Eisenwall vs. standard 3-coat stucco

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Author Message (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Sunday, May 17, 2020 - 08:46 am:    Good morning. I recently specified a standard 3-coat exterior cement plaster system, and Eisenwall was submitted as a possible substitution (mostly for its rapid cure). I've never used this product before, but the literature makes it seem like an acceptable substitution. Have any of you used Eisenwall before, and if so has the experience been positive. Thanks for your feedback! Jerome J. Lazar, CCS, CDT, CSI, SCIP Senior Member Username: lazarcitec Post Number: 2090 Registered: 05-2003 Posted on Sunday, May 17, 2020 - 09:38 am:    Never specified this product for exterior plaster (stucco)in Florida, actually never new it existed until your query, curious to hear comments from other 4specs contributors. Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: michael_chusid Post Number: 530 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Sunday, May 17, 2020 - 02:55 pm:    I wrote about Eisenwall in a Construction Specifier article. See https://www.constructionspecifier.com/publications/de/200909/?page=42. The projects I examined performed well. I particularly like that it's reduced shrinkage reduces the need for shrinkage joints. Have the contractor do a field sample and check it out for yourself. Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS 1-818-219-4937 www.chusid.com www.buildingproduct.guru Jeffrey Potter Senior Member Username: jpotter Post Number: 13 Registered: 02-2017 Posted on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 - 10:16 am:    Eisenwall is a two-coat plaster system. It is a good product. However, verify with your local building code that a three-coat stucco system is not required. On school work in CA, we get substitutions for two-coat plaster systems all the time. We have to deny them because the CBC specifically lays out the requirements for a three-coat system.