[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: green roof membranes Second Try Pushing teams

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In a message dated 11/20/06 12:56:32 AM, pojeros at telus.net writes:


> RC, the process involved part of the team on the outside pushing the
> mortar into the wire structure and vibrating it with something, and the
> other part of the crew inside smoothing the mortar out as it made it's
> way through the hull work.
> 
> The designs in that book were ocean-going sailboats, and some of them
> were fairly large for that era at 40-60' long.
> 
> Chris Green.
> 
Thanks Chris:
     An alternative approach is to have something to stop the ferrocement on 
one side.   It can be, and often is, cardboard.   You push through. I doubt 
that I'd consider trying to push cement up over the whole surface of a roof.   
For a roof, no where near 50 layers of mesh would be required.   I'd probably 
use 1/4inch mesh woven wire at the core and larger meshes for 'body.'   

Dan Hemenway


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