Unsightly rigid pink "blue board"?

[HOGEYE]

I have a heated floating slab home that has a vertically insulated foundation perimeter. It is insulated with ugly rigid pink foamboard. I want to coat it with something that resembles something concrete like. I would cover it with "concrete paneling", but the edge of the foam is flush with the siding, so there is no lip to tuck it under. Does anyone have any suggestions?

P.S. I know the question isn't fishing related, but I can't find any knowledgable staff at the local hardware store...

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[IaFisherman]

I've never seen a home with exposed foam insulation as a finshed product?

[minneman]

HOG,
Ive used a regular handsaw and roughed up the surface fo the foam then used regular mortar and coated it like stucco. use the same direction strokes with the saw.

another idea if your siding hangs over the foam some, and the distance to the ground is less than 2' you can buy coil stock alluminum/steel to match siding color or contrasting a color. put the top edge under the siding a bit (if possible) and a fastener now and then on teh top, and dirt on the bottom portion to hold it to the foam.

1 more, cement board siding, comes in 4x8'x 3/8" thick, (like T111 verticle siding). the prob with this would be gluing it on and like you mentioned the siding being flush with the foam, you would need to flash this somehow, they do make a Z type flashing for this purpose..if you could get it behind the siding..??

[Surface Tension]

Plywood siding?
You can trawl on or spray on latex/cement product with fiberglass fibers for reinforcement. If you spray it on you'd use the same texture gun/pot for interior ceilings. Use and old hand saw to rough up the foam and give the coat something to bite. Where the foam meets the siding use a surform(sheetrock rasp)and shave a 1/4" off the weight. Dig 6" down around the perimeter to get the product below grade, then back fill when your done.

[Surface Tension]

minneman, I was typing while you posted.
If theres just the slab above grade the coil stock would easy. You could make a 1" break(bend)in it and slide it between the siding and foam.

[soldoncass]

A quality lumber yard would be a better place for advice for that issue. Foam insulation degrades when exposed to sun, etc. so it should be covered. The questions will be width you need to cover, type of siding, etc. They used to make a fiber type covering different widths for that, or also a concrete mixture you can trowel on. I would recommend checking out the height of the bottom of the siding compared to your floor. You could get a flashing tucked under the siding and out to the front of your ins. covering (whatever that measures). You don't want water getting in there to cause problems. Good luck to you.

[JohnMickish]

Contact your local stucco/plaster contractor. They will be able to have it covered and colored in no time. You know these fancy stucco looking strip malls we have now? Do you think that's real stucco? Nope, covered polystyrene (styrofoam).

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[ChuckN]

My families cabin has the same deal. My dad used some sort of liquid concrete and kinda painted it on. It's been there for over 10 years and it really doesn't look bad at all.

[hanson]

Those stucco 'looking' strip malls, you're right that they are not stucco. They would have an EIFS (External Insulated Finish System) system applied. Dryvit would probably be the #1 manufacturer of EIFS systems. You can pretty much make any shapes you want out of the insulation and then they get sprayed with a browncoat and then the colorcoat. Lots of lawsuits are going on due to moisture problems and mold growth due to bad installations of EIFS.

I like to think of it as cake decorating for buildings. I'm just not really a big fan of the stuff.

Could be a very appropriate application for the insulation along your foundation. As mentioned previously, the way you flash between the siding and the insulation will be pretty important.