Bill; I missed that part of your email about the Ply/Homasote/Homasote layering. I agree with Brian, ply then homasote for just the road bed. Yes, the premilled stuff. Unless you have an excellent dust collection system attached to your wood working machines. Jeff
On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Brian Jackson <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Bill, > > I would advise against going with a plywood/homasote/homasote roadbed > sandwich because sheets of homasote vary considerably in thickness. In > contrast, I think a 3/4 ply plus homasote roadbed sandwich would be ideal. I > was forever sanding and filling the joints between homasote sheets to get > them level with each other. Sanding homasote will fill your basement and > lungs with nasty dust. The homasote roadbed is milled and thus maintains a > consistent thickness. > > I get why people use sheets of homasote for yards--we did--but I would > never, ever use it for anything else, and I'm not sure I would use it again > for yards. You will get excellent sound deadening qualities with the > ply/homasote roadbed sandwich, so adding another layer of homasote would be > unnecessary and expensive. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
