I've spent the day jumping through the usual hoops to figure out what I want to create... and I've settled on a 1.5x - height PIC based Hexayurt... taking the standard 8'x4' ~ 1.5" panels and adding an extra two feet at the bottom ( = 3 more panels).
I'll be stopping by Ashby Lumber Thursday morning on my way to work... just to check out what they actually have. If they have the "Plus" more-reinforced product at that price, it seems to be a good deal. If it's not, sounds like Home Despondent might be a better price. And I'm way-open to suggestions for other suppliers in the area. As with most folks, I'm looking for help with getting the tape order handled efficiently. To that end, I live in Berkeley and commute to San Jose every couple days, going down the I-880 corridor. I don't know if anyone around the Bay area stocks the 6" tape, or 5". For just sealing the edges, I'm content with 4" tape, as I can do the edge-sealing more than carefully enough. I do not plan on taping edges that will be inherently sealed when taped to adjacent pieces and kept together with hinges created by taping both sides. -Keith / BRC Ranger Oswego On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 1:27 AM, David Kelso <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey all > > Just a heads up that I found some 1.5" Rmax at Discount Builders in > SF. They have 12 sheets there (when I was there on Thursday). Some of > the ends looked a little beat up, but they definitely looked usable. > And they were only $21 each. > > I still wanted the 1" panels, so I got them to order them in. They > were a little bit more expensive at $26 per sheet. I'm guessing to > deal with shipping and whatnot. They get deliveries on Tuesday, and if > you order by Friday they get them in on time. Boxes are 20 sheets, but > they order a bunch of stuff, so rmax is happy to break boxes for them. > No problem on me ordering 8 panels. My order went through on monday, > so I missed delivery today, but hopefully will have them next week. > > Also, I got in touch with the Dow Chemical Company, makers of (super) > tuff-r looking for distributors. Here's what they said: > > Since SUPER TUFF-R (TM) Insulation and TUFF-R (TM) Insulation are > only manufactured on the east coast, they are not widely available for > sale in California. Please contact the following distributors who can > inform you of any local dealers who have purchased these products for > resale: > BlueLinx: 1-800-830-7370 > Weyerhaeuser: 1-800-525-5440 > > Hope that helps someone! > > On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Steve Upstill <[email protected]> wrote: > > I got Rmax panels, 1 1/2", from Economy Lumber in Oakland at $26 and > change. > > Cheers, > > Steve > > On Aug 9, 2010, at 4:04 PM, nutrapuppy wrote: > > > > I am in Seattle, having my new panels prepared and brought to the Playa > by > > friends at Xian and American Steel in Oakland. I just called Ashby Lumber > > (right off 80, Ashby exit) and they have 1.5" panels for about $25/panel. > > They said it was Dow Brand but couldn't tell me exactly what version and > > didn't seem keen on going to look in the warehouse. Dow makes several > > versions, right? Do they make a version I should NOT use? > > > > Have any of you bought from Ashby recently? I got my last yurt panels > from > > them but its been 4 years and I can't remember what they were. > > > > Thanks, > > Gibbon > > > > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Le Overt Mu-Djkinde < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> Hi All, > >> > >> I've been trying to reach Service Partners and when I was able to > >> reach them, they said they only accept very very large orders. > >> > >> Anyone have ideas for how/where to get just 26 sheets of Thermax? > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "hexayurt" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]<hexayurt%[email protected]> > . > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > >> > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "hexayurt" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<hexayurt%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > > > > -- > > Time is the best teacher; Unfortunately, it kills all its students. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "hexayurt" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<hexayurt%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<hexayurt%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. 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