danreed76
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| 21 Jul 2013 04:34 PM |
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Our home design incorporates some angles that are less than 90 degrees. have any of you had any experience with cutting quad-deck/insuldeck? what works well, and what doesn't? |
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Midsouth ICF
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| 21 Jul 2013 11:23 PM |
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Sawzall, a long metal blade, and a lot of determination. It is not fun to cut. I have only installed insuldeck. One day, tool companies will make ICF specific tools. One day....... |
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Ryan Gunn
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ICFHybrid
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| 22 Jul 2013 02:48 AM |
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A 14" cut off saw; e.g. Makita or Husqvarna
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Chris Johnson
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| 22 Jul 2013 10:45 PM |
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How thick is the insuldeck your doing? We do quite a bit of regularly, I order it cut to length, not 2 weeks ago, we had our panels cut and shipped at 48' lengths, not heavy, a little awkward installing the first 2 panels and easy after that. Cuts are made if needed with a quick cut (Stihl saw) for the light gauge steel and finished with a sawsall, blade length dependant on deck thickness. |
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Roger R
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| 22 Jul 2013 10:58 PM |
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Dan,
Have you asked the people at the Quad-Lock factory if they can cut the angle for you, before they ship to you? I think I read something on their site that they can do some of these types of things.
Might be worth emailing them and asking. |
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Midsouth ICF
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| 23 Jul 2013 07:52 PM |
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Yes, They will custom cut panels for you. I am working with a home owner and we are using Insul deck and they are customizing the panels. It does require up front payment though. |
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Ryan Gunn
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d'techguy
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| 24 Jul 2013 03:42 PM |
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Hi, All;
Cutting Quad-Deck/InsulDeck is relatively simple. I have used all of the methods mentioned.
1) Makita 14" beam-saw with an ordinary carbide blade. Works well, you'll get a couple dozen cuts or so out of a blade.
2) Sawzall. Works ok with a 9 in. blade, but vibration makes for a fairly ragged cut.
3) Pipe saw/Demo saw. Excellent choice, and you don't need a diamond blade. The ordinary (less expensive) carborundum blades work fine EVEN ON A RADIUS CUT. (see below) I like the Husqvarna 16" gas powered model the best, but they are hard to find. The 14" models will work, but you probably have to make two passes.
In all cases, flip the panels to expose the metal furring strips, and cut as deep as possible into the metal. If you have to, flip the panels over and cut the foam with just about any saw.
For radius deck edges, lay the panels out up-side down on a slab in reverse order. Use a mason's line and a sharpie to strike the radius on the bottom of the panels. The gas powered pipe saw will track right around the radius like magic.
Cheers,
douglas |
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