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Re: GBlist: sustainable material in NC?




James: Considering your quest for a on-site material that can be stirred
together, have you considered rammed earth construction? That is certainly
stirred together on site. We have used this material and construction
method on several projects up tp 22 feet high and varying in thickness
from 12" to 24".
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On Mon, 12 May 1997, James.Olivia wrote:

> 
> This is an excerpt from my reply to Dona Stankus. Anyone have additional
> thoughts?
> 
> You mentioned "brick, concrete, hebel block..." 
> I've been thinking about concrete too. Again, I don't want to use something
> that requires real industrial effort to get it to the building-material point.
> I'm more interested in something that just needs to be stirred from simple
> ingredients or something I can put together myself. Can you suggest any types
> of concrete or other material (I'm not familiar with hebel block) that work
> this way.
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