Hampton Inn, Maple Grove, Minn.
Retrofit Team
Architect: Ramaker Professional Services LLC, Sauk City, Wis.
EIFS Installer: W.E. Nelson Stucco Co., St. Paul, Minn.
Construction Services: Eagle Building Co., Minneapolis
EIFS Distributor: Lutz Co., Brooklyn Park, Minn.
Materials
The facility owner, TPI Hospitality, relied on ReVyvit by Dryvit to completely renovate the building exterior. It required stripping off the original cladding to the studs and installing an Outsulation system to create a better performing, attractive building.
The following materials were used to updated the cladding on the facility:
- Outsulation Plus MD System
- Custom Brick and textured acrylic finish in Sandpebble
- Backstop NT liquid applied air and weather barrier
EIFS Manufacturer: Dryvit Systems Inc.
The Retrofit
The Hampton Inn was originally clad with thin brick adhered directly on top of a thin extruded insulation and insufficient weather barrier, all of which were poorly installed. As a result, the entire building was leaking and suffering from moisture intrusion, causing portions of the thin brick façade to fall off the building. That was more than enough to convince TPI Hospitality that the building was in need of a substantial renovation.
Mark Maves, general manager of the property, states after the renovation, “I’d like to stress how much more seal tight everything is. It’s tight, it’s clean, it looks fresh and new, and now we’ve even been through winter. We don’t have windows that have condensation on them anymore. I think that during the year we’ve had this product on our building, we’ve probably reduced our energy costs by 25 to 30 percent, and that makes me very happy.”
Photos: Dryvit