Comment by Dale Messenger on February 14, 2012 at 5:38pm

this may sound dumb but i will  ask any way. Why use all the foam? wouldn't it be quicker and easier to form with rebar and lathe and scratch coat, then carve coat? seems like a lot of extra work,not understanding the principle behind it all

Comment by Tim Cote on February 15, 2012 at 7:18am

There is never a dumb question, on this project a concrete box had already been poured. Instead of  tying into the existing concrete I found this to be the most effective method.

Comment by Russel Whitney on February 15, 2012 at 8:46am

How did you fabricate your foam cutter? I have some basic info but no understanding how to actually put it together. I have a batt charger but no wire ( ? ) or any handle. I hope you can help

Comment by Dale Messenger on February 16, 2012 at 8:19pm

do you find it easier to build out of foam first then to use rebar in this application

Comment by Tim Cote on February 17, 2012 at 1:32am

Hey Russel, 

I wish I had a better answer but we bought our big foam cutter from a manufacturer in Canada. I'm sure you can google it and you can find something. You can buy sickles and hot knives from a company called Demand products and another is  Wind lock corp. There actually tons of them out there.

Comment by Tim Cote on February 18, 2012 at 8:18pm

Hi Dale,

  On this project they already had a concrete base poured with with all the plumbing in place. So installing and carving with foam was our only affordable option. We then coated the foam with a PMC coating this performed extremely well.  

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