Using stone veneer instead of parging.
Parging stone basement walls.
She and her husband plan to parge the surface of the walls in the basement to repair the deteriorated bricks and mortar.
Parging is a construction technique used to finish the surface of a masonry wall.
Not bad and it only leaks a small drizzle of water if there is a huge downpour but i want a clean water tight basement.
This product is designed to coat or repair imperfections in poured conc.
It is most often seen on above grade foundation walls and the interior of basement walls.
This material can be installed over new or existing walls and it is used in both residential and commercial applications.
It is similar to stucco but uses a masonry based mortar rather than a traditional stucco mixture.
Sometimes it s a little of both.
The process can be completed in a single day of work.
I have a stone basement in wisconsin.
Kind of like frosting on a cake.
Parging is the application of mortar to the surface of a masonry wall.
Parging a concrete foundation wall is an easy way to cover and strengthen an otherwise susceptible surface.
The appearance then becomes like that of stucco.
Contractors use a term called parging when applying a thin coat of mortar or concrete to a wall in order to protect and repair its surface from the effects of air voids or to improve the appearance of concrete block.
A parge coat is a thin masonry coating that is applied over interior and exterior masonry block and stone walls.
It s depositing sand along the edges of the walls in various spots.
This video will show you how to parge a concrete block wall with sakrete parging mix.
The materials used in stone veneer are light so additional.
This thin coating of material is particularly useful for older concrete block foundations which are held together with mortar.