[TheForge] Speaking of shops...

[Jerry Frost]

The short answer is no, they won't hold enough concrete 
to do you any good. Of course a short answer is usually 
short on answers. They're galvy steel and depending on 
where in the country you live different gages.

If a person were to support the arches while spraying 
it and were to spray it in layers allowing them to set 
in stages you might be able to do what you're thinking 
of. I'd use rebar for sure.

Check with manufacturers for dead and live loads.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


From: "Andrew Vida" <osan at netlabs.net>


> Anyone familiar in practical terms with those 
> buildings whose
> construction is one of a series of modular arches 
> made of scrunched up
> metal?  I don't know whether they are aluminum or 
> stainless, though I
> doubt they are the latter.
>
> Anyhow, I was wondering whether such a building would 
> be strong enough
> to serve as a form for poured concrete construction. 
> Put up the
> building and, say, spray gunite all over it to 
> perhaps a 12" depth,
> perhaps even with a rebar mesh halfway in.
>
> I am inclined to think it would not be strong enough 
> to hold up the wet
> concrete, but I don't really know.  Any ideas?  It 
> would make for one
> hell of a strong building.  Spray insulation onto the 
> inner surfaces and
>  it would be pretty much nicer in the cold weather. 
> I could even
> envision an earth sheltering scheme for such 
> construction.
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