Ferrocement building and our history with it.

[@slimgringo]

Sunday afternoon classes. Gotta cram. This really helps! Thanks!

[@PhilVerryChannel]

Thanks for the good close-up shots, his narration and having a point to your video unlike so many online where video producers just 'show you' but never tell you what they're doing.

[@windsunh2o]

2:45 in, and this video was already worth watching for the 'splitting a concrete bag in half with rebar' trick. Ok, back to the video =)

[@homesteadonomics]

haha... love the rebar bag trick... gonna be using it on my green house project! Credit to you Ben. Very cool cabin btw! ... and the wall looks really awesome too! Joe

[@BenHuttash]

+homesteadonomics Thanks that is a trick My dad showed me years ago. Its pretty cool what can be done with Ferrocement. My dad and his neighbors have built some huge domes and very large earth retaining walls out of this.

[@brenthorton5512]

Great Idea,you folks must be from Texas,Me too Pipe Creek! Thanks for sharing!

[@BenHuttash]

Yes Sir, we are in Denton County. Pipe creek and the surrounding areas are on my list to visit some day. I like the hill country and want to get a B and B for the family for couple nights and do the tourist thing. I got a very young child and just don't feel like camping with her yet. Where you born there or did you move to it. I always wonder how people get to live in interesting places.

[@brenthorton5512]

Hi Ben,I was born in Wichita Falls,Tx,but moved to San Antonio,TX in 1990.I was in the commercial painting business most my life that's why we moved to SA.I'm also a musician and that's how my wife and I discovered The Hill Country,,,Moved to Bandera,Tx in !996 then here in Pipe Creek in 2002.My wife manages a small restaurant in Bandera called "The Grille"maybe you can stop in and eat when you visit! Well,Merry Christmas to you and your Family!!

[@BenHuttash]

Brent Horton Sounds like a plan. I don't know when I will be on vacation next but I will try to find the restaurant.

[@brenthorton5512]

Great Ben! "The Grille"in Bandera Tx,907 13th Street,we're on Yelp,Happy New Year!!

[@twinray27]

What was the ferrocement recipe your father used, to make his mortar ? .....I can see he used the Quikrite sand/topping mix. Was that used alone, or was it mixed with something else ? And if it was , what were the ratio's used ? I wanted to used masonry sand and Portland cement, but finding masonry sand at the box stores around here is next to impossible.....

[@BenHuttash]

+twinray27 Usually he uses two parts washed sand with one part Portland cement. I don't know why he opted for the quikrite this day.

[@BenHuttash]

+twinray27 Also sometimes when he adds some cement glue when he works on horizontal parts over head. He feels like it helps it stay put. But most importantly you don't want to get it too wet, you want to be able to mold it in your hand and have it keep its shape fairly well.

[@twinray27]

That was, believe it or not......very informative, when the cement was being mixed. It's one thing to read about it ( or to hear it explained ) , but to see it being done, helps immensely...... It kinda shows what you need to look for...... Thanks for the help ! : )

[@yaboorie]

Hey Ben, Do you have pictures or videos on the dome project you dad & his neighbors went through? I want to do something like that. Building things with Ferrocement Method interest me quiet a bit. Thanks for the video.

[@BenHuttash]

+ray huh I don't have anything recent on the internet but I have this Google docs folder that has tones of pictures of the ferrocement houses from this area getting built. drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B70GLzmUiJ8FQnFQLUd0eU1fVWM

[@BenHuttash]

+Ben Huttash I also put the link in the description. Check the folder called ferrocement houses. Most of these are construction photos.

[@TARP..]

Ill collect trash chicken wire later makena frame and render it with the mortar i have as a test

[@chandrakantmohan1019]

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