Ferrocement Starter Project

[glenn-k]

Ferrocement can come in handy around the cabin.

Here is a little project with instructions.  Read the comments to get more info.  I would use cement with sand but not rocks -maybe 3 or 4 sand to one cement- plastic cement works easier when plastering.  It's like stucco with more wire.  The navy used to make ships out of it.

http://www.instructables.com/id/EITH5TOFDNEP287SW5/?ALLSTEPS

Want to know how this applies to building --check this link out referenced from the above site.

http://www.monolithic.com/

[Amanda_931]

Oh, cute.  

And it looks a whole lot less intimidating than starting out with a multi-thousand gallon water tank, where the booklet that Charmaine Taylor sells says something like--first gather five or six really handy people who can work with you for most of a week.

[glenn-k]

One friend of mine made a ferrocement cover over his pump controls- looks and works great and fits into his landscaping.  Another friend made a tank for her effluent pump as they had to pump up hill to the drain field.  It was about 400 gallon capacity made per my instructions about 2 feet past the septic tank.  She did a great job on it.  It was the first ferrocement she had ever made -- even impressed herself and it passed health department inspection.  It cost her around $40 and time - buying one was around $500 as I recall.

[jwv]

So....that's a dog house or a boulder or an earthen oven?  :-?


Judy

Edit: Sorry, now I clicked on the link which explained things fully.  No I'm up to speed but it does look like an earthen oven.

[glenn-k]

The dog would probably appreciate it if you didn't fire it up while he was in it, Judy. :-/