Permastone Exterior Siding

The home my wife and i just purchased has an unattractive permastone exterior likely added on in the 60s 70s.

Permastone exterior siding.

The stone exterior is virtually maintenance free. John waters once called this ubiquitous simulated masonry the polyester of brick from the 1930s through the 1950s companies all over the united states were pitching faux stone siding to homeowners as a modern update to the exteriors of late 19th century buildings. We do not have the funds to remove it and are looking instead at painting it a light color. Does painting over faux stone come out look.

It is approximately 1 2 1 thick. The second layer is applied to the first and troweled formed and colored to look like individual stones. The first layer is attached to wire substrate and scored. Does anyone have any experience painting permastone.

As mark says the fix the hoa is asking for will not work. Made of shale lime and water the. I ve heard it referred to as permastone but i know faux stone such as this was marketed under many different names. From what i can tell this is the variety which was comprised of individual pieces which were cast on site and then mortared together on to the walls.

This is the time to be the adult in the room and not give them what they are asking for but what they need. The house is solid. My question is about the siding. Permastone was used alot in the 50 s as a siding alternative for new or existing construction.

It is covered with a product that was popular during the 1930 s. The original use of formstone patented in 1937 was to apply a uniform exterior covering to suburban houses that had undergone additions with unmatched siding. However it quickly became more popular for covering the exteriors of old row houses in baltimore built by the tens of thousands using porous brick that left them plagued by penetrating moisture. Formstone is a type of stucco commonly applied to brick rowhouses in many east coast urban areas in the united states although it is most strongly associated with baltimore as a form of simulated masonry formstone is commonly colored and shaped on the building to imitate various forms of masonry compound creating the trompe l oeil appearance of stone.

It is applied in two layers. The original use of formstone patented in 1937 was to apply a uniform exterior covering to suburban houses that had undergone additions with unmatched siding. Stucco permastone and no flashing a big mess you touch it and you own it. The original rostone failed and was covered in the 1950s with perma stone which has also now fallen apart.

Nearby in the same neighborhood is a house i listed many years ago that i called the perma stone palace.