[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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