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RE: Ferro-cement
Aloha,
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> From: Permaculture West [SMTP:permawest@olywa.net]
>2.) would it be possible to somehow pack cob or rammed
>earth around and over the ferro cement structure (for added
insulation and
>"earthy" aesthetics",
You might get aesthetics, but virtually no insulation - earthen
building materials offer high thermal mass, but low insulation. If
thermal mass is useful in your situation, you'd get that...
> 3.) how water proof is ferro cement or how would one
>water-proof the ferro-cement?
Water tanks are built the same way you propose to do your dome,
and they hold water. A friend of mine has built two catchment tanks
this way (pour slab, build rebar/mesh armature, mud on ferrocement).
John Schinnerer