Precast Versus Styrofoam
- 15 years ago
The word styrofoam originally came from the Dow Chemical Corporation and it is the term that they used for their expanded polystyrene products. Styrofoam is shipped all over the world, and is used for almost everything on the market. One of the newest endeavors that styrofoam has gotten involved with is the construction business. Styrofoam is much better than Precast, because it is much more lightweight and it is so much easier to work with. It is used in homes as well as it is in large construction. Styrofoam can be pre-ordered in any shape, or an installer can simply take a utility hot knife or a bucksaw and trim off whatever amount they need to make a piece fit into place. Using special made adhesive glue just prior to pressing the piece into place, makes it simple. In many large construction sites, you will see that styrofoam is the main element of construction. It can be used under eaves, for columns, cap blocks, arches, gables; it can be used for special lettering for displays and many other things. The moldings can also be pre-ordered. Employee's really love working with styrofoam, because of its weight. It also saves money for heavy equipment that would have had to been used to lift other types of materials. Some of the styrofoam pieces can be coated to give them extra strength. Styrofoam can also be coated for easy painting. The final finish can come in a large variety of options: sand, keystone, light sand, white sand, 2-tones, knock down. There are quite a lot of other advantages of using styrofoam instead of precast. Its low thermal conductivity, its high strength for its weight ratio, and its effectiveness for use in a wide range of temperatures. It also is not affected by vibrations, it is available in a very wide range of sizes, it is easy to handle and it is clean, and odorless, and it does not irritate your skin. It is very durable; and the best thing of all is that using Styrofoam rather than Precast is the money it saves the contractors. http://www.architecturalfoamflorida.com/ 954-72...