Stone siding might be the most problematic siding that my company comes across as home inspectors. This material is failing left and right all over the country, and most of the time the homeowner has no idea when their wall is a rotted mess behind the siding. I’m calling it stone siding because that’s what everyone knows it as, but what I’m really referring to is a product called Adhered Masonry Stone Veneer, or AMSV. This is a man-made product that looks like stone siding but performs like stucco. Well, lumpy stucco, to be more specific. We Find Problems While masonry veneer looks grea ...
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