A warmer, quieter house
Continuous insulation wraps the studs instead of stopping between them, killing thermal bridges and cutting drafts and outside noise.
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The insulated exterior system that defines the modern GTA home.
EIFS — Exterior Insulation and Finish System — is the modern evolution of traditional stucco. A board of rigid insulation is fastened to the sheathing over a sealed weather barrier, locked in with a mesh-reinforced base coat, then finished with an acrylic top coat in the colour and texture you choose. The result is a continuous insulated shell with no thermal bridging and a dead-flat, contemporary face.
What separates a thirty-year EIFS job from a five-year failure is everything you cannot see in a photo: the membrane behind the foam, the flashing at every opening, the back-wrapped mesh at the terminations. We detail those first and finish second.
- Acrylic smooth
- Sand-float
- Trowel-swirl
- EPS 1.5″ / 2″ / 3″
- Sto
- Dryvit
- Adex
Where it fits
Built for these.
- Full re-clad of an existing home
- New custom builds — flat acrylic finishes, crisp reveals
- Additions matched to existing stucco
- Mid-rise residential and mixed-use facades
- Garages, additions and accessory structures
The method
How we install it.
- 01
Strip & inspect
Remove failing material, expose the sheathing, and check the moisture barrier before pricing.
- 02
Barrier & flashing
Seal the air/water barrier and flash every window, door and transition.
- 03
Insulation board
EPS foam mechanically fastened, rasped flat, seams taped — the continuous insulation layer.
- 04
Base coat & mesh
Polymer base coat with embedded fibreglass mesh, double-wrapped at corners and openings.
- 05
Finish coat
Acrylic finish hand-applied in the specified texture and colour, cut clean at the joints.
Why it's worth it
What you get.
Any colour, any texture
Acrylic finishes come in hundreds of colours and several textures. Flat and modern, or a softer float — your call, factory-tinted so it never needs paint.
Repairable for decades
A properly installed system runs 40–60 years, and individual sections can be patched and re-coated without re-cladding the whole wall.
Selected work
EIFS Stucco in the field.
Photography being added — meanwhile, here's what we deliver.
Good to know.
What is the difference between stucco and EIFS?
Traditional stucco is a cement coating over lath on a weather barrier. EIFS adds a foam-insulation layer between the sheathing and the finish, raising the wall’s R-value and removing thermal bridges. We install both — the right one depends on the wall, the energy goal and the budget.
How long does EIFS last?
Forty to sixty years when the barrier, flashing and base-coat details are done correctly. The vast majority of premature failures trace back to water getting in behind the system at a bad detail — not to the finish wearing out.
Will it crack?
Fine hairline shrinkage can appear in the first year on any cementitious coating and is normal. Structural cracking comes from skipped expansion joints or unflashed openings — both preventable in the detailing, which is where we spend our time.
Can you match my existing stucco?
Yes. We take a finish sample, test on a hidden area, and tune the texture and colour until the patch reads as part of the original wall. We do this on additions and partial repairs regularly.
Free quote
Ready to price your eifs stucco?
Send photos and the address — a fixed quote follows within a business day.
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