SB: Re: Borax foam?

["Chris Lancaster" <csnake@attglobal.net>]

I used borate treated EPS for my grade-beam. The manufacturer is in Georgia
so probably not a good choice for you in the Great White North.
 Here are several links for closer manufacturers.
 Good Luck
Chris
http://www.epsmolders.org/3-below.html
http://www.r-control.com/products/building_products/building/perform_guard/p
erformguard.asp
here are Canadian manufacturers of EPS but borate-treated  I can't tell
http://www.epsmolders.org/2-other.html
----- Original Message -----
From: Speireag Alden <Joshua.M.Alden.91@alum.dartmouth.org>
To: <strawbale@crest.org>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 12:03 AM
Subject: SB: Borax foam?


> Hello, all.
>
>      When I re-do my earthen roof, I want to do it in such a way that
> carpenter ants can't get established in it.  Several times in the
> past, people on this list have mentioned expanded polystyrene (EPS)
> and extruded polystyrene (XPS) which has borax in it for insect
> resistance.  I've spent several hours looking around on the web, and
> I can't find a maker, or where I might order it.  I've even tried
> Dow's site.
>
>      Can anyone steer me to a brand name, or a source, or a
> manufacturer, or any lead at all, for sheets of EPS or XPS with borax
> additive?  I'll take it from there.  Thanks.
>
> -Speireag.
> --
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> will be too late. -Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher
> (1803-1882)
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