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To: David Jones who wrote (19844)	4/27/2004 11:32:00 PM
From: JF Quinnelly	Respond to of 306849

I just used that foam to fill around the replacement windows. This house is 1973 vintage, and airtight it's not. The only mold growing in this place is on Mystery Food in the refrigerator.

To: David Jones who wrote (19844)	4/28/2004 1:01:40 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

It's interesting to read about notes about synthetic stucco. Pardee home modules are shipped to the building site ready to finish with stucco or other surface finish. Entry ways and other structures with complex shapes or those with special finishes are sent in finished state, but not the stucco. When I asked about this, because it did seem odd, our engineers said: 1.) the stucco mix needed to be localized to each area; 2.) stucco-like finishes didn't withstand transportation from the factory; 3.) without on-site stuccoing, the joins between each module would become too noticeable. Local building codes were fairly amusing as well. Many of the structural wood components were joined at the factory with a mortise & tenon type of connection. In some areas where we built homes, the building code required the addition of nails driven into the joints, even though this frequently resulted in a weakened structure. The codes in most regions reflect techniques from fifty years ago and are very slow to change.