John, thanks for the great photos. You have caught my interest with
this burlap-crete thing. Please keep us well informed, especially of
those of us still struggling how to build that cheap but beautiful
dream home.
Connie
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "John Annesley" <John@...> wrote:
>
> Two days ago I made a long post regarding my experiments with
burlap and a variety of
> cement and non-cement materials. Here are some photos of the house
I'm building with
> burlap. Put away the hammer, and pick up the clothes-pin.
>
> Here's a photo of the house before burlap: a ferrocement ring at
the base, encasing steel
> studs, covered in stock panels.
http://www.annesleyphoto.com/Building/ferroring7511.jpg
>
> Here's the structure from another angle, partly covered in burlap-
crete.
> http://www.annesleyphoto.com/Building/burlap7516.jpg
>
> Here is a close-up of the coated burlap, held onto the stock panels
with clothespins. The
> seams blend together so well you can't really tell that you're
looking at probably ten or more
> seams. Makes a wall about as strong as 1/2" plywood over studs
covered in stucco-- and its
> only an overlapping layer of burlap soaked in modified fast set,
high strength grout.
> http://www.annesleyphoto.com/Building/clothespins7517.jpg
>
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