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Old Posted Oct 24, 2021, 1:39 AM
TheRitsman TheRitsman is offline
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Originally Posted by ScreamingViking View Post
I didn't realize styrofoam was used in stucco. It makes sense, as an insulator, but you'd think there would be methods of applying it that contain the beading. Or is it styrofoam panels under the stucco, and they shed as construction is happening?

I do love the style of those windows.
Stucco is essentially given it's "shape" by styrofoam panels attached to the structure, and then a thin layer of concrete or concrete like material is spread across the styrofoam and made into the stucco like look, then painted.
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