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Post by spinifex on Jan 28, 2019 15:12:08 GMT 10
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Post by spinifex on Jan 28, 2019 15:16:39 GMT 10
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Pion
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Post by Pion on Jan 28, 2019 16:46:27 GMT 10
Wonder what itd be like using gambion baskets for walls etc...
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Post by spinifex on Jan 29, 2019 17:21:50 GMT 10
Good and easy I'd say. Only thing is when the steel mesh gives out it eventually collapses.
Rammed earth in tyres is another construction technique I like the idea of. Tyres are given away and they last for hundreds of years ... in the absence of fire.
Walls constructed in that method I imagine being very bullet resistant.
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Post by Pion on Jan 29, 2019 23:33:39 GMT 10
We are going to have to discuss this a bit more...soon lol...damn work!
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Post by feralemma on Feb 1, 2019 10:20:54 GMT 10
Good and easy I'd say. Only thing is when the steel mesh gives out it eventually collapses. Rammed earth in tyres is another construction technique I like the idea of. Tyres are given away and they last for hundreds of years ... in the absence of fire. Walls constructed in that method I imagine being very bullet resistant. Saw an awesome house built on Grand Designs years ago from tyres filled with compacted earth. It was an idea we tossed up for building a cheap set of stables, lol not going to work for us however as we are on sandplain which doesn't compact or stay together. Sandbags building would be something we could do tho. |
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Post by Pion on Feb 1, 2019 17:06:21 GMT 10
Hard HARD work Emm...there is minor machinery available to speed the process but ultimately sweat and hands on application...gambion baskets might be imminently sensible for this instead...
P.S. if you elected to go 'sandbag' then 2 points: a) UV resistant bags, or your walls will be on the ground in 6 months, and b) use a 10% (by volume) cement mix for each sand bag, so even when the bag loses its structural integrity the cement will hold it together...
Sing out if you want any other 'pictures' of how it could go, lol...
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Post by Pion on Feb 1, 2019 17:09:54 GMT 10
One other thing...sandbags where originally designed to help retain soil in wall and overhead protection applications underground...as soon as they are above ground they become...limited! Lol...
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Post by spinifex on Feb 1, 2019 17:28:57 GMT 10
Good and easy I'd say. Only thing is when the steel mesh gives out it eventually collapses. Rammed earth in tyres is another construction technique I like the idea of. Tyres are given away and they last for hundreds of years ... in the absence of fire. Walls constructed in that method I imagine being very bullet resistant. Saw an awesome house built on Grand Designs years ago from tyres filled with compacted earth. It was an idea we tossed up for building a cheap set of stables, lol not going to work for us however as we are on sandplain which doesn't compact or stay together. Sandbags building would be something we could do tho. Yeah. Saw that. It was very impressive. There is a type of tube that can be bought in big rolls and filled to make durable sand sausages that can be stacked on top of each other to make walls. I expect that would cost a lot to buy but quick to build with. The output looks ok. www.catalysthouse.net/the-amazing-cal-earth-superadobe-building-method/Love the use of barbed wire as 'velcro' to hold the layers of sausages together. |
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Post by Pion on Feb 3, 2019 16:03:27 GMT 10
The barbed wire idea...also works in conjunction as an anchor for an 'apron' fence as used on defensive entanglements or mine fields (im not suggesting we go there!)...unless you think someone will be able to hook a vehicle on it and pull your wall down...it gives options...  Simply imagine the posts are the sandbag walls and the wire extends out from the walls, out ad infinitum to the extent you wish to keep people from running up to your walls...(incidentally 10m is the minimum recommended depth for low wire entanglement to be effective...and it is, best use of wire resource (where minimal resource is to hand) for defence available... |
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