Homasote????
Kevin Brant
Ontario? I have called several building supply stores, including Home
Depot(which did not even know what it was) and have had no luck.
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genet
Montreal...BUT its not labbelled as homasote.
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Ray Haddad
This might be a silly question but I'll give it a go anyway. Why
didn't you simply tell him how it IS labeled?
Best,
Ray
On Sun, 12 May 2002 18:55:45 -0400, "genet" <ge...@videotron.ca>
wrote:
R. or I. Piscione
Toronto. Lansing does carry it 'though.
Randy
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Bob May
why anybody uses it anymore. Technology and techniques have changed a lot
since the '50s when a few people tried that stuff for a railroad. Even the
cork roadbed is better than that lousy stuff is and it doesn't last all that
long.
Personally, I use soft pine and cut it into strips for spline roadbed and
lay the ties and so forth on top of that. A power planer makes leveling the
splines very quick.
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genet
"Ray Haddad" <rha...@iexpress.net.au> wrote in message
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> Genet,
>
> This might be a silly question but I'll give it a go anyway. Why
> didn't you simply tell him how it IS labeled?
>
> Best,
> Ray
Ray, If I could remember how it IS labeled I would have posted it...but
because I don't remember what it said on the label I'm going to Home-Depot
tomorrow and I'll tell him then :o)
Hans Spiller
otherwise, I completely agree. cork (or even some of the new foams) on a
suitable subroadbed is way better if you're laying prefrabricated track.
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Farmerjo007
spiking and gluing. I hand lay a lot of my track. It is similar to homasote
but not a dence. Have had no problems with swelling etc. Buy it a local
lumber yards, paid $8.00 Canadian last sheet. Make sure you get the "natural",
it is a light tan color, do not get the stuff that has tar put into it. Ron,
Abbotsford, B.C.
genet
Panel"...sort of off-white/beige colour....$5.17 a sheet...thats before the
taxes. Sure looks like Homasote that I've seen in pictures.
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Jerry Barnes
I do not know where and how you seen homasote used but I have see it used
for over 30 years and I have never seen any problems with it. I belong to a
club that has been using it for over 20 years.
Making spline roadbed is very labor intensive and does not provide any sound
deadening.
Jerry F. Barnes
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Rich Strebendt
> Considering how sensitive that stuff is to water in the air, I don't know
> why anybody uses it anymore. Technology and techniques have changed a lot
> since the '50s when a few people tried that stuff for a railroad. Even the
> cork roadbed is better than that lousy stuff is and it doesn't last all that
> long.
I cannot agree with you, at least not completely. What you say may be true in a
basement or other place that has poor humidity control. I do know that we used
Homasote (which we cut into roadbed-shaped strips from 4'x8' sheets) on our club
layout. The layout was built in the early '70s and is up and running today. We
have seen no problems with the Homasote. Granted, this layout is in an office
building with very good environmental control, so we have not had excessive
moisture (except when they did asbestos removal in our layout room).
> Personally, I use soft pine and cut it into strips for spline roadbed and
> lay the ties and so forth on top of that. A power planer makes leveling the
> splines very quick.
We used splines cut from 1x lumber on a band saw to build the supporting
structure for the track, then glued the Homasote to the top of the splines.
This has been very stable for more than 25 years.
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Mark Mathu
> otherwise, I completely agree. cork (or even some of the new foams) on a
> suitable subroadbed is way better if you're laying prefrabricated track.
Subroadbed? Or roadbed?
Cork isn't strong enough to support track by itself.
bscottf...@gmail.com
a425couple
> Does any know where you can get Homasote in Canada, especially Eastern
> Ontario? I have called several building supply stores, including Home
> Depot(which did not even know what it was) and have had no luck.
- originally made (100 years ago) for outdoor use, if you can believe it.
- Go to the Homasote website to read the history. You can even find a
- letter written by the arctic explorers who made their houses out of it,
- and one who discovered some of the remnants 75 years later outside
- having soaked in water for years. Fascinating! After reading this I did
- my own test and soaked a piece in water for one week, then dried it
- and it is still fully intact. Almost no swelling. And as a bonus it has
- no formaldehyde and is made from 100% post consumer recycled
- content. One of the first "Green" commercialy produced materials.
- Hope that helps.
Old post, but still valid idea.
The problem in locating may be that Homasote is a brand name
associated with the product generically known as
cellulose based fiber wall board.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homasote
"Model railroading
Homasote is frequently used by model railroading for the sub-roadbed
or roadbed,[5] because of its noise-deadening qualities, ease of forming
into shapes used as roadbed for tracks, ease of driving nails to hold
track sections to the bed, light weight and retention of form under
plaster scenery. Cork, plywood, hardboard, drywall, and foam
insulation are common alternatives to Homasote."
kd
wrote:
Try that