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Old 04-12-2016, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Challenger View Post
Would like to see some justification to the claim that block and poured are more expensive to maintain.
now this is just a guess, poured is less maintenance, due the fact that it is one piece, I believe it's called monolithic.

So you don't have hundreds of seams like block.

I've been in many homes installing filters and I see block wall with seams/cracking etc. If it's inside I assume it's outside.

When those cracks aren't repaired timely water damage and maybe pathways fro termites to roof????

If I were going concrete I look to poured.

You know in time the stucco will need to be repainted, not sure how many years.

By the way painters charge here I guess 3-5,000 dollars