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Exterior Insulated Finishing System (EIFS) from JPS Coatings


JPS Coatings uses and recommend H Grade Polystyrene. The main reasons as to why "JPS Coatings" use and recommend H GradePolystyrene for the use on your next project, not M or SL Grade unlike many suppliers and installers of Polystyrene sheets. EIFS (sometimesreferred to as "polystyrene cladding") had its beginning in Europe at the end of World War II, and quickly became popular as a building materialbecause of its ease of installation and efficiency.

It was introduced to the US market in 1969 but was not widely used as a construction material until the 1980s. It was first used in commercialapplications, and became popular as a residential construction material. Today EIFS buildings account for approximately 17&percent; of the U.S commercialmarket and approximately 3.5&percent; of the U.S residential market. The first company to manufacture EIFS in the United States was the Dryvit company, whichis why EIFS is sometimes referred to as "Dryvit". EIFS is a non-load bearing exterior wall finishing system that gives the building a rendered stucco-likeappearance. The system consists of five components:

    1. Panels of expanded polystyrene foam are screwed to the substrate or vapor barrier.
    2. A base coat that is toweled over the foam panels.
    3. A fiberglass reinforcing mesh that is laid over the polystyrene panels and fully embedded in the base coat.
    4. A Finish coat that is toweled over the base coat reinforcing the mesh.
    5. Selected textured finish in the required colour.

There are two basic types of EIFS currently in use in the US, barrier and water-managed. Barrier EIFS is designed to divert all water fromthe exterior surface (similar to the method used here in Australia). Water-managed EIFS anticipates that some water will penetrate the surfaceand incorporates redundant water-management features (flashing, weeping, drainage plane and water-durable substrates) to ensure that water thatbreaches the exterior finish will quickly exit the system. Most EIFS clad homes in the US are barrier EIFS systems.

The advantage of EIFS as a finishing system is that it is energy efficient and economical to install.



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