Hello malcolm & evreyone
I'm currently building sculptered benches made of old tires & papercrete stucco in a school with the children
basiclly it's a long bench (10 m') made of 2-4 tires placed one on each other (60 cm max).
as well, I'm building in Israel wich is much sunnier than scotland hehehe
the weak points are:
1. the sturctural strength is weak due to poor filling of the tires with anorganic garbge (by the children) and the wire mesh alone is not enough to give it extra strength. some steel rebar is needed.
2. my stucco mix (10 parts paper: 1 part portland) was a bit light on concrete but it holds light kicks and medium (up to ~30mm by now) rain well.
3. broken colourful tiles can't be sunk into the stucco but have to be glued to the stucco afterhand. any suggestions anyone :-? & what adhesive do you suggest using? I'm usin ceramic tile mortar wich is already starting to crumble due to rain.
I suggest using a mix use earth & more cement to create a tougher stucco.
The benefits are of course environmental (less use of fuel & resources-sand\gravel\cement)
good luck.
udi
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__._,_.___ I'm currently building sculptered benches made of old tires & papercrete stucco in a school with the children
basiclly it's a long bench (10 m') made of 2-4 tires placed one on each other (60 cm max).
as well, I'm building in Israel wich is much sunnier than scotland hehehe
the weak points are:
1. the sturctural strength is weak due to poor filling of the tires with anorganic garbge (by the children) and the wire mesh alone is not enough to give it extra strength. some steel rebar is needed.
2. my stucco mix (10 parts paper: 1 part portland) was a bit light on concrete but it holds light kicks and medium (up to ~30mm by now) rain well.
3. broken colourful tiles can't be sunk into the stucco but have to be glued to the stucco afterhand. any suggestions anyone :-? & what adhesive do you suggest using? I'm usin ceramic tile mortar wich is already starting to crumble due to rain.
I suggest using a mix use earth & more cement to create a tougher stucco.
The benefits are of course environmental (less use of fuel & resources-sand\gravel\cement)
good luck.
udi
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לב פתרונות אקולוגיים בני-קיימא
אודי בן שבת | 077-3211225 | 052-2867971
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