Panel-Style Reveals
Horizontal, vertical or grid-like grooves create the visual rhythm people associate with ACM panels.
ACM PANELS LOOK
Love the panel look? EIFS stucco can get surprisingly close.
For homeowners drawn to crisp ACM-panel lines, we create an architectural stucco finish using shaped EPS insulation, grooves, reinforced mesh/base coat and smooth finish coats. The finished system is EIFS stucco, designed to echo the clean panelized look rather than install metal ACM cladding.
Ask About the Panel Look ›HOW IT WORKS
Panel lines are designed into the stucco system.
The EPS insulation gives us room to shape architectural details before the finish coat goes on. Grooves can be cut into the EPS to create panel-like reveals. The surface is then reinforced with mesh and base coat, and finished with a smooth acrylic finish chosen to emphasize those clean, modern lines.
That same flexibility can be used for other visual ideas too, including selected stone-like shapes, trim profiles and modern geometric details. The more custom the pattern and smoothness, the more labour it takes, so it is treated as an upgraded finish.
DESIGN POSSIBILITIES
ACM-inspired lines, smooth monolithic fields, or stone-like detailing.
Think of EIFS as the exterior’s sketchbook. It can stay simple, or it can borrow visual cues from other cladding styles while keeping the underlying system stucco.
Smooth Contemporary Finish
Fine textures and smooth finish coats keep the façade crisp, especially around large flat areas and modern windows.
Stone-Look Shapes
Selected profiles can be built in EPS and coated to suggest stone blocks or architectural bands without the weight of masonry.
TYPICAL PROCESS
From blank wall to “wait, that’s stucco?”
- 1
Design
Choose the panel spacing, groove size and finish direction.
- 2
EPS layout
Install and level the insulation system.
- 3
Grooves & details
Shape the EPS for the panel or stone-inspired pattern.
- 4
Mesh & base coat
Reinforce and build the surface across the custom geometry.
- 5
Finish coat
Apply the selected smooth/fine acrylic finish and detail the reveals.
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