3 Reasons Your Home Needs Parging

The foundation of your home is the most important part of your home. It provides all your home’s stability while helping keep moisture and critters out. With proper maintenance by the homeowner, a well built foundation can last centuries. One important maintenance procedure is to keep the above grade portion of your foundation protected and looking good as new with parging coatings. Here are the three main reasons why your home needs parging.

Visual Appeal

While concrete foundations are the best option for building a home on top of, they’re function is all utility and no beauty. Even the nicest poured foundations are full of seams, protrusions and divots. To truly finish a foundation, a two layer coat of parging is necessary. It will beautify your foundation by covering up all of the imperfections and create a visually pleasing sharp, uniform appearance. Parging done by a qualified mason can make the exterior of your home look crisp and truly finished.

Weather Barrier

Parging is a protective layer of sacrificial coating that keeps your foundation shielded from rain, wind, ice and snow. The weather resistant properties of parging help your foundation to breathe while also protecting it from water penetration that could create potential costly damage after many freeze thaw cycles. A foundation that is protected from the elements is one that will last.

Adds Value

Applying a fresh coat of sand finished parging to your weathered foundation is like adding icing to a cake. It's amazing what a simple coat of parging can do to make your look new again and therefore boost its street appeal. Exposed concrete or block foundations are typically full divots, pitmarks, leftover markings from the concrete forms and can really make your home look unkept and well-aged causing your home to lose out on potential value. Parging will freshen the exterior of your home which can potentially lead to higher home values if you choose to sell.

Hire a Qualified Professional

All of the Ottawa parging performed at Kavanagh Masonry is carried out by a licensed mason with years of experience. We understand how important it is to keep your foundation protected and looking as good as new. For more information on our parging services, please visit our Parging Services page. If you are ready for a free estimate give us a call at 613-859-5090 or submit a form on our Request a Quote Page.

More details on parging and our parging procedures can also be found on our Blog, 5 Common Causes for Parging to Fail and Everything You Need to Know About Parging.