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   Guest_ | Jun 13, 1999 06:52am | #1

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   I worked on a house 12 years ago for an officer of Universal Forest Products(a major player in the wolmanized wood industry)His house had a regular concrete footing and then a wolmanized basement wall. It was built with 2x6's sandwitched between 3/4 wolmanized plywood.The outside was then wrapped with some sort of membrane( not sure if it was just a roofing paper or what). This wall had a 40 year warranty---not what I would want when building a 2 million $$ house! I haven't been back to see if it is still standing or if the bugs are having a giant block party. My advice stick with concrete.

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   Guest_ | Jun 13, 1999 08:34pm | #3

   *HI Garry,Disadvantages:Limited to soil conditions and backfilling materials.Limited warrantee.Inferior load capacity.Inferior lateral resistance capacity.Limited to the exterior finishes available.Hard to repair when caved in.Impossible to plug leaks.Advantages:Cheap for the average DIY to install himself.With proper membrane is dry and comfortableIt won't become the foundation of choice and is certainly not my choice.Gabe

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   Garry_Nordgaarden | Jun 13, 1999 08:34pm | #2

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   Any information on wolmanized wood foundations, like advantages/disvantages over concrete,why aren't wood foundations more common?