Masonry Magazine April 1969 Page. 24

Words: Ken Parker, Montie Smallen, Edward Dicker
Masonry Magazine April 1969 Page. 24

Masonry Magazine April 1969 Page. 24
Would You Belive?
Stack-Sack International is offering builders an opportunity to sell a two-bedroom house with central heat and kitchen equipment at less than $5,000 and make a profit according to Edward T. Dicker, president and developer of the new concrete construction method.

The Stack-Sack house, low-cost champion of the recent Austin Oaks development of housing prototypes sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is available on a license basis. Builders have been licensed and trained in several states, the entire Caribbean area, and the Bahamas. Patent on the system is pending and has been registered in 43 countries. For a Stack-Sack building, burlap bags measuring six inches in diameter and 24 inches long are filled with a dry concrete mix, submerged in water, then laid in courses, like bricks, to form an integrated structural wall. Two pieces of #3 rebar, 10 inches long, are driven through each sack into the sacks below. When the wall is half completed, and again when the desired height is reached, the wall is sprayed all is sprayed with one-half inch coatings of cementatious material.

The construction method has been accepted for FHA mortgage under FHA Structural Engineering Bulletin #491, issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development on December 3, 1968, and has also met the stringent building requirements of the Southern Building Code Congress and hurricane-prone Southern Florida.

The 676 sq. ft. Austin Oaks house, priced at $4,975., included living room, dining area, kitchen, two bedrooms and bath. Central heating, range, refrigerator, automatic washing machine and kitchen cabinets were included in the basic price. Construction features included vinyl tile flooring, aluminum windows, open beam ceilings, concrete slab foundation and insulated built-up roof.

Five unskilled workers, trained on the job, built the house, exclusive of plumbing and electrical work, in 19 working days beginning October 21, 1968.


Region F Conference
This Dicker Stack-Sack house in the Austin Oaks project, complete with central heat, refrigerator, range and washing machine, can sell at $4,975, with a reported profit to the builder.

MASONRY HOMES
Wolf Proof":
Hand sacked concrete, stack it into place and drive 10" lengths of #3 rebar into the wet concrete to make walls which will withstand hurricance-force winds.
Checking over the theme display at the recent Region F Conference are Ken Parker, kneeling, and Montie Smallen. Both of these members have contributed greatly to the efforts of MCAA, the Region and to their Portland Chapter.


MF Conexpo Display
Windows are held in place with simple supports while Dicker Stack-Sack walls rise rapidly, enclosing plumbing and electrical conduits previously set in place.
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Balmy weather in Chicago gave visitors a chance to roam Massey Ferguson's big outdoor display at Conexpo '69 in comfort-and large numbers took advantage of the opportunity to examine MF machines. The week-long exhibition of construction machinery attracted record attendance.
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• April, 1969


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