2. Critical product technical and related specifications:
- Impact resistance: 80+ lb/f
- breaking load: 134+ lbs.
- Tear strength: 14.12+ lbs.
- Tensile strength: 375 psi
- Compression strength (dry): 11,000 psi
- Normal consistency: 28 - 32 cc
- Average setting expansion: 0.16 %
- Maximum setting expansion: 0.20 %
- Surface hardness: 160 deg.
- Manufacturing dimensions: Each finished roll is 4 ft. wide
by 96 ft. long, and thus covers 384 sq. ft. The weight of a single roll is
75 - 85 lbs.
3. Lead paint abatement
In 1996 and again in 1998, the State of Connecticut Dept. of Public Health,
under their "Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program", approved
Flexi-Wall's Plaster in a Roll (TM) as an encapsulant for lead paint. An encapsulant
is a specific coating that is made to be a long-lasting barrier over lead
paint. Connecticut did not add any installation requirements that exceed those
specified by
Flexi-Wall.
4. Cost comparison -- Removal of lead-based paint from concrete block walls compared to use of Plaster in a Roll (TM) as an encapsulant
Using the 1997 "National Construction Estimator" as a standard,
Flexi-Wall completed this analysis. Using a baseline surface area
of 5,000 sq. ft. for both calculations, the REMOVAL process (including waste
disposal) estimate totalled $16,500. However, the lead paint is simply removed
and the wall is still unfinished. Encapsulation of the lead paint with Plaster
in a Roll (TM) Classics product resulted in a total cost estimate of $5,300
for a finished wall and ready-to-use area. If Anti-G coating is required,
a two-coat application is estimated to add $900. Furthermore, Flexi-Wall's
solution has features that include: no toxic waste to dispose of, occupation
of adjacent areas is acceptable during installation, and the area may be totally
occupied within 24 hours.
Plaster
in a Roll
Technical Specificifications