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Alternative Building Construction in Tanzania: Trials finishing rammed earth walls

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Alternative Building Construction in Tanzania. Friday, July 17, 2015. Trials finishing rammed earth walls. Looking at different finishes. Soil - sand 5-3 done immediately. almost no cracking. Nothing done to wall. Pipes in wall for placing supports later. My neighbors ugly wall. Including efflorescence being seen on bottom. Stones rammed along formwork. Bricks rammed along formwork. Soil - sand 5-3. No finish but marble dust in the rammed earth. Soil-sand 1-1 Not good, add more sand! And have moved on to.

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Alternative Building Construction in Tanzania: June 2014

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Alternative Building Construction in Tanzania. Wednesday, June 11, 2014. First real concrete counter top. There is some water on the counter and why it is so shiny, which I like. I found some acrylic cement additive and replaced the water with that on the top slurry. Dickson Mixed some red color and a bit of black to make it dark red, then spread some black and troweled that in. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). What this blog is about. All life is a process isn't it? And have moved on to. Lime and clay paints.

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Alternative Building Construction in Tanzania: Vaults for a Primary school.

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Alternative Building Construction in Tanzania. Thursday, July 2, 2015. Vaults for a Primary school. Through a query about bricks, I mentioned our roofs to an architectural firm in Dar. That lead to me speaking at a workshop of theirs and then this job for Dickson. It is a private primary school roof . Classroom is 3 vaults. One is clay brick and others are cement paving blocks. Hallway outside the classroom has vaulted roofs and groined vault in the middle. This job is leading to more jobs. Rocket stoves...

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Alternative Building Construction in Tanzania: More Rammed earth progress

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Alternative Building Construction in Tanzania. Friday, July 17, 2015. More Rammed earth progress. Some completed walls before finishing. Labels: Building with earth. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What this blog is about. All life is a process isn't it? I want to lower the cost of building modest houses. I began with with masonry vaulted roofs, from brick domes to vaulted roofs, to groined vaulted roofs (cross vaults). And have moved on to. Stone work both dry and mortared. Lime and clay paints.

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Alternative Building Construction in Tanzania: Back on track (for awhile)

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Alternative Building Construction in Tanzania. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Back on track (for awhile). I started building vaults to lower building costs. After a couple I got carried away with making vaults fancier and more complicated (groined vaults) and hence more expensive. So for the past year (s) I have been dreaming how to make walls cheaper and decided i would try stone walls and rammed earth walls. I was thinking i better use cement as my neighbors all use it. Notice the mansion over the wall. Rammi...

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Alternative Building Construction in Tanzania: November 2013

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Alternative Building Construction in Tanzania. Monday, November 11, 2013. Every Structure is a unique statement. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). What this blog is about. All life is a process isn't it? I want to lower the cost of building modest houses. I began with with masonry vaulted roofs, from brick domes to vaulted roofs, to groined vaulted roofs (cross vaults). And have moved on to. Stone work both dry and mortared. Rocket stoves and mass heaters. Lime and clay paints. Blogs I follow. Links. Like for ...

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Alternative Building Construction in Tanzania: April 2015

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Alternative Building Construction in Tanzania. Monday, April 20, 2015. At first look this dish rack i made last week is green and organic, right? Better than plastic or metal? The chainsaw and fuel used to cut down the Cassia Senna Spectibilis tree. Electricity to plane the boards after 1 1/2 years. Electricity to cut into shape. Okay so my point is you cant say this is a green product, only that it is greener than something else. It turned out okay. Sunday, April 12, 2015. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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Alternative Building Construction in Tanzania: White wash cement brick vaults?

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Alternative Building Construction in Tanzania. Friday, July 3, 2015. White wash cement brick vaults? Whitewashing the walls looks good. I am not liking the ceiling whitewashed and I wonder about the rectangular openings instead of arched. Any thoughts? July 19, 2015 at 8:29 PM. I agree about ceiling, no whitewash. Doorways.arch them too. Great work! July 20, 2015 at 8:44 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What this blog is about. All life is a process isn't it? And have moved on to. I grew up (?

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Alternative Building Construction in Tanzania: March 2014

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Alternative Building Construction in Tanzania. Monday, March 31, 2014. Just a garden wall, with corbel at top. As I have a clay brick factory I often have "reject" bricks , like these under burnt/salmon/soft bricks in the wall below and over burnt and misshapen bricks in 2nd picture. What do you do with this junk below? You bang and chop on it and get a reasonably shaped clinker. I want over burnt for the overhang for strength and water proofing. Dickson putting on second corbel this time straight rowlock.