quoins better but the two grand savings got shifted to trim work so not a bad tradeoff.
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Dennis