The following article appeared in Sydsvenskan yesterday:
http://w1.sydsvenskan.se/Article.jsp?article=10107609
In summary, it concerns that new stucco facades are molding, with black mold if I understood correctly. If you search for the name of the researcher who raised the alarm (Kenneth Sandin) via Google, you find more examples than mentioned in the article.
What I wonder is which systems it concerns? They say stucco on insulation, but does it also apply to polystyrene, as in our case?
http://w1.sydsvenskan.se/Article.jsp?article=10107609
In summary, it concerns that new stucco facades are molding, with black mold if I understood correctly. If you search for the name of the researcher who raised the alarm (Kenneth Sandin) via Google, you find more examples than mentioned in the article.
What I wonder is which systems it concerns? They say stucco on insulation, but does it also apply to polystyrene, as in our case?
No, I actually don't think so. The theory is that it becomes mold due to thermal bridges in the insulation. If you search the name above on, for example, google, you will find many examples, with different plaster but with what I understand the same substrate.gaia said:
gaia said:Isn't cellplast also a type of insulation?
If there are thermal bridges in your walls, you have your answer
gaia
Thanks for the answer, but I'm not quite buying your explanation. The examples referred to possibly only concerned plaster on mineral wool boards (as far as I can tell from the pictures), and what we and many others are going to have is plaster on cellplast. A wall completely free from thermal bridges doesn't exist, but there should be quite few and less significant in such a construction.
Almost the same article was published by HD.se in September where it mentions: "Since the 1970s, plaster on insulation has been used in more and more constructions.."
One immediately wonders why the houses built then haven't been affected (or why the mold hasn't been discovered)?
We are currently building new, and it makes you a bit sad when reading these articles. Has any private individual been affected by this and started to "take legal action"? What does the Gar-bo insurance cover? :-/
One immediately wonders why the houses built then haven't been affected (or why the mold hasn't been discovered)?
We are currently building new, and it makes you a bit sad when reading these articles. Has any private individual been affected by this and started to "take legal action"? What does the Gar-bo insurance cover? :-/
Oh well! Soon you can't read newspapers anymore because they almost only sell on people's fears or hopes.
What is dangerous one day is beneficial the next, the headline "Your obesity can be good for you" I thought was a low point a few months ago in a well-known newspaper.
All facades have their problems. Plaster can mold, plaster can crack, brick can freeze and break, wood can rot, and you get an upset stomach if you eat horizontal wood paneling painted with cuprinol.
You can look around a bit yourself and check out houses in reality. Certainly, a white house becomes shabby faster, for example. And you do get more moss on the roof if you insist on having a gigantic OAK one meter from the house. And surely the risk is greater that the brick will crack due to settling if you build on an old lakebed. And it wouldn't surprise me if you have more problems with algae on the facade if you have a neighbor who is a heavy smoker.
But with a pinch of salt, please...
What is dangerous one day is beneficial the next, the headline "Your obesity can be good for you" I thought was a low point a few months ago in a well-known newspaper.
All facades have their problems. Plaster can mold, plaster can crack, brick can freeze and break, wood can rot, and you get an upset stomach if you eat horizontal wood paneling painted with cuprinol.
You can look around a bit yourself and check out houses in reality. Certainly, a white house becomes shabby faster, for example. And you do get more moss on the roof if you insist on having a gigantic OAK one meter from the house. And surely the risk is greater that the brick will crack due to settling if you build on an old lakebed. And it wouldn't surprise me if you have more problems with algae on the facade if you have a neighbor who is a heavy smoker.
But with a pinch of salt, please...