I'm trying to find a web site that I looked at before. The family has used ferrocement for siding and roofing on several inexpensive structures, I believe one in Florida, and others in another state. I need the formula they were using if I can't find the web site. Thanks.

-- Kathleen Sanderson (stonycft@worldpath.net), April 16, 2001

Answers

Kathleen, go to www.google.com and do a search on ferro-cement. As usual with google, the relevant item comes up quite early in the list (although I think not in the first ten items).

-- Don Armstrong (darmst@yahoo.com.au), April 18, 2001.

Though I don't have the web site as reference right off hand, they used 3 parts sand and 1 part portland cement and it was mortared over a lattice of several layers of 1" chicken wire. I believe he used 2 layers of chicken wire in walls and 5 layers in the roof.

-- Darrell Carter (dcarter9@earthlink.net), January 02, 2002.

http://www.technopress3000.com/links.html This might help.

-- ed (edfrhes@aol.com), January 02, 2002.