[TheForge] Small shop questions

[Andy Vida]

Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> 
> If you aren't restricted by the codes, you can have some real fun
> building. Thin shell ferrocement allows lots of  freeform freedom and
> isn't terribly expensive...for example....Pete F

	Oh yes.  I went to this alternative housing thingy at OSU
	nearly two years ago and the one method I found most impressive
	was with ferrocement.  A huge bladder was setprecisely on the
	site, covered in rebar, then the cement was pumped onto it and
	screeded flat.  Then the bladder was inflated with air and a
	very large dome erected itself.  The builders wait a while, then
	climb and finish the concrete.  The result was truly beautiful.

	They could build such a structure in ONE day if preparations were
	well made.

	I also like hay bale construction and adobe.  My father told me
	about the house of the mayor of New White Lake in Hungary.  He
	was there when my great uncle Desmond took over and the outgoing
	mayor threw a celebration for him (gee, I wonder if there might be
	a lesson in there for American politics).  He said the house was
	mud brick with walls two feet thick, and even three in places,
	a thatched roof, and one of the most beautiful houses he'd ever
	seen.  Warm in winter, cool in summer.  Sounds OK to me.