Tell me your cinder/ferrocement mix stories!

[john the architect]

Interesting discussion. A friend of mine was working to set up a cinder concrete building system here, but lost patience and went to Mexico and is building there with that method.
Nice thick walls, like working with adobe or rammed earth. Need to set up a screw-type conveyor for material placement, concrete pumpers cannot have cinder in their delicate machines.

H.o.p. sounds like he (or she) is onto some interesting building methods. I particularly am intrigued by the Roman concrete idea. Part volcanic material, part sea water? 'Local' concrete with a working recipe like that could replace imported cement.

John Maloney
310.562.0362
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Hawaii Architect AR8082
www.jmagreenbuilding.com