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  • From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Ferrocrete walls
  • Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 11:57:50 -0600


What is the concrete mixture for a poured wall and the ferrocincrete walls?
What is the aggregate size for the ferroconcrete?

Don, ferrocement uses only sand and cement. I mix it at three parts sand/one part cement. Use the cheapest sand you can get; the screen sizes of sand vary from very fine to rough. For ferrocement the rougher stuff, which is less expensive, works fine.

For footings and poured walls I use three parts gravel, two parts sand, one part cement.









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