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about castable roofs

updated sat 7 dec 02

 

Ann Brink on fri 6 dec 02


mel jacobson wrote "kurt and i have cast roofs at the farm. they work too.
castable
is a great structure. add the stainless pins and it is really a good
system"

Hi Mel- I have a castable roof too- please elaborate about the stainless
pins. What for?

Do your roofs shed crumbs? IMine did, so I lined it with a layer of
refractory fiber. It is held up there with golf tee shaped clay buttons,
holes in the tips for the wire going out.

Thanks,
Ann Brink, up in our cabin in the Diablo hills in central Calif. for a few
days, generator for power, propane heaters and refrig. and cookstove. Home
tomorrow, back to clay.