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Tim Uhler
[Editor’s note: this is the second part of a two-part story; see Part I here ]
Before we form any walls, we scatter our 2-foot-by-8-foot MDO (medium density overlay) Plyform panels along the outside and inside of the footings. These forms are actually made of plywood, with a special MDO facing that increases their durability and prevents the grain of the plywood from transferring to the concrete. Plyform panels are...