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PARGING SERVICES
Residential - Commercial
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Solida Coatings has been helping homeowners, builders, contractors, developers and property managers throughout Clearwater County and surrounding areas for over 14 years with various parging projects. It is our mission to provide best results for your building’s exterior cladding system.
Solida Coatings is a parging contractor offering coating and cladding services for both residential and commercial properties. Solida Coatings takes on any size and kind of project with ease, using only use top quality materials from reputable suppliers which helps provide better results for your project. Solida Coatings offers free estimates for parging and parging repair projects in greater Clearwater County and surrounding areas.
Parging Installation
Foundation walls without proper parging, also known as basement walls on houses, office buildings, apartment complexes and various premises are susceptible to various hazards. Furthermore, considering Clearwater County’s weather, the walls start to crumble and get cracks in time. These cracks can seem unimportant at first, over time they cause major problems such as water leakage into the basement. Damages on parging and concrete should be taken seriously and require immediate repair.
Parging is a thin coating of material which is particularly useful for the foundation and basement walls. It’s an efficient way to cover and strengthen an otherwise fragile surface. Contrary to common belief, concrete walls require protection with the proper parging mix. Parge coat protects the cement and concrete against various external factors and hazards. If needed, flashings and membrane tapes will be applied for additional water control. Then, depending on the clients’ wishes and needs, we will install a textured layer, smooth or acrylic coat. Finished look will not only transform the aesthetics of the building and the foundation, but will also provide an excellent protection and moisture control for many years.
Over the last few years, many foundations on residential homes and commercial buildings have a new system called ICF (Insulated Concrete Forms). This system insulates the concrete with foam and by default, foams are not resistant to dirt, ice, water and wind long term. We offer our ICF parging services and provide various textures and designs.
Parging Repair
If you have noticed that your parging coat is falling apart, chipping away or crumbling, it’s a good idea to start considering a parging repair service. When the water gets in and freezes due to seasonal conditions, it slowly hurts the parging mix and cause it to fall apart further. If the condition is severe and large sections are chipping off, a parging removal and renewal is recommended.
Parging installation and repair services are quite affordable compared to some other coating and wall systems. Solida Coatings provides free estimates and can start the work right away on the given scheduled date. -weather permitting- Contact us for your free estimate today.
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Quick Answers to Frequently Asked Questions.
Parging is a coating that consists of Portland-cement, sand and water. This parge coating is applied on the visible portion of your home’s foundation walls. It provides aesthetic appeal while offering a protective layer for your foundation.
Parging protects your home or building’s foundation against elements such as weather. In time, weather elements slowly deteriorates the foundation walls and cause them to crumble and fall apart. Parging acts as a protective layer and deflects the hazardous elements.
Parging not only provides an aesthetic appeal to your home, but it also provides protection for your foundation walls against weather conditions whether it is concrete, wood or masonry based walls.
Parging offers insulation though minimal against weather conditions. It also prevents insects and other animals from nesting inside.
Contrary to common belief poured concrete walls are weak against weather elements such as snow, rain and wind. Parging offers an additional layer of protection against these hazardous elements and is needed for any type of foundation walls whether they are wooden, poured concrete or ICF walls.
Parging is not considered a DIY project, however with the right tools, material and experience it can be done. If you feel comfortable using trowels and mixture of sand based cement, you can apply the parge coat and the texture.
Generally speaking however, parging cannot be done by majority of people due to lack of experience. What is recommended is that you can fix the small cracks and apply little patches by yourself by purchasing pre-made parge mix at a store.
There are few number of reasons why a parging falls off. A poor workmanship while applying the parge coat is one of the reasons. Parging should be pressed onto the foundation walls with a trowel and it requires a certain amount of thickness for it to be strong. Additionally, poorly prepared parging mix can be another reason why a parging falls off. A good ratio between sand, cement and water is a necessity when preparing the parge mix.
Moreover, if the weather conditions are bad when applying the parging coat, it is doomed to fail later. A certain degree of good weather conditions is needed when applying parging. Therefore, inexperience and poor workmanship are the leading causes of why a parging fails and falls off.
Parging itself is not a waterproofing system that keeps the water out, however it offers immense benefits for water control. It is especially useful for membrane and other waterproofing systems that lies underneath the parge coat. Just like stucco, parging does not keep the water out however controls it.
Considering Canada’s weather conditions, parging season is between April and November where the temperatures allow the parge coat to dry nicely and timely. At least 48 hours should be given for parging to cure and stick to the foundation walls.
There are few alternatives to parging. Though more costly, these alternatives can beautify the foundation walls while offering various benefits.
- EIFS
Acrylic stucco system -commonly known as EIFS- can be applied on the foundation walls. This system offers the benefits of choosing over 100 different colors and better insulation. It provides water control, insulation and better appeal to foundation walls.
- Masonry
Masonry systems such as; brick, cultured stone or block walls can be installed instead of parging. However, these systems are more costly.
Most people use portland-cement and sand for parging. However, it is crucial to apply concrete adhesive bonding prior to applying parge coat onto the foundation walls so that the parging sticks better on to the surface.
Additionally, a good practice is to apply fiberglass mesh embedded in parge coat so that it provides the much needed flexibility against weather conditions.
As a good rule of thumb, the parge coat should be applied in a thick coating, ideally as 10mm (3/8 inch) however the thickness can vary due to the conditions of the wall and requirements.
Then the texture or a second coating can be applied for beautification and aesthetic appeal purposes while offering additional protection against weather elements.
Depending on the thickness of the parge coat, it is a good practice to allow it to harden in 24 to 48 hours. Parging will take at least 2 days to cure and settle.
You can paint the parging with the proper masonry-based or exterior stucco paint however, it’s not a good idea.
Parging protects the foundation walls which are on the lower part of a building or a home and foundation walls embrace the dirt, snow, ice and rain. Over time, the paint will chip away while chemicals inside eating away into the parging, leaving it vulnerable against weather conditions.
Concrete foundation itself will expand and shrink due to temperature and foundation settlements happen regularly therefore small hairline cracks in your parging is nothing to worry about.
Absolutely. The parging can be washed after it settles and cures. You can wash your parging to clean it from dirt.
No, it is not. Smooth parging is the texture that is different than skip-trowel texture and is needed to be floated. The acrylic parging uses acrylic finish coat as the textured layer. Although both systems require floating, the look and interior layers are different.