This homeowner in Wellesley, Massachusetts needed a light weight
material to fill the bottom portion of their custom made planters. The
planters, located on their upper story deck were designed to provide
privacy, but filling them with dirt or gravel would have made them too
heavy. The logical solution was to fill all but the top portion of the
planter with light weigh expanded polystyrene (EPS). The EPS blocks
weighed less than 1 lb per cubic foot. They were delivered precut to
size so they could be inserted into the planters with no additional
cutting. EPS is the same material used as void fill in commercial and
civil construction projects and will last as long as the planters are
there.
