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- The National Association of Home-Builders (NAHB) Warns Builders About EIFS -

The National Association of Home Builders has issued a warning to its member builders about using barrier EIFS. The warning is published in the latest issue of Nation's Building News, November 30, 1998, Volume 34, Number 14 that just shipped out to members. The article is titled "Caution Advised in Using EIFS Systems". Some excerpts:

"Members who are installing barrier EIFS products on their homes are being strongly cautioned by NAHB that the design of the EIFS system, unlike other cladding, dos not allow water penetrating the external surface of the system to drain."

"NAHB believes homes with barrier EIFS can develop moisture intrusion problems even when properly constructed according to industry standards."

"NAHB agrees with liability insurance carriers, relocation services, mortgage lenders, building code officials in North Carolina and Georgia and others [hey, that'd be us!] who say that barrier EIFS systems make homes more susceptible to moisture-intrusion problems. Some builders who have excellent records for quality in construction when building homes have experienced problems with houses they built with barrier EIFS."

"In NAHB’s opinion, the barrier EIFS systems have proven to be incompatible with the existing wood frame construction methods typically used in residential construction in the United States, and that has resulted in significant problems."

Here's the full text.