Last week at a Home Show in Georgetown, Guyana this affordable SIP home displayed was featured and well received by local consumers

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Chris
Are these MgO Sips?

Posted By Donnerwetter on 24 Jul 2012 01:03 PM
Chris
Are these MgO Sips?

No, they are factory finished white/G-90 galvanized steel

Great design. Can it be folded?

Posted By Samfove on 23 Aug 2012 12:37 AM
Great design. Can it be folded?

It is assembled with screws and made so it can be disassembled , stacked on a flat bed and reassembled for use in tropical hardwood rainforests and remote mining camps.

I would add steel SIP shutters that actually close, possibly hinged at the top. For energy and security reasons.

Posted By jonr on 23 Aug 2012 11:32 AM
I would add steel SIP shutters that actually close, possibly hinged at the top. For energy and security reasons.

It was a building show display, windows or shutters would be part of the finished building, the biggest concern is keeping out critters in the jungle, there are no security issues where they are located

Have you considered using MgO board SIPS?

Posted By chateau homes on 28 Aug 2012 09:28 PM
Have you considered using MgO board SIPS?

Yes of course, however my experience with MGO revealed that it is: extremely heavy, brittle, limited to short lengths, hard to cut and dust is irritating. What is the advantage?

Full disclosure I have just signed on a distributor for Magnum Building Products.  www.magnumbp.com.   For years I have built pre-fab, factory built wood frame homes including SIPS for certain areas as www.chateauhomes.ca.  This year I discovered MgO board and the more I look at it the better it looks as a multi use green, healthy building material.   This is a traditional material, MgO used to be used in place of portland cement and was used on the Brooklyn Bridge and the Great Wall.  It is not only non toxic but magnesium oxide is used as a food supplement, I can remember taking milk of magnesium to fix one thing or another as a Kid in England, same basic molecule.  It takes 20% of the energy to make as does portland cement, is completely recyclable, like steel, is fire, water and insect proof and can be painted or covered with almost any stucco or veneer.  It has structural strength suitable for shear wall application and works with standard carbide tools using only a dust mask.  It was the premier building material for the 2008 Olympics and the Teipei 101 tower is clad inside and out side with it.  Some people are veneering it with thin guage steel making a super strong shear wall or floor sheathing.

On another note I also have files open in Africa but have no easy way to advance them.  How is this market working out for you?

Peter

Yes, milk of magnesia is a good laxitve, but MGO has too many limitations. Files in Africa do not equal sales, But I am in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2 weeks on business, wouldn't trade it!