In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> I'm new to building. I'm building a very simple playhouse for my
> sons. It calls for homosote on the sides and roof. Is this the best
> thing to use? Would plywood be better? Can I paint it? Will it last
> in the weather?
>
Homasote (note spelling) is an insulation board. It has to be
protected from weather and from hard knocks. After all, it's
only compressed paper.
It does make pretty good roadbed for a model railroad, although
even there it needs to be supported from sagging and sealed
against moisture.
--
There ARE no Iraqi WMDs!
Hi Lucinda,
The one use I found for it was as a base of my son's electric train set
up. It's soft enough to take small nails which serve as spikes in the set.
It lays flat on the floor.I would not use it for anything else. Cheers, JG
lmaddin wrote:
> I'm new to building. I'm building a very simple playhouse for my
> sons. It calls for homosote on the sides and roof. Is this the best
> thing to use? Would plywood be better? Can I paint it? Will it last
> in the weather?
>
> Thanks,
> Lucinda
[email protected] (lmaddin) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I'm new to building. I'm building a very simple playhouse for my
> sons. It calls for homosote on the sides and roof. Is this the best
> thing to use? Would plywood be better? Can I paint it? Will it last
> in the weather?
>
> Thanks,
> Lucinda
Homeasote is a good product, fine for many things but not for
sheathing without another covering. I would use plywood or osb.
Advantech is a type of osb that holds up to the weather much better
than plywood or regular osb.Costs more too. Advantech also should be
covered with roof shingles and siding.
You could side the shed and roof it with ashalt or fiberglass
shingles. Cost effecient and probably easiest material to work with.
mike
lmaddin wrote:
> I'm new to building. I'm building a very simple playhouse for my
> sons. It calls for homosote on the sides and roof. Is this the best
> thing to use? Would plywood be better? Can I paint it? Will it last
> in the weather?
This has already been answered, but since I'm in a good mood (and really
hate the stuff) I'll answer it again.
No. The stuff is garbage. It's soft, it's weak, it's fragile, it won't
hold nails, screws, or any other kind of fastener, nails won't hold it down
(at least not for long) unless you use the washers that are normally used
with roofing felt, it can be cut with a knife, a kid can knock a hole in it
without even trying, it doesn't have a smooth surface, it sands like a wad
of cotton, it soaks up paint like a sponge and never looks decent.
Building something with it will be an educational experience for you--until
you've used it you won't believe that _anything_ could be that _bad_. When
I was a little kid I could kick a hole in it quite easily. It was so
crummy that the wasps wouldn't make paper out of it--they _could_ but they
took a few cuts and then went elsewhere. (Amazing the things you learn
when you're a bored kid).
My Dad at one point in his life commanded a Navy supply depot--he surplused
out a truckload of the stuff that he intended to use to build a storehouse
(all legal and aboveboard). After he found out how bad it was he stopped
the paperwork and gave it back to the Navy. It was an uphill battle--they
didn't want it back.
Another poster suggested getting a different book. I second that. Any book
that suggests using Homesote without also giving a very good reason why
it's the right choice for the job is automatically suspect, as there are
practically no jobs for which it is the right choice.
> Thanks,
> Lucinda
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--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
it's good for the tabletop for stained glass work. it's soft, is self
healing when you're pounding nails into it, is flat and easily cleaned from
glass shards, and is relatively soldering iron heat proof.
"JGS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi Lucinda,
> The one use I found for it was as a base of my son's electric train set
> up. It's soft enough to take small nails which serve as spikes in the set.
> It lays flat on the floor.I would not use it for anything else. Cheers, JG
>
>
>
> lmaddin wrote:
>
> > I'm new to building. I'm building a very simple playhouse for my
> > sons. It calls for homosote on the sides and roof. Is this the best
> > thing to use? Would plywood be better? Can I paint it? Will it last
> > in the weather?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Lucinda
>
On 14 Jul 2004 21:38:52 -0700, [email protected] (lmaddin) vaguely
proposed a theory
......and in reply I say!:
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The general consensus in the replies to your last post on this subject
was "No", "yes", "No", "No" in the order that your questions were
placed.<G>
>I'm new to building. I'm building a very simple playhouse for my
>sons. It calls for homosote on the sides and roof. Is this the best
>thing to use? Would plywood be better? Can I paint it? Will it last
>in the weather?
>
>Thanks,
>Lucinda