[Ferro List] Re.:Community size ferro.....

[Christopher Glasspool]

Hi Ron,
Maybe there are standards to follow, but I haven't heard of a standard model. Several books on the subject exist, and I think some of the authors will work as consultants. I assume you saw the recent link posted on the subject by Paul. To my knowledge no one has used Martin Iorn's laminated process for a underground tank which would make sense to me, as with the right type of soil; the need for form work could be negated, and the size of the digging could be kept to a minimum. I would think that with the weight and pressures involved you want some consultation work for things like load bearing capacity of soil, hoop strength for sized tank - deformed shape for floor, or attachment advice for a poured rc floor.
 
Here are some books, and I know at least a couple of the authors do consultant work: FERROCEMENT TANK CONSTRUCTION - Garret Connelly, Build Your Own Ferro-Cement  Water Tank - Donnie Schatzberg, Ferrocement Water Tanks and their construction - S.B. Watt, Water Storage Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers, and Ponds For Domestic Supply, Fire and Emergence Use, Includes How To Make Ferrocement Water Tanks - Art Ludwig. 
And of course Peter Epperson from Pacific Gunite does this for a living.
Good luck, chris

 
You said:
What information is available on underground fc tanks
and building methods?
  Are there any standard models?
  I need to know by tomorrow evening.
  

Ron Davis
  Campo Nuevo
  La Paz, Bolivia
    watermotor.net