> Mike:
> >
> > On the EIFS, my guess is that design accounts for maybe 85% of the
> problems
> > or even higher.
> >
> > In construction in general I would put material failure at 5% or
> less.
> > (this does not include the selection and use of the wrong material
> for a
> > particular application. That would fall into either design or
> workmanship.)
> >
> > I would then put the blame about even as to 1/3 design , 1/3
> workmanship
> > and 1/3 poor decisions by owner in their efforts to be a penny wise
> or
> > mis-informed .........
> >
> > So without editorials, that's what I think,
> >
> > Bryan

Material failure on the order of 5% would seem an astronomical figure
to me. I can remember going through a period where we were getting a
lot of UPS damage to our small shipments, and when I told the UPS rep
that it was only about 1% of our shipments for that month, his
response was that 1% would be enough to put them out of business.

I don't think any manufacturer could survive with material problems as
high as 1%, although I guess I have seen at least one do it.

Edison Coatings, Inc.
M. P. Edison
President
3 Northwest Drive
Plainville, CT 06062  USA
Phone: (860)747-2220
Fax: (860)747-2280
email: [log in to unmask]
Internet: www.edisoncoatings.com

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