[Ferro List] One-off LFC

paul at ferrocement.net paul at ferrocement.net
Fri Apr 18 18:38:52 MDT 2008


Hi Chris,

I think all of your ideas are great and certainly feasible for forming LFC
but this one really rocks. I love the idea of amending the soil with the
form material.

Paul


> Colin & Friends,
>  
> Your idea seems reasonable enough. Here are some other possible options:


  * I've seen photos from Nigeria where fc rain storage jars were formed by
> using sacks of grain chaff as a mold for the outer fc layer to be formed
> against. In my town, free rough tree compost is available for the taking.
> It could be super sacked and placed in the needed mold shapes for rooms,
> etc. This has the advantage of mulching the lot as the forms are removed
> after plastering.






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