Monday, June 09, 2008
Block Arrives
Our ICF block finally arrived. We had a local lumberyard ferry the load in from the main highway using their smaller trucks and all-terrain fork lifts. It took over three hours with the guys working on a Sunday. I didn't ask if the lumberyard knew or if they were moonlighting. I was just glad to get the block on site. I had several broken blocks where the blocks were sat down on ground that wasn't well prepared (flat).
The broken ones can be glued back together.
I've read about a lot of problems with getting block delivered from Rastra or similar suppliers. My situation was kind of strange, with the supplier (under a different name) giving me a great price quote. Delivery was only several weeks late, and then I never heard from nor could find the supplier again, despite trying to contact them. The block was shipped from Arizona (not the location of the supplier) and I think that it may have been shipped from the plant that manufactured block for Rastra. Having worked with Rastra block before, I know that this stuff is identical.
The broken ones can be glued back together.
I've read about a lot of problems with getting block delivered from Rastra or similar suppliers. My situation was kind of strange, with the supplier (under a different name) giving me a great price quote. Delivery was only several weeks late, and then I never heard from nor could find the supplier again, despite trying to contact them. The block was shipped from Arizona (not the location of the supplier) and I think that it may have been shipped from the plant that manufactured block for Rastra. Having worked with Rastra block before, I know that this stuff is identical. # posted by gnome-honey @ 9:44 AM 
