robsantana

Friends, we are living in the age of litigation. Everybody knows that. The presumption that a particular siding is bound to fail simply because of stigma is ludicrous. Ignorance in the marketplace, especially concerning EIFS, has had an adverse effect on our bottom line. Remember, one bad apple doesn't spoil the whole bunch. In todays reality, with the cost of energy rising everyday I would much rather have EIFS then any other siding under the sun. The truth is there is no other siding that even comes close to the energy efficiency of EIFS. Not brick, vinyl, hardcoat, nothing. Well, maybe one siding can stand up to EIFS' r-value. Cow dung. It seems everywhere on the net there are folks bad mouthing EIFS when they have no clue of what it is they are talking about. From the beginning EIFS installations in this country were flawed due to fundamental mis-steps in the construction process. It is for that reason among others that insurance companies are in business. They are profiting off of ignorance. We are a nation of sheep, and people will be lead one way or the other, that is clearly evident from the post here, but I think industry professionals are doing a disservice to the industry and the buying public by spewing unfounded rhetoric. It appears the alarmists out there that warn against the evils of EIFS, namely brick and vinyl contractors as well as home inspectors, are failing to convince the buying public and to a greater extent architects and engineers to believe their increasingly piercing and scientifically unfounded rhetoric, so they blab on the net. EIFS is still going up everywhere and it is here to stay. EIFS is not a problem and it hasn't been for some time. How many EIFS clad commercial buildings have moisture related issues? Not many. As I mentioned before EIFS is the way of the future and folks need to start recognizing that fact. We need to have the same quality control apparatus we have in place on commercial projects and implement those principles in the residential construction market. Only then can we as a whole better serve our clients.