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Posted by ebesan on April 20, 2009, 3:15 pm
I am looking for info on construction and viability of adding a green
roof to a house in the Yucatan, Mexico.
It is a very hot, low-lying, sometimes rainy area.
New construction tends toward block and precast; both of which are
terrible there; they quickly absorb heat, but do What sort of soil
mixture would I need there?
How strong does the rof need to be?
Sealant?
Got to remember that the building trades there are often rudimentary.
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Posted by Rick Samuel on April 21, 2009, 2:47 am
>I am looking for info on construction and viability of adding a green
> roof to a house in the Yucatan, Mexico.
> It is a very hot, low-lying, sometimes rainy area.
> New construction tends toward block and precast; both of which are
> terrible there; they quickly absorb heat, but do What sort of soil
> mixture would I need there?
> How strong does the rof need to be?
> Sealant?
> Got to remember that the building trades there are often rudimentary.
Plenty of cheap labor? Rammed earth, with sliding forms.
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Posted by ebesan on April 22, 2009, 1:58 pm
wrote:
> >I am looking for info on construction and viability of adding a green
> > roof to a house in the Yucatan, Mexico.
> > It is a very hot, low-lying, sometimes rainy area.
> > New construction tends toward block and precast; both of which are
> > terrible there; they quickly absorb heat, but do What sort of soil
> > mixture would I need there?
> > How strong does the rof need to be?
> > Sealant?
> > Got to remember that the building trades there are often rudimentary.
> =A0Plenty of cheap labor? =A0Rammed earth, with sliding forms.
rammed earth is perfect. what are sliding forms?
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Posted by RicodJour on April 22, 2009, 3:04 pm
> wrote:
.
> > >I am looking for info on construction and viability of adding a green
> > > roof to a house in the Yucatan, Mexico.
> > > It is a very hot, low-lying, sometimes rainy area.
> > > New construction tends toward block and precast; both of which are
> > > terrible there; they quickly absorb heat, but do What sort of soil
> > > mixture would I need there?
> > > How strong does the rof need to be?
> > > Sealant?
> > > Got to remember that the building trades there are often rudimentary.
> > =A0Plenty of cheap labor? =A0Rammed earth, with sliding forms.
> rammed earth is perfect. what are sliding forms?
Google is your friend.
Check out this web site:
http://www.networkearth.org/naturalbuilding/honey.html
There's info there about sliding forms, but you'll have to look for
it.
R
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Posted by ransley on April 23, 2009, 4:25 pm
> wrote:
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> > >I am looking for info on construction and viability of adding a green
> > > roof to a house in the Yucatan, Mexico.
> > > It is a very hot, low-lying, sometimes rainy area.
> > > New construction tends toward block and precast; both of which are
> > > terrible there; they quickly absorb heat, but do What sort of soil
> > > mixture would I need there?
> > > How strong does the rof need to be?
> > > Sealant?
> > > Got to remember that the building trades there are often rudimentary.
> > =A0Plenty of cheap labor? =A0Rammed earth, with sliding forms.
> rammed earth is perfect. what are sliding forms?
Rammed earth is wall construction, not a green roof, or is it.
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> roof to a house in the Yucatan, Mexico.
> It is a very hot, low-lying, sometimes rainy area.
> New construction tends toward block and precast; both of which are
> terrible there; they quickly absorb heat, but do What sort of soil
> mixture would I need there?
> How strong does the rof need to be?
> Sealant?
> Got to remember that the building trades there are often rudimentary.