FW: GBlist: Re: Durisol walls for a basement?

["Sarah Holland/David Foley" <hollandfoley@acadia.net>]

Linda,

Given the choice of taking John Straube's advice or Rob Roy's, I'd go with
John every time.  There are a number of well-meaning authors who advocate
stuff that just doesn't stand the test of time.  Their advice is often
appealing, because it gives us hope that building well is much easier and
cheaper than it really is, and urges us to believe that conventional wisdom
is much more stupid and venal than it really is.

2¢ for now.

- David Foley
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Holland & Foley Building Design
232 Beech Hill Rd.
Northport, ME 04849 USA
p: 207-338-9869 f: 207-338-9859 e: hollandfoley@acadia.net

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>From: GrenSheltr@aol.com
>To: greenbuilding@crest.org
>Subject: GBlist: Re: Durisol walls for a basement?
>Date: 27, Jan 2000, 7:29 AM
>

> In a message dated 1/26/00 9:19:02 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> jfstraube@uwaterloo.ca writes:
>
> << I would not recommend sirface-bonded durisol (or stess skinned panels of
> any
>  sort other than metal faced) for long-term high loads.  Long term high loads
>  exist in full basements. >>
>
> interesting - I believe that Rob Roy recommends surface bonded block for his
> underground/cordwood masonry houses          Linda Lloyd
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