Not sure what link i put up but its http://www.lpcorp.com/techshield/ and I checked and its up.
Live life fully today! LaRahna On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Cody Firestone <[email protected]> wrote: > FYI i tried to check out the lp site, they are down right now. Bummer > > Sounds great! Probably uses a gore-tex type vapor barrier where vapor of > h2o pass, but liquid h2o, being more dense, cannot pass thru. it uses the > water tension of liquid h2o v individual molecules of vapor. > > I would NOT flip it backwards. building products are > generally designed to go on one way, other wise you could be TRAPPING the > heat / vapor, etc in your hut. > > > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 1:07 PM, LaRahna <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Not vapor barrier. That brand has a technology (holes of some sort) that >> allows moisture escape. Thinking the attached radiant barrier on the inside >> and maybe one of the nanopaints with a radiant barier filler on the outside >> is a simple and relatively inexpensive step 1 fix. At my local home depot >> the 7/16" LP brand techshield is $8.67 only a bit more than the regular osb >> at $6.27...about a $30 project cost increase....but you cant buy radiant >> barrier for that price so i'm thinking it would be a good deal for wood >> structures! >> Live life fully today! >> LaRahna >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project) < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Wow, shiny vapor-barrier OSB. That's excellent! >>> >>> V> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 6:53 PM, LaRahna <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I saw the build made out of OSB....I wonder if the LP Techshield product >>>> would be a good fit for the wood (osb) structure)? >>>> >>>> http://www.youtube.com/LPBuildingProducts#p/u/10/qH9FD9rvbDw >>>> >>>> http://www.lpcorp.com/techshield/ >>>> Live life fully today! >>>> LaRahna >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 2011/7/1 Lucas González <[email protected]> >>>> >>>>> In time, this looks like the kind of thing that can be Taylorised. >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_management >>>>> >>>>> I wonder if open source tools like the >>>>> http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Torch_table will eventually, with >>>>> adaptation and simplification, be able to deal with a boatload of plywood >>>>> and 2x4s. (A torch-table per boatload, that is.) "Hey, just cut roughly >>>>> half the panels through the diagonal, trim the points and signal where the >>>>> blocks and holes will go, and pass that on to teams." >>>>> >>>>> The Chinese said it starts with a small step. They didn't say it >>>>> _continues_ with small steps too. >>>>> >>>>> Lucas >>>>> >>>>> 2011/7/1 Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project) <[email protected]> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> http://vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/hexayurt/hexayurt-h13-at-the-cloughjordan-ecovillage-2536(video, >>>>>> some stills too) >>>>>> >>>>>> Plywood (well, actually OSB) H13. Construction details and coreography >>>>>> pretty much as you'd expect. There will be a video and more detailed >>>>>> pictures up soon! >>>>>> >>>>>> The H13 really is the Way, the Truth and the Light as far as general >>>>>> purpose hexayurts go. I'm still not 100% convinced they'll stand the >>>>>> wind at >>>>>> Burning Man easily - I think we're going to need some testing, and if you >>>>>> are building an H13 this year, please be sure and tape it up well and >>>>>> guy it >>>>>> down solidly, because that's a *lot* of exposed flat vertical surface on >>>>>> the >>>>>> front - but the quality and quantity of the interior space is unbeatable, >>>>>> and in plywood it was a dream to build and is completely solid. >>>>>> >>>>>> We'll learn more from building the next few of these, so don't take >>>>>> the way I've done this one as any kind of finished process, but enjoy for >>>>>> now and more soon. >>>>>> >>>>>> Scott, Dylan - your work rocks, >>>>>> >>>>>> Vinay >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Vinay Gupta >>>>>> Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest >>>>>> >>>>>> http://hexayurt.com - free/open next generation human sheltering >>>>>> http://hexayurt.com/plan - the whole systems, big picture vision >>>>>> >>>>>> "In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an >>>>>> invincible summer" - Albert Camus >>>>>> >>>>>> Twitter/Skype/Gizmo/Gtalk/AIM: hexayurt >>>>>> UK Cell : +44 (0) 7500 895568 / USA VOIP (+1) 775-743-1851 >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Vinay Gupta >>> Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest >>> >>> http://hexayurt.com - free/open next generation human sheltering >>> http://hexayurt.com/plan - the whole systems, big picture vision >>> >>> "In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an >>> invincible summer" - Albert Camus >>> >>> Twitter/Skype/Gizmo/Gtalk/AIM: hexayurt >>> UK Cell : +44 (0) 7500 895568 / USA VOIP (+1) 775-743-1851 >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > 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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