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Hollow tile/masonry house.
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01-05-2008, 03:22 AM
one small downside to having a lava rock exterior or any masonry like my old home exterior in hawaiian beaches is that coakies love to hang out in the crevices and are hard to get out from the higher areas and boy they do sound alot worse when they are right in your wall....it also seems when i pick them out one by one, they eventually get replace by others who want to be the next king of the hill.....
01-05-2008, 03:53 PM
Noel,
An easy way to get them out of your rock wall is to use a pump sprayer with citric acid mix. The ones that get in our wall are much easier to find than those in the bushes. Jerry Art and Orchids B&B http://www.artandorchids.com
01-05-2008, 06:43 PM
Rob,
Is it possible to build a Castleblock house that isn't on a slab? I was living in the bottom half of a house in Orchidland when a puka started pumping out water faster than a fire hydrant, the only place for it to go was through our apartment. I think all of Hawaiian Acres drained through our apartment that night, even though we were out in the rain trying to dig ditches and divert the water around house. That was during the big storm after the earthquake 2 Octobers ago. The earthquake must have rearranged the underground water paths and suddenly water erupted from a place it had never been before. Better water than lava, but after that I refuse to live at ground level in Hawaii ever again, but I really like the concept behind your product. carol
Carol
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01-05-2008, 10:10 PM
A friend of mine builds cement forms for a living and I have seen thick plywood with a layer of some sort of waxy plastic on the surface in his shop, so I asked him about how to obtain a glasslike surface in cement pours. He says-
"HDO, high density overlay plywood, is what I use. $60 a sheet for 3/4" (also available in 1/2"). It leaves a smooth surface. Plexiglass would have to be backed by 3/4 plywood or the pour would have lots of bulges. It should leave a slightly smoother surface than HDO. PVC would be cheaper than plexiglass, and is available in ten foot sheets. Any large lumberyard will have HDO. Better quality forms are made of steel."
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01-06-2008, 12:44 AM
Love this new format. just to easy eh? Thinking GREEN while surrounded in accumilating white !!! Aloha HADave [8D]
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01-06-2008, 04:55 AM
quote:I am sure Rob can speak directly to this, but I asked him the same question and he responded that it WAS possible to do P&P or raised floor style with Castleblock. As I research building, I continually come back to Castleblock. They seem to be able to meet at least our priorities in building a home. Aloha, Sharlee When life gives you lemons....trade them for chocolate!
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01-06-2008, 05:19 AM
Concrete slabs are not required to build a Castleblock home. If they were we would be restircted to single story buildings.
I would be happy to discuss it with you at your convenience. Aloha, Rob 965-1555
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01-23-2008, 11:56 AM
quote:I remember when there were more of these hollow tile for sale. As I recall there could be a real problem with molding that you could not get rid of in the center of the tile making them a health hazard. It looked suspiciously like people would reduce the price and hope that the problem might not be noticed if it already existed on that particular property. I don't know how feasible it is in construction to fill the center holes with cement or another product or method and if that would have solved the problem. After an existing mold problem, it doesn't look good. Lucy Wanting to wish everyone Hau'oli Makahiki Hou - a Happy New Year! Lucy Having another Great day in Paradise, Wherever that Maybe!
Lucy
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01-23-2008, 07:33 PM
As far as i know, the centers are made to be filled with concrete. Its seems wierd that they where not. however that doesnt seem like it would be a hard thing to fix. You just gotta pump the cement in the top of the wall with a grout pump.
Daniel R Diamond
Daniel R Diamond
01-25-2008, 01:21 AM
Daniel,
I am not sure if the center is the only place for mold growth. The sides if covered with something like paneling (which I doubt is done very often any more) or sheetrock could have had the same problem. Maybe Rob or those who have seen more of it would know more information. But I would check out something like that more thoroughly if I were going to do that kind of construction there. Wanting to wish everyone Hau'oli Makahiki Hou - a Happy New Year! Lucy Having another Great day in Paradise, Wherever that Maybe!
Lucy
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