[Greenbuilding] suggestions for outdoor wall?

Corwyn corwyn at midcoast.com
Fri Sep 1 22:46:07 CDT 2006


On Sep 1, 2006, at 11:11, Don Jennings wrote:

> Corwyn,
>
> Wow! I thought the wall was quite impressive, but $45,000? I was under 
> the impression that part of the appeal of rammed earth structures were 
> their low cost (if the labor was cheap, of course). I wonder where the 
> costs were; was it primarily for material costs? It looked like they 
> chose to use a substantial amount of formwork rather than re-using a 
> smaller amount, but surely that isn't a significant cost.

As I said, it was an experiment and as such may have incurred costs 
that aren't typical.  I could see if I could get a cost breakdown if 
people are interested.

Thank You Kindly,

Corwyn

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