Hello, all!
The house is made of plasticrete block (it's sort of like concrete) with a stamped veneer that has a brick pattern and has been painted several times in it's 60+ years.
The anchors that hold up the veneer are rusting, causing large orange streaks here and there on the exterior. In some places, the anchors are actually working themselves out. I believe this is occurring because the temperature difference between the inside (block) and the outside (veneer) is creating a little pocket of moisture in between the two and there is no place for it to weep out (other than into the basement walls, which it does). There's no ledge or anything...the block walls go from the basement floor straight up to the roof.
The prior owner painted over old paint, cracks and all, and it looks terrible but I cannot power-wash it or anything because it's probably lead paint.
Before the rusting anchor problem gets any worse, do you think that hanging vinyl siding (glue/anchor fir strips, insulate in between, and hang insulated vinyl), would help? Or, is there some other product that would be better (and, hopefully, easier) to install directly over the veneer?
Thank you :confused1:
The house is made of plasticrete block (it's sort of like concrete) with a stamped veneer that has a brick pattern and has been painted several times in it's 60+ years.
The anchors that hold up the veneer are rusting, causing large orange streaks here and there on the exterior. In some places, the anchors are actually working themselves out. I believe this is occurring because the temperature difference between the inside (block) and the outside (veneer) is creating a little pocket of moisture in between the two and there is no place for it to weep out (other than into the basement walls, which it does). There's no ledge or anything...the block walls go from the basement floor straight up to the roof.
The prior owner painted over old paint, cracks and all, and it looks terrible but I cannot power-wash it or anything because it's probably lead paint.
Before the rusting anchor problem gets any worse, do you think that hanging vinyl siding (glue/anchor fir strips, insulate in between, and hang insulated vinyl), would help? Or, is there some other product that would be better (and, hopefully, easier) to install directly over the veneer?
Thank you :confused1: