[TheForge] Speaking of shops...

[Andrew Vida]

Jerry Frost wrote:
> 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.

	I should have mentioned falsework.  Enought of that for a 100' long 
building would be $$$$$$.

	Dang.  Not that we have any money anyhow, mind you.
> 
> Check with manufacturers for dead and live loads.
> 
> Frosty
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> it ain't real.
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> 
> 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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