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   plantlust | Jan 27, 2007 03:45pm | #1

   Rats. It's only for new construction.

   And then one dayyyy the police came by..singing rikiti tikiti tin

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   Reyesuela | Jan 29, 2007 12:31am | #2

   Yup! Sorry.

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   Norman | Jan 29, 2007 11:45pm | #5

   "

   And then one dayyyy the police came by..singing rikiti tikiti tin"

   My gawd, another Tom Lereher fan! I have the original record that song is on. He sold it mail order in '54, it seems no record company would touch a tune like "The Old Dope Peddler" in the '50s.

   Cool stuff.

    

    

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   zak | Jan 29, 2007 01:14am | #3

   Sounds a lot like rastra blocks, with the addition of a 5/8" OSB face.  The osb would worry me, since it's something to rot/delaminate if condensation or moisture wicking happens.

   Also, I don't really think that 5/8" osb is a suitable mounting surface for upper cabinets.  How many piffen screws do you need in that application?

   I think rastra blocks are great in some applications though, the styrofoam beads+fiber+cement seems like a promising technology.

   zak

   "When we build, let us think that we build forever.  Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone." --John Ruskin

   "so it goes"

    

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   Reyesuela | Jan 29, 2007 09:47pm | #4

   >Also, I don't really think that 5/8" osb is a suitable mounting surface for upper cabinets. How many piffen screws do you need in that application?I thought that's what I've seen applied in some regular ICF brochures...>Sounds a lot like rastra blocksI hadn't heard of them before! I found several others now, too: PerformWall, Grid-Wall....They aren't good for really heavy or tall projects, which is not good for me. :-) There is a system called 3D Panel that has shotcrete applied over a grid on either side of the insulation that looks more promising for bigger projects.