Houston, Texas real estate development, home buying, landscape, and design

14 Comments

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   From Brad:

   That is very cool. I like the sparkly look, too.

   January 14, 2009 at 11:35 am
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   From Rob:

   Very cool.

   January 14, 2009 at 12:16 pm
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   From jayc:

   wished I had a project to use it on. :)

   January 14, 2009 at 1:10 pm
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   From Jimbo:

   It looks good. I’d be interested to see how they control the porosity and to see whether the County would buy into it or not. It would also be interesting to see how the voids in the Colorado installation cope with the expansion of water ferezing in the porous cavities.

   Of course using glass aggregate itself is nothing new in roadway installations. Generally though the glass is only used to replace part of the rock aggregate because otherwise the surface gets mighty slippery.

   January 14, 2009 at 3:23 pm
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   From movocelot:

   but for a driveway this isn’t just cool, it’s COOL BEANS!

   January 14, 2009 at 5:02 pm
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   From margo:

   There is another container house being built in Rice Military. I think it is off Floyd. Will have to double check on the walk tomorrow. Its been under construction for a good time now but looking pretty cool!

   January 14, 2009 at 6:29 pm
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   From Miz Brooke Smith:

   Its multicolored visual texture is very beautiful. For the past few days it has apparently been curing. It will be very interesting to see how this nifty pavement performs in Houston heat and heavy rains.

   January 15, 2009 at 1:49 pm
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   From Neil:

   What do they, much less parking lots, do about soil contamination from the fluids that not too infrequently start to leak from the undersides of cars?

   January 15, 2009 at 2:29 pm
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   From Gabacho:

   Al Gore would be proud! How green!

   January 15, 2009 at 2:46 pm
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    From CK:

    Algore would not care in the least. It doesn’t contribute to the business of generating carbon tax credits trading. That’s all that he and his man-made global warming farce are about. This brilliant usage of problematic waste glass is fascinating. I could see the natural reflective nature of the glass significantly improving the issue of heat retainage in parking lots. This will definitely be an interesting product to watch. Porosity could also certainly improve problematic run-off issues and potentially lessen the need for space consuming retention ponds.

    January 15, 2009 at 5:00 pm
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    From john walker:

    The issue of “leaking oil” is one of the advantages of the system, or of any good permable system, actually….the porosity allows the oil to coat the inner surfaces, and the large arface area provided insures an oxygen-rich area where biological agents can actually break down the hydrocarbons in place… as opposed to traditional paving, which forces the oil to run off with the water into storm drains and ultimately, bayous and bays, where it becomes a pollutant.

    January 16, 2009 at 4:30 pm
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    From Nealio:

    Awesome! Way to go NUMEN DEVELOPMENT! Now why don’t some of you Swamplotters start buying some container houses from these fine Houstonians.
    They have also built an art gallery on 11th St in the Heights.

    January 17, 2009 at 5:03 pm
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    From Phillip:

    Way too cool! My neighbors are the best! Our back alley could use this, got any extra raw material? We would be very interested in knowing the cost of that system.

    Cheers!
    Phillip

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    January 19, 2009 at 10:15 am
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    From EMME:

    Which hundred block is this on Cordell or give me a cross street. Thanks.

    January 20, 2009 at 3:29 pm