Amazon Forms Newsletter>September 2005 In This Issue   Hurricane Katrina To Cost $300,000,000,000 (Billion)   Grid-WALL™ Structures Qualify For Reduced Mortgage Rates   Status of Grid-PLANK™   Grid-WALL™ Dominates Central U.S. In ICF Sales At 13% And Production Doubles   Amazon Forms One, Inc's Show Home: Patio Area Hurricane Katrina To Cost $300,000,000,000 (Billion) Consider the estimated $300,000,000,000 (billion) cost for hurricane Katrina and all the wooden structures that will probably be demolished due to black mold and dry rot. This area will probably become a general contractor’s paradise and generate billions of dollars for the construction industry. As Americans we have traditionally built structures with wood and it stands to reason that New Orleans-Mississippi will be rebuilt with predominantly what? Wood! Why? Grid-WALL™ is an absolutely perfect building material for the New Orleans-Mississippi area. The South is very hot, very humid, and hurricanes and flooding does occur in these areas. Remember the fires in New Orleans? Grid-WALL™ is one of the best energy efficient building materials available that doesn’t support combustion. Doesn’t it make sense with energy costs spiraling upward and totally out of control that energy efficient structures should be built? Grid-WALL™ structures should save the consumer up to 50% for energy bills. This may not sound like a great savings but consider the homeowner having an energy bill of $600.00 vs. $300.00. Huge savings such as this over long periods of time makes good business sense. Grid-WALL™ installed properly will withstand winds up to 200 miles/hour. This type of wall system should withstand all known hurricanes. If a Grid-WALL™ structure is subjected to flooding, even with rushing floodwaters, the odds are very high that it should survive those forces. One $600,000 house in Texas has survived two huge Guadalupe river floods that blasted water onto the Grid-WALL™ house. All the doors, windows, and interior framing were destroyed both times, but the Grid-WALL™ structure withstood the floods forces with no structural damage. (See Amazongridwall.com for picture) Cleanup of the Grid-WALL™ portion of the structure was only (1) washing and (2) repainting! Insurance companies love this type of structure and should reduce insurance premiums up to 30%. As a side note, the house next door developed black mold and all siding, insulation, and sheetrock was removed down to the studs and then rebuilt. Would it have been cost efficient for the house to have been demolished and rebuilt with Grid-WALL™? Probably not. Lastly, many of the Katrina destroyed houses will be demolished due to black mold damage. Black mold does not grow on Grid-WALL™.   Grid-WALL™ Structures Qualify For Reduced Mortgage Rates According to Jeff Oyston, mortgage broker, some mortgage companies will reduce interest rates up to .75% when financing a Grid-WALL™ house. It’s imperative when considering building a Grid-WALL™ home that all cost variables need to be considered. Many consumers look only at the cost of the house compared to a framed house and may decide on the framed house because it is an assumed 5% less in construction cost for the entire structure. What does this mean? Suppose the entire wood house costs $200,000 and the Grid-WALL™ house costs $210,000. How can the home owner justify paying the additional amount? One way to justify a portion the additional cost is to consider getting a discounted mortgage rate for the life of the mortgage which could be very substantial. At the time of this printing, 30 year mortgage rates are approximately 6.12%. Reduce this figure by .75% and the interest would be 5.37%. Assume the mortgage is $200,000, the monthly payment at 6.12% would be $1,020.00 and the monthly payment for a $210,000 mortgage at 5.37% would be $939.75, for a difference of $80.25/month. Multiply the savings of $80.25/mo over the next 10 years and the savings would be $9,630.00. Obviously, the longer the life of this mortgage, the greater the savings will be. Jeff Oyston can be reached at 210-365-3551   Status of Grid-PLANK™ Many of you have called asking when the new line for Grid-PLANK™ will be finished. The answer to that question is the first quarter of 2006 Metal framing technology will be utilized with the frames being erected at the Amazon Forms One, Inc. plant site. The four foot wide panels will then be filled with Grid-MIX™, which is the same concrete/recycled polystyrene mix used to manufacture Grid-WALL™. The panels will be either 8 feet or ten feet tall. Higher walls can be made by stacking the units on top of each other The resulting solid, non-load bearing wall will give the structure excellent sound-proofing qualities and reduce variations in temperature throughout the structure. Plaster can be applied directly to the panels eliminating the use of dry wall, and eliminating the possibility of black mold if the walls should get wet Grid-PLANK™ will reduce interior wall erection time considerably saving the consumer costs in labor and material. The interior walls for a 2,000 square foot house should be totally completed in two days or less by two installers. Electrical wiring can be pulled through the 1” hole that goes the entire length of the panel. Plugs and switch plates could be cut out with either a chain saw or reciprocating saw and then installed. Attention Electricians: no more drilling through studs!   GRID-WALL™ Show House Patio Here are some new photos of the finished and occupied Grid-WALL™ show home. The landscaping has really helped it to look more finished. Please note the photo of the front sidewalks and back patio. The patio and walks were made with waste granite. Scraps of granite that are left over from the manufacture of granite countertops are just thrown away! A mixture of 1 part cement and 2 parts sand or crushed rock is mixed dry and packed smooth. The granite pieces are laid out, and more of the dry mixture is swept in between the pieces. A fine, but thorough, misting with water sets the concrete enough to hold the granite in place. This is a quick and easy way to create patios and walks. Please note that the granite has two sides—a rough and the polished smooth side. The polished side is extremely slippery when wet, and must be sealed with sanded concrete sealer to give it some traction. Grid-WALL™ Dominates Central U.S. In ICF Sales At 13% And Production Doubles Amazon Forms One, Inc. belongs to the Insulated Concrete Forming Association (ICFA) and one of the benefits of this organization is to gather data about your company and how it performed compared to the entire association. Each company is given statistics only for its Company as compared to the total sales of the association. Competitor company’s statistics are confidential. Grid-WALL™ is a four year veteran in the ICF market going up against huge, established companies, but yet selling 13% of the ICF‘s in the South Central U.S. Our production has doubled in the past month and is expected to double again by the end of the year. This means that the Company is positioning itself to begin getting into larger markets. New Orleans and Mississippi are one of our target markets, as is Florida. Watch for our ICFA statistics at the end of the year to see how the Company performs.