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Any one heard of Eco Bldg products - Laughing_girl - 02-21-2014
http://ecob.net/
Anyone see anything on this or have an opinions?
ETA: I was wondering how it would do here in East Hawaii.
I spoke with a rep and they are trying to get it into Home Depot.
RE: Any one heard of Eco Bldg products - kalakoa - 02-21-2014
Surprise: it's been approved for use in Hawaii, so it's just a matter of getting some shipped in...
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/10/prweb10072017.htm
RE: Any one heard of Eco Bldg products - Laughing_girl - 02-22-2014
The rep also told me they had talked to HPM and Honsador but no go (yet) and I doubt Honsador would even think of going that way as they do most of the wood treatment for themselves and HPM.
Gotta love the mainland guy trying to say "honsador".
Was wondering if shipping it from West Coast through a supplier was worth it. It is too new I guess for any transplants to have used it on the mainland before moving here and voice an opinion.
RE: Any one heard of Eco Bldg products - Rob Tucker - 02-22-2014
Interesting. I went looking for the ICC evaluation report (#3255) and finally found it. There is some indication it has been temporarily suspended. The link to the report from the company web site was broken.
http://www.icc-es.org/Reports/pdf_files/load_file.cfm?file_type=pdf&file_name=ESR-3255.pdf
The primary chemical used is sodium octaborate tetrahydrate which is an alkaline salt with properties similar to boric acid. Low toxicity. The treatment is compromised by water so the wood products need to be transported, stored and kept dry.
I was unable to find any info on the fire retardant claims which is too bad. Fire retarded wood would be of interest. Every town has a fire department for a good reason.
Basically it appears to be an alternative to Hi-bor with similar properties.
There are claims of "less waste" which I am at a loss to understand.
Good luck to them though. IF they actually do have a fire retarded wood product I wish they would list and show the UL fire rating.