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On Sunday, June 3, 2018, 12:39:07 p.m. EDT, Michael O'Brien <obrien@hevanet.com> wrote:
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<div>When we built our house with Durisol the rep told us in some countries the primary use of these blocks is for outdoor walls, like along highways. <br></div><div><div id="ydpe61420b7yiv7690345048"><div><br clear="none"><div id="ydpe61420b7yiv7690345048AppleMailSignature">Mike;</div></div><div id="ydpe61420b7yiv7690345048AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="ydpe61420b7yiv7690345048AppleMailSignature">I suspect that the sales rep was referring to the long, solid-core, tongue-in-groove planks that are frequently used as sound/visual barrier fences alongside highways and busy thoroughfares. </div><div id="ydpe61420b7yiv7690345048AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div><a href="https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/622059767254496592/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_9025128602">Landscaping Retaining Walls</a><br></div><div><br></div><div id="ydp34e8cadenhancr_card_9025128602" class="ydp34e8cadyahoo-link-enhancr-card ydp34e8cadymail-preserve-class ydp34e8cadymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" data-url="https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/622059767254496592/" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/622059767254496592/" style="text-decoration:none !important;color:#000 !important;" class="ydp34e8cadyahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table border="0" class="ydp34e8cadcard-wrapper ydp34e8cadyahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:400px;"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table border="0" class="ydp34e8cadcard ydp34e8cadyahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px;"><tbody><tr><td class="ydp34e8cadcard-primary-image-cell" background="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/EA96YeK8Pr9W_PY42VdUyA--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/https://i.pinimg.com/736x/e6/07/4c/e6074cc48cf9ea46c453e81bfa688f4e.jpg.cf.jpg" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" height="175" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">Landscaping Retaining Walls</h2><p class="ydp34e8cadcard-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(151, 155, 167);">Landscaping Around Patio Cement Slab #landscapinglife</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="ydpe61420b7yiv7690345048AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="ydpe61420b7yiv7690345048AppleMailSignature">They usually rely upon wide-flange steel I-beams as posts (planted in concrete) at the ends of the planks which are stacked up in panels maybe 3 or 4 metres wide at most.</div><div id="ydpe61420b7yiv7690345048AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="ydpe61420b7yiv7690345048AppleMailSignature">The retaining wall systems are a variation on the above, with a reinforcing mesh embedded between courses of the planks and extending a substantial distance back into the embankment. </div><div id="ydpe61420b7yiv7690345048AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="ydpe61420b7yiv7690345048AppleMailSignature">See: "Durisol Anchored Retaining Wall System (DARWS)"</div><div id="ydpe61420b7yiv7690345048AppleMailSignature"><a href="http://www.durisolisgroup.lt/uploads/5/9/4/2/5942642/canada.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.durisolisgroup.lt/uploads/5/9/4/2/5942642/canada.pdf</a><br></div><div id="ydpe61420b7yiv7690345048AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="ydpe61420b7yiv7690345048AppleMailSignature">Since the Durisol ICF wall block are relatively lightweight and have no means of interlockingt interlocking between courses, one would pretty much need to use the same concrete + steel rebar core detailing as used for wall building if using them for a retaining wall -- certainly do-able but not very Green... although I suspect that a surface-bonded system in lieu of the rebar/concrete cores may do the trick if the mesh used is corrosion-proof and embedded into a strip footing.for anchorage.</div></div></div>
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