[Greenbuilding] Coating a concrete house

[Gennaro Brooks-Church]

You can't just restucco? I like this concrete paint called thoroseal.
But you have to stucco first.

Gennaro Brooks-Church
Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
www.EcoBrooklyn.com




On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Blyth McManus <blythmcmanus at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am putting numbers together to work on a house that is built of
> tires and concrete.  Much of the concrete stucco on the outside is
> coming off, exposing the tires and creating an entryway for water and
> rodents.  The roof is just a rubber membrane over OSB and everything
> up there is wet and has been for a long time.  It has been suggested
> that we use spray urethane over the structure of the house and then
> spray another layer of epoxy overtop to permanently seal the
> structure.
>
> I am the only person looking to preserve the structure.  Everybody
> else is looking to tear it down.  I know there are different kinds of
> spray foam available.  I know very little about the epoxy.  Is this as
> un-green as it sounds?  Or is this a case of the greater good?  Are
> there alternatives I am not aware of?  My google-fu has failed me on
> this.
>
> Thanks!
> Blyth
>
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