Low Wider... Simple

[GPW]

Although this Lucky old bird hasn’t seen the foam in person yet , I hope this stuff is good enough for trailer building , and not the ultralight beadboard ... We’ll see if "the Luck” holds .... If not I can always Buy the blue or pink foam , like everybody else did , but I do like the idea of 3.5” thick foam as an insulation ... Just a small fan blowing in an ice cube should keep it cool . Just separating the skins by that distance increases the overall strength by a large factor ...

[GPW]

Got as much foam as I could put on the pickup truck .. and I can go back for more , he has 11,000 blocks like this in his warehouse ... That’s LOT of foam ... Incidentally the blocks are actually 10” X 24” X 10’ ... Misprint on the CL ad...

Nice thing it’s not regular 1#/ cu.ft. bead board but the structural grade used for concrete work ... Pretty sturdy stuff .. hard to compress with your fingers ... much the same density as the extruded blue and pink ... 2#/ cu.ft.

[eaglesdare]

oh man, send some of those blocks up here! you certaintly lucked out on this find.

[GPW]

Eagle ... Shipping might be prohibitive , although it may be possible to lash them together and float em’ up there ...

Although I had no idea what to expect , I’m sure glad it was the denser foam ... that way there will be little difference in strength than the other (more pricy) foams ... No worries eh !!! Since this was used for industrial and home concrete work, this stuff Must be available elsewhere... The trick is finding it .... found this on a Craig’s list search ... and there’s still 11,000 blocks left in case I need more , decide to make a bigger trailer yet .... or re-float the Titanic ...

Anybody wanting to ride down with an empty trailer , I'd be Glad to share my source ... More than Plenty still available ...

[atahoekid]

If its as dense as the pink or blue stuff, are you still thinking of 3" walls?

[GPW]

Mel, why Naturally !!! Figuring it will keep the Beer cooler ... Stronger too ... Plus if 3.5” is used it will match the commercial size wood (1X4 )..
My friend who helped me pick it up suggested I make the walls the full 10” thick , just stack the blocks ... Maybe a bit overkill ... more like an Igloo , a real one ... And I could do some serious “rounding”

There was a guy here with smaller foam blocks for a dollar each .... Thought I could stack those like bricks or Legos , then this big stuff came along ...

[atahoekid]

So I'm assuming that a foam cutting rig is next on the to do list. Looking forward to seeing that. Cool!!

[GPW]

Notice : All trailer work might be temporarily delayed .... Isaac is headed right for us ...

And Yes , I will be bringing the little Foamie inside the Studio ...

[wagondude]

Good luck, Glen. Stay safe. They are saying there should be a pretty big storm surge. Keep tabs on Rosie too. That boat may come in handy. Don't forget to lash down that foam you just picked up.

[eaglesdare]

stay safe!

[eaglesdare]

is there any evac's going on? i just saw the path, hopefully it won't be too bad for you guys down there.

[GPW]

As usual they’re evacuating the lower parishes , by the mouth of the river, subject to rising waters ... Gonna’ be wet and windy around here for sure any where it goes ...

Rosey’s got the Tough Job and will likely be working through all this ... Not only dealing with the weather , but the crazies who come out and feel entitled to loot everything ... My prayers go out to her and the NOPD ...

[atahoekid]

Prayers for the both of you! Hope this thing takes a swing away from you

[mezmo]

Look out for Issac!-it's the last thing you-all need!

Concerning those big foam billets - - - Why not use some "iglooesque"
bevel cuts on the edges of some 3.5in x 10in wide planks you rip cut off
of them to go back to the Foamstream concept? You should be able to do
curved/arched walls rather easily that way. Glue the bevels together to
build the curve. Make the planks thicker and bevel cut them into smaller
"igloo bricks" that you could use to make a curved front with a corresponding
1/4 hemisphere front top on that built out of the "igloo bricks of foam.
That'd give enough 'meat' to allow you to sand the exterior joints down to
give you a truly continuous curve on the exterior walls. Use an interior fretwork-like
frame to use as hard points for interior fitments w/o the need and work of
placing hard points in the foam walls. If you're going to rip the foam billets
to glue into flat sheets it wouldn't be that much more work [famous-last-words]
to glue it into into curved sections, thus harnessing the strength of the curve.

'Just something that popped into mind when I saw the foam billet pic.

Cheers,
Norm/mezmo

[GPW]

Cool idea Norm .... Many possibilities with these big chunks of foam .,..