<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for RoofKrete makes thin flexible ferrocement that is also vapor barrier]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by amazingdrx http://www.grist.org/article/ferrocementally-speaking-green-building-just-got-easier/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:11:40 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/ferrocementally-speaking-green-building-just-got-easier/1 Wow!

Great find Gar!  I have seen this on one of the science channels, but an actual supplier is great.

On the demonstration they tested the concrete panel and showed how it could bend before breaking, unlike the regular concrete panel.  With fiber instead of steel reinforcement this would be even better.

Finally my idea for a superinsulated foam wall with cement inside and out would definitely not crack from expansion.  The other great thing is that this same construction would be possible for a roof, given the lightweight of this material.

This would make a whole superinsulated concrete cottage possible, molded in one piece.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin

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Great find Gar!  I have seen this on one of the science channels, but an actual supplier is great.

On the demonstration they tested the concrete panel and showed how it could bend before breaking, unlike the regular concrete panel.  With fiber instead of steel reinforcement this would be even better.

Finally my idea for a superinsulated foam wall with cement inside and out would definitely not crack from expansion.  The other great thing is that this same construction would be possible for a roof, given the lightweight of this material.

This would make a whole superinsulated concrete cottage possible, molded in one piece.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin

]]> Comment #2 by JMG http://www.grist.org/article/ferrocementally-speaking-green-building-just-got-easier/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:18:07 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/ferrocementally-speaking-green-building-just-got-easier/2 zowie

I just bought a cinderblock house and I've been thinking about how to up the insulation -- I'll take the attic up to R-49, but haven't had as much luck thinking about insulating the walls.  If this stuff gets over here, I'll glue some insulating panels on the house exterior and then stucco over them with this stuff.  

Good eye!

The 5% Project

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I just bought a cinderblock house and I've been thinking about how to up the insulation -- I'll take the attic up to R-49, but haven't had as much luck thinking about insulating the walls.  If this stuff gets over here, I'll glue some insulating panels on the house exterior and then stucco over them with this stuff.  

Good eye!

The 5% Project

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