Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Green construction materials

[billc (billc]

>I'd like to find a web page on Faswall.  Can you point me?  I tried the
>greenbuilder site, but could not find anything using "Faswall" as a search
>word....
>

Hi Dave and others interested in Faswall details:

The official Faswall site is  (surprise!)  http://www.faswall.com.

Also, there has been a fair bit of discussion on the greenbuilding
listserv, and Environmental Building News reviewed the material in 1992 and
updated in 1998.   You can find all the details  by visiting the
Environmental Building News site at http://www.ebuild.com and entering
"faswall" in the search.

By the way, I have no information about the other method that was
originally mentioned (Deltec  Round House).  However, it should be noted
that whenever you get away from "standard" materials  dimensions and
angles, you're adding cost.  They don't make plywoood that fits on an
octagonal roof without a fair bit of waste.   Labor costs are higher if
you're making extra cuts  too, just because of the the extra time taken.
It all adds up, and the building industry is geared toward straight lines
and right angles.

BC

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