[1] Such products are usually designated for specific purposes such as roof coatings, wall paints, or deck finishes.
[2] Coatings are eco-friendly building material that increases the efficiency of energy used and reduces impact on human well-being and the environment.
[4] Wall coatings come in a variety of types, some of which can be applied by amateurs and DIYers without specialized training or equipment.
[5] Most masonry surfaces can be treated an exterior wall coating, such as render, pebbledash, stone, stucco or brick.
Most coatings are designed to be microporous in nature, allowing captive moisture within the wall to evaporate outside, whilst not allowing the passage of water to be drawn inside the building, thus largely providing a secondary feature apart from decoration, and that is to weatherproof a wall, and to stop damp forming inside the building.