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Re: Re(2): GBlist: Faswall



I looked into using them in Colorado but they are made in one of the I
states (Indiana?) and to ship them here would cost more than the blocks
themselves. They look like a pretty good replacement for cement blocks
though! I was thinking about using them for a shed.

Ed

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> From: David F. Lambertson <dlambert@falcon.cc.ukans.edu>
> To: nobody@ibm.net
> Cc: greenbuilding@crest.org
> Subject: Re: Re(2): GBlist: Faswall
> Date: Thursday, August 28, 1997 9:33 PM
> 
> Abby,
>         Faswall is a modified, oversized concrete block made of wood
chips,(
> pattened process) and cement.  It is considerably lighter than a regular
> concrete block, can be stacked like one (is more precision molded) and
> trimmed, drilled, routed and nailed using regular wood working tools.  It
is
> meant to be stacked, rebarred and filled with concrete.  It presumably
> requires less skill than a normal concrete block.  At a finished R-11, is
> suited to the somewhat warmer climates found in south or I suppose to an
> uninsulated basement.  Regard,  Sacie Lambertson
> 
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