(Newswire.net — March 24, 2014) — (Waimanalo, Hawaii) Recently neighbors in Waimanalo, Hawaii complained that their homes were affected by the affordable housing project next door. They all support the project, just are upset at the project’s building contractor.
“It’s been unbearable,” said Gideon Kaonohi Jr., 69, a retired construction worker whose… home at some spots is less than 20 feet from where the rock pounding and ground compacting were done as recently as December.
As he described the vibrations that shook his home, Kaonohi walked around his property last week, showing where hairline cracks appeared along his retaining wall and in a concrete pad near the back of his home. He also pointed to the new water heater he bought to replace his cracked one.
Many of these issues would have been avoided if the building contractor was using a non-explosive alternative like Dexpan, which expands and creates enough pressure to break rock and concrete in just hours. No mess, no noise, no fuss!
And, the resulting debris can be easily hauled away, or re-used as retaining walls or other decorative elements in the housing project.
Dennis Wager, President of Apex Equipment Rentals & Sales, said, “When you [break up] rock…the benefits are huge. It totally transforms waste into decorative landscape rock for use in retaining walls or for borders around your garden bed etc.” He continues, “This is one of my personal favorite things in life is turning what was waste into money.”
Selected as the major supplier of Dexpan in Canada in 2000, Apex Equipment Rentals & Sales Ltd is located in Greater Vancouver. Dexpan is a powder that, when mixed with water, expands and creates enough pressure to break rock and concrete in a matter of hours. The resulting rock or concrete chunks are small enough to be easily hauled away. Dexpan is excellent for mass concrete removal, boulders, bedrock, granite rock and lava rock. It provides a safe alternative solution in projects involving concrete repair or demolition, and in rock blasting and removal.
Other advantages are that is works silently and safely, it’s easy to use, ideal for sensitive areas, efficient and cost-effective. Also, all the debris can be easily removed and re-used as retaining walls or decorative elements later!
For more information visit www.dexpan.ca.
Gratitude to Rob Perez of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser who wrote the article, Home Lands Construction Leaves Neighbors Rattled, which inspired this