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What Alberta’s Freeze-Thaw Climate Means for Stucco, EIFS, and Foundation Repairs
Anyone who works on building exteriors in Alberta learns one lesson quickly: water is rarely the whole story, and cracks are rarely just cosmetic. The real damage often happens when moisture gets into a wall or coating, temperatures swing above and below freezing, and that wet material is forced to expand, contract, and repeat the cycle over and over again. In Edmonton especially, that pattern is hard on cement-based finishes, hard on foundations, and unforgiving of shortcu