Recently, on my weekly radio show, I interviewed a man who I have admired for years, David Oreck, the vacuum- and air-cleaner inventor and sales person extraordinaire. He's 82 years old, still rides a Harley to work everyday and flies his vintage airplanes on a regular basis. He truly loves life.
One of EIFS' real advantages, from a design standpoint, is its cost-effective ability to articulate the outside surface of a wall to create various visual effects. This includes such common design features as color, texture, foam shapes and aesthetic reveals.
I recently began using a product called Trakloc. The system consists of an adjustable metal stud that locks into a matching track. A large portion of our work is within New York City and the freight cars are very tight with regards to delivery space.
I don't mean to be fickle but sometimes I find myself trying to please the customer to the point where I get myself into a pickle. What I've realized is there are certain issues that are non-negotiable. I wonder if you have situations that are non-negotiable. What is non-negotiable?
I have always found one of the more intriguing characteristics of a model building code document to be its fluid nature. Granted, a specific edition of a code is finite; however, since model code texts are constantly being updated, they can and do change over time; and what is a standing truth today may be completely irrelevant or outdated tomorrow.
Perhaps the most common phone inquiry I get is to do an "EIFS inspection"-whatever that means. The word "inspection" has a lot of connotations, such as checking the EIFS application process while it is occurring on a new building and investigating known problems on EIFS walls.
John Platon is vice president of business development for KHS&S Contractors, one of the largest walls and ceilings contractors in the United States. I recently traveled the West Coast with Platon and we discussed a variety of subjects.
Before you hurt yourself jumping out of your Barcalounger so you can dial up the editor to launch complaints about this piece, a thread on the Walls and Ceilings bulletin board regarding "Box Marts" struck a nerve in yours truly and was the motivation behind this month's diatribe.
Until recently, per Construction Specifications Institute Division 10260 (PVC/Aluminum Products), PVC was the material of choice for wall protection items...
Modern gypsum board has as its predecessor a product called "Sackett Board," a composite material that was made of layers of thin plaster placed between four plies of wool felt paper.
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