Textile Reinforced Concrete Gallery
The support frame poles for the roof of this thatched house can be seen, between them steel bars were used to reinforce the mortar sprayed “wall”. Tensioned wires attached to the reinforcing steel supported the CemForce. The stones were marked out in the wet mix, sculptured and stained. If required, we can supply replica thatch, made from textile concrete.
Pre-moulded ceiling panels become permanent shutters reinforced by a steel framework, the reinforcing for the floor. The ceiling is supported from above during the pour and replaces the traditional / doubtful soffit. The ceiling is preloaded to sag level when the props are removed.
A sample to show a principle: CemForce was bonded to the steel mesh and plastered. Reinforced textile panels can be assembled on site, are self-supporting and can be mortar sprayed or hand plastered. They can be used to close off worked out areas in mines, as farm, industrial buildings, or home offices, can be supplied as curved panels for pond walls, or positioned in a stream to dam the flow, the arch taking the thrust of the water.
This wall was made in a similar manner to the stone faced cottage. The support frame is inside the hollow wall, the space in the wall was used to conceal site rubble. The CemForce was supported from tensioned wires; permanent reinforced textile concrete pole shutters were used to hold up the wires, which were pop-riveted to the poles. The CemForce was brush coated with a bonding mix and hand plastered. At the time this picture was taken the wall had been there for five years.
This pivot hinged reinforced textile concrete door has a wooden frame attached to the steel frame, the steel frame is covered with wire mesh, to which the textile concrete skins are attached. This is the door to Cemcrete’s lecture / boardroom, in their Ideas Centre.