> Why not use standard concrete fiber (fiberglass I think) rather than
> mess with all that chicken wire?
You mean what's called 'engineering fibers'? Dunno. With a good FC
armature of close-knit mesh (of whatever kind) I don't know that they'd
add much. Don't know how they'd affect the 'trowelability' of the
material either.
> the stuff
> tends to rust out fairly promptly with moisture and is a coated wire,
> dissimilar metals tend to have corrosion problems as they form mild
> electric currents and move atoms around.
So wouldn't expanded metal lath have the same issues? It's a galvanized
metal product...?
> Has anyone knocked apart some
> of this chicken wire reinforced material after a few years? Be
> interesting to know if the CW held up.
Perhaps I'll get back to you in a couple years... ;-)
John Schinnerer, MA
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