books about: ferrocement

books about: ferrocement

books:

Ferrocement

Ferrocement & Laminated Cementitious Composites

Antoine E. Naaman

Techno Press, 2000

Become a Ferrocement Engineer.
You need to be an engineer to understand most of this book, but the book is a must for anyone planning to build with ferrocement.

Ferrocement: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium
P. Nedwell

Taylor & Francis, 1994

Ferrocement is a versatile, construction material, with applications in low cost housing, rehabilitation, strengthening and repair of structures. This book presents the latest developments in research and application of the material.

Ferro-cement: design, techniques, and application

Bruce Bingham

Cornell maritime Press, 1974

The Bible of ferro-cement boat building.
The Bible of ferro-cement boat building. Tons of useful information that can be used with all aspects of ferro-cement building.

Fantastic Ferrocement

Eutopia Press, 2007

fantastic ferro-cement by Peter Harris
I have a copy of his 1st edition which is 65 pages and I thought it was great with ideas of creativity of a technique that deserves more attention. Takes you from simple steps to start to more complex building projects. If you are interested in ferro-cement it's a ...

Ferrocement: Building with cement, sand, and wire mesh

Stanley Abercrombie

Hale, 1978

Lucky Me!
Lucky Me, I finally got a copy of this book. I waited about a year before a used one came up on here. This is one of the few books on Ferrocement construction. You buy it for the pictures, and ideas, not for technical reasons. There are better books for that.

Water Storage: Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers, and Ponds for Domestic Supply, Fire and Emergency Use--Includes How ...

Art Ludwig

Oasis Design, 2005

Read the book, Build the tank
I Built a 10,000 Gal tank straight out of this book for US$ 1,500. It looks good & it doesn't leak. What more can you ask for ?

Ferrocement Water Tanks and Their Construction (118p)
Simon Watt

Practical Action, 1978

Describes how cylindrical water storage tanks of up to 150 cubic meter capacity can be built using wire-reinforced cement-mortar. Covers design and planning; costs; standard, recommended and alternative construction methods, and other information.

Experimental investigations of sound transmission in cavity ferrocement panels with ties.: An article from: ...
S. Kandaswamy, A. Ramachandraiah

University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture, 2003

This digital document is an article from Architectural Science Review, published by University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture on March 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1645 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker ...

Guide for the Design Construction and Repair of Ferrocement

Aci Committee 549

Amer Concrete Inst, 1988

Not useful for homebrew use
This very thin technical document is about half references to other ACI and releated technical standards and has essentially nothing useful for a non-engineer home builder. The cost seems very excessive for the size of the document and its content.