just to add a little more information to the mix: when i spoke to them last Saturday, the Lowes in Cotati had 68 1" Rmax panels in stock @ $15ish each. there's a 10% off coupon you can grab from the Change of Address packed from your post office, which makes those really cheap. but delivery to SF is something around $300.
the home depot pro in colma just ran through their stock of 1" Rmax, but are ordering more (should be coming in 1-2 days). if you bring the lowes ad to the store, they will match the price. & if you order more than 30 panels, there is an additional discount. i picked up most of our 70 panels (did i mention the hexayurts really caught on in my camp?) this past weekend & today from the home depot, but they didn't have quite enough to round out my order. hoping to get the rest of them up to SF on thursday, so if anyone is headed out that way from the city with a truck who has room for a rider & another 12 panels - let me know! (our truck privileges have expired for the moment) we had a 7 person / 6 yurt workday today & had a lot of fun! discovered that using a non-serrated blade on a jigsaw works really nicely for the straight cuts. no dust & a quick and easy pass. not as nice as we would have hoped for the beveled edges, but i guess that's what you get when you don't have table saw. excited about our little hexa-community on-playa! :) wanda On Aug 11, 2010, at 1:27 AM, David Kelso 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]. >>> 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]. >> 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]. >> 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]. > 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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