Describes the challenges related to constructing a ferrocement water tank in San Lorenzo, Guatemala with a stucco sprayer from Mortarsprayer.com. These challenges included equipment needs and powering a compressor strong enough to be used with our sprayer.
Decorative Concrete Memorial
Dion Battles of Vertical Concrete Creations tells his story about his new career path as decorative concrete artist.
Straw Bale Timber Frame
I was new to the mortar sprayer, so I was unsure of the speed it would sling plaster onto the wall. After about Day 2 we had the rhythm down, and then we danced! Pre- mortar sprayer, I was sure this job would take much longer than it did as I was well aware the scratch coat on straw bales eats a large quantity of material. Just getting it on the wall is a lot of work and time.
Cement Stucco Garage in Canada
Maureen and Alex wanted to coat and protect detached garage with a stucco finish, bought one of our stucco sprayers and did the project themselves.
Earthbag Building Guide
A new earthbag building guide has just been completed by Owen Geiger of the Geiger Research Institute. This is the most compete Earthbag Building Guide that we have read. It is a complete “soup to nuts” step by step guide. The book does a great job of detailing all the steps necessary to prepare for [...]
Earth Bag Building | Plenitud Building School
Earthbag building is more than a passing hobby for Owen Ingley; it’s is his passion. Through his educational nonprofit, Plenitud Initiativas, he teaches people how to build their own earthbag home out of dirt, plastic, barbed wire, and plaster. These simple, inexpensive products are the main materials used in earthbag construction, one of the fastest-growing [...]
Earthbag Building Workshop
Another amazing EarthBag Building workshop is upon us. Earthen hand construction offers natural building classes. These include EarthBag construction, natural plastering and passive solar design. July 23-26, EarthenHand in Portland Oregon will host the first of several workshops this summer. This workshop will use the newest kind of mesh Earthbags which EarthenHand have found to [...]
Build It With Bales July 9-10, 2011
Come help Jaime and John Paul Ogden raise the walls of their straw bale dream home. This is a great opportunity to learn about energy efficient building technology. You will also learn techniques and design principles of building with straw bales.
Our New Stucco, Mortar and Concrete Blog Is Alive
Finally, we added a blog to the website to help get the word out about new stucco, mortar and other articles pertaining to concrete as well as other announcements like new products. At the same time we decided to open up comments on the all our previously published articles in the Projects, Highlights and Advice [...]
