[Ferro List] Re.:Underground watertank Bolivia

[ElfNori]

What about dipping burlap or rough cloth in a cement slurry and plastering
that to the walls of the hole to retain the soil and give a base for the
ferrocement?  In a remote location (can't remember where, just know Bolivia)
that should be doable and cost effective.  No plastering act to disturb the
soil, good layer as a base for FC . . . ?

ElfN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Glasspool" <chrisglasspool at yahoo.com>
To: "Ferrocement Discussion List" <list at ferrocement.net>
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 10:35 AM
Subject: [Ferro List] Re.:Underground watertank Bolivia


Ron,
One of Dr. Naaman's ideas is to make a weak - or not so great quality fc
mold first for such instances. This takes some imagination of what you have
around to shore things up to the point that you can lay up against the sides
without them caving in or moving. This may mean a concrete patch of a very
soft spot, and different hardware cloth, gunny sacks, etc, pinned into the
sides with big landscape staples (U shaped bent wires). Chicken wire used in
the laminated process would probably be bundled in multiple layers at a
time.
Even though fc work is technically simple ( like cooking a meal) the
propensity of newbies to screw things up is huge, so make sure small
projects are completed first, so that a learning curve has been achieved
before expending valuable time and resources on a more expensive failure.
Lots of things in life can be 80% correct and have good results, while other
things don't have this leeway - fc and cooked eggs not so much. Good luck,
chris



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