Re: Tuff R -Thermax
Vinay Gupta
Try calling your local Dow rep.
http://building.dow.com/styrofoam/na/thermax/
You know? It's on their web site. They really do this stuff.
Of course, Thermax HD is kind of a specialized product - it's for
barns and so on - but really I think going straight to Dow is the way
to get this sorted out.
I'll give them a call tomorrow if I get time.
Good luck,
Vinay
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On Jun 18, 2008, at 3:36 AM, Liquidkitty wrote:
>
> None in Washington either- not the box stores- and I know contractors
> who hadn't heard of it,
> Anything else sounds cost prohibitive- and if you use Honeycomb-
> aren't you back to the fire retardance issue?
> >
Liquidkitty
had more- but they did not. The Guy called his DOW rep and was told
they stopped making it hence the lack of supplu. The one sheet they
had was 17 bucks! Hexayurt sounds way too expensive to me.
Vinay Gupta
So Home Depot is telling you that Dow has stopped making Tuff-R? Or
that Dow has stopped making Thermax?
Very weird. PIMA, the manufacturer's association for this stuff, says
that over-all 4 billion board feet of polyiso are used every year. I
wonder if this is a regional problem - I know people on the east
coast who have built four or five hexayurts this year using materials
from Home Depot and never hit a supply problem.
That makes me think it's a west coast supply issue.
As for the price, yeah, $17 a board is a little high, but if you want
to keep costs down, try the 6' Stretch Hexayurt - plans are on the site.
Good luck,
Vinay
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