why consider foam

Why To Consider Architectural Foam Products

Pinellas Cast Stone has been providing builders and home owners with high quality concrete construction items for over 41 years.

Our concrete balusters, top rail and wall caps have been shipped from Texas to New Jersey. In order to keep up with the ever growing construction field several years ago we have added expanded polystyrene to our product line.

Many builders have discovered the benefits of using EPS Foam Products along with our concrete products.

Foam products are used for the architectural enhancement of a building. It is not designed for structural use or to be placed in areas of frequent impacts.

This cap for a 24" column in concrete weighs about 400 pounds. It requires a forklift,or several men and scaffoling to set onto a 6 foot column.

The same size cap in foam finish coated with polymer cement weighs about 15 pounds and only requires one person and a ladder to set onto a 6 foot column

Foam Column Caps
Columns
Wall Cap
Molding
Trims
Keystones
Banding
Window Sills
Quoins

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

We use a high quality EPS foam (Expanded Polystyrene) in a standard 1 pound per cubic foot density.

Foam Products may be purchased in one of several ways

RAW FOAM - A lot of contractors like this economical way to dress up their houses. Raw foam comes to you straight off the hotwire machine. Lightweight and easy to install and the base coat and stucco finish are applied at the job site.
FOAM MUST BE COATED WITH SOME TYPE OF PROTECTIVE SHELL,A COAT OF PAINT ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH

COATED FOAM - We hopper three coats of a polymer stucco (slightly course) finish. This coating may be painted with latex masonary paint after completely drying.
DESCRIPTION OF OUR COATING MIXTURE: We use Styrocrete/by Marbelite, a high strength polymer cement mix designed to be used with the Styrocrete Polymer Additive as a coating over architectural Stryrofoam trim moldings, caps etc. The additive is a premium quality bonding resin and we also add an additonal bonding additive (MarFlex Elastomeric) which is a specially formulated polymer blend that produces a good range of elongation and flexibility.

COSTS - Costs are determined by the size of the molding or caps needed. We will be happy to give you a quote for your job.
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QUOTE INFORMATION REQUIRED-Before requesting a quote of column caps please consider which style # you would prefer, know the actural column size, for example what is called a 24"square column often is 25 inches square with the stucco, tell us the quantity you would need and the zip code the units would go to and if it is a business or residence, if shipping is required. The more information you provide the quicker we can provide an accurate the quote to you. Thank you.

Please give us a call , fax or e-mail your request for an exact quote.
PH.727-531-6343
FAX. 727-538-4821

CUSTOM WORK - We can produce a wide variety of styles of wall cap, molding, radius trim and column caps, foam columns, decorative trim , in the size to suite your needs, please feel free to contact us for further information .