Greetings,
There are sealers available that will stop the wicking. You paint them
on the ferrocement, then do as you planned. It has been a few years
since I worked with it, but I managed to find it at Rental Service
Centers, places that rent industrial equipment.
Bright Blessings,
Kim
ElfNori wrote:
> I'm working through plans for my chicken house and I have a
> thought/question. Reminder: I'm using porous forms and am pouring the
> walls. I'm going to predrain as much as I can on this project and
> shovel the drained mix into my wall forms, packing it in place as best I
> can. This is a small project, so that should be feasible way to handle
> things, though watching Mikey shlep buckets of papercrete up to pour
> into his battery dome frame looked like physical labor . . .
>
> Here's my question. If I make the first batch with latex and lay that
> on my ferrocement floor, will that help prevent wicking of water from
> the ferrocement floor to the papercrete walls? If the layer is 2-4"
> deep and allowed to thoroughly dry before more papercrete is added . . .
> ? Thoughts? Opinions? Best guesses? Suggestions?
>
> ElfN
>
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