Masonry Magazine March 1975 Page. 33
Perlite Filled Cavities Conserve Energy
Heat transmission can be reduced by 50% or more when silicone treated perlite loose fill insulation is poured into the hollow cores of concrete block or cavity type masonry walls. In fact, cavity walls of face brick and tile show a 63% reduction! But that's not all. Silicone treated perlite loose fill insulation is water repellent-indefinitely.
Specs call for a concrete block wall? Perlite loose fill insulation can help too! By filling the core holes with perlite loose fill insulation your fire rating will be doubled to 4 hours and your "U" factor improved by 54%. And you don't have to worry about permanence. Silicone treated perlite is inorganic and rot, vermin and termite proof. And it's non-combustible with its fusion point of 2300°F.
Even a veneer wall of brick and concrete block can show a 52% improvement in insulating value when filled with loose fill perlite. Don't worry about settling -silicone treated perlite supports its own weight in the wall without settling-and it's easy to handle too! Thanks to its count less glass-like cells it's light-weight and easily poured. It's quick-it's inexpensive and it's permanent-the perfect material for insulating masonry walls.
Cincinnati Mason Contractors Fund IMI
Cincinnati mason contractor Jack Brown (left), president, Unit Masonry Association of Greater Cincinnati, is seen in Washington, D.C. presenting the association's first check for the International Masonry Institute (IMI) to former Cincinnatian Neal English (second from right), IMI executive director. With them are L. Gerald Carlisle (center), director of the Collective Bargaining Department of BM & PIU and an IMI advisor on the board of trustees/advisors, and Ed Burnett, newly appointed executive director of the Kentuckiana Masonry Institute, Louisville, which also funds IMI. Cincinnati became the 17th city in the Buckeye State where labor management forces of the masonry industry have joined in IMI's international promotional efforts.
Washington Wire
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The bill has a "must" label from House Democratic leaders. But they couldn't rally enough votes in the House Banking Committee. The Senate won't accept the proposal, either.
CONGRESS WON'T MAKE SHARP SLASHES IN DEFENSE SPENDING
this session, despite the whopping $15.7 billion increase that President Ford requested. To be sure, arms spending will provoke some deep scrutiny by the Congress. Many lawmakers are shocked by the huge increase in military appropriations. They want to reexamine the assumptions about dangers to national security.
POSTAL RATES ARE HEADED HIGHER THIS YEAR
and probably next year. The Postal Service must make up for an anticipated deficit of $864 million. And it faces higher labor costs from a new contract to be written in July. The new postal rate increase seems likely to take effect in June or July.
First-class rates will rise 3 cents an ounce, to 13 cents. Officials are now leaning toward a boost covering two years. Mail users will be asked for several billions in new revenue.
CONGRESS WILL TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THE TAX INCENTIVES
to spur exports specifically tax provisions for Domestic International Sales Corporations. The Nixon Administration pushed the program to aid the balance of payments. But some new figures indicate Uncle Sam is giving up substantial tax money, with little of the benefits envisioned by the drafters of the legislation.
The DISC program may cost the Treasury $870 million this year, far above the $170 million projected in 1971. Costs will rise to $1.07 billion in fiscal 1976 and to $1.32 billion in 1977.