[Greenbuilding] clay wall for pool
RT
Archilogic at yahoo.ca
Thu Feb 2 11:22:44 CST 2012
On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:01:55 -0500, Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn
<info at ecobrooklyn.com> wrote:
> I am building a natural pool and looking for a good sealing option.
> Something that "self heals" like clay is attractive to me.....but it has
> to work on vertical walls.
You might want to Google "Bentonite clay vertical surfaces" and see what
it comes up with.
As you may be aware, Bentonite clay is used extensively for making garden
pools.
I've never used the stuff myself. The closest I've come to Bentonite is
kitty litter. (Not that I use kitty litter. I have had bags of it around
when cat-sitting for friends. (I just chucked the cats outside. No way I'd
live with caturds in the house.)
I've often wondered if used kitty litter might be diverted from the
waste-stream and utilised in building where the fertiliser component might
be beneficial. There must be gazillions of tonnes of the stuff going into
municipal waste streams weekly.
But speaking of waste diversion, salvaged tempered glass would also seem
like a pretty good candidate for consideration for this "pool vertical
surface" task.
The existing concrete would provide sufficient lateral strength/support
for a glass pool liner.
The glass liner would be constructed in the same manner as a glass fish
aquarium. (ie silicon caulking for the joints).
You'd just need to provide something to hold the glass away from the
concrete and that would allow the glass liner to freely expand/contract.
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Rob Tom
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
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