Attaching Foam

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Re: Attaching Foam

Postby Dirke » Tue Feb 19, 2013 5:03 pm

KCStudly wrote:On a 5 wide think 1x2's and 2x2's, max. No 2x4's or 1x6's unless you are cutting them up into curved segments.


I have to keep remembering that this thing isn't going to be that big. It really should be pretty stable with everything all tied together. I think the only reason I would use a 2x4 or 2x6 would be to add height to the walls. Of course, I could just use a 2x2 with a couple of spacers underneath it to do the same thing.
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Re: Attaching Foam

Postby GPW » Tue Feb 19, 2013 6:34 pm

2X6 framing might even survive Bears and frozen Turkeys (schmaybe’ ? ) ... but until then , it would be HEAVY to haul around :o ... But there are No rules here , so build it as Heavy/Strong as you like ... :thumbsup:
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Re: Attaching Foam

Postby KCStudly » Tue Feb 19, 2013 7:44 pm

Oh, I guess I was miss understanding. I thought you (Dirke) were talking about building up a sub-frame to raise your floor. If you want to make your walls taller than an inch or two more than the foam sheet size I would recommend gluing on another strip of foam at the top.

The reason I used wood for my wall sill was also in part because I thought it would help strengthen the wall blank (especially around the door opening) during construction and handling (I am building in a friends shop and all of my stuff needed to stay highly mobile in the beginning). Also, I felt that screwing (and gluing) the sill to the floor would work out better for my hybrid style because I will be applying the inner skins before erection and have no way to reinforce the inner joint with fabric skin (unless I were to resort to epoxy/glass). Because I stepped up ($$) and used clear A grade or better cedar, it is still very light weight, I got 100% yield out of the material (no knots to work around) and very straight grain (strong).

I may grumble a bit about what I have invested, and threaten to go simpler if there is a "next time" (#2), but whenever I touch or handle any of it, or assemblies made with some of that cedar, I have no regrets. It is light, straight, strong, and rot resistant. It cuts easy and I have had no issues or concerns so far about gluing it. The ONLY drawback is that it is expensive compared to other options. I'm getting off track here. Sorry. :oops:

Hey! What about a bow top, maybe something in between a flat top and GPW's rounded over Foamstream? That would be a trick. :thumbsup:
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