> -----Original Message-----
> From: BP - "Infarct a Laptop Daily"
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of John Diaz
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 4:10 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Cementious Boards-need help
>
>
> @ the Lowe's theater on the Deuce-
> 42nd Between 7th & 8th Ave., NYC
> there is a cladding on the adjacent retail spaces that we are to match-
> the drawings call them "GFRC Panels" & we can get no help from the
> Architect @ the retail spaces, from the Landlord or the base building
> drawings
> Look like "Dryvit"  except that the caulking detail leads me to believe
> that they are  some sort of cementitous panels Architects drone believes
> that they are Fiberglass reinforced panels
> Any ideas???

Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete.  "Lightweight" panels with teensie weensie
leetle tiny itsie bitsie fibers entrained to give them more body.  Matching
them sounds like an exciting challenge...better than matching mortar for
sure.  Good luck.  I'm no help from 700 miles away, am I....
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