Cob: Costs: Lime versus cement

Thu Aug 21 22:21:51 CDT 2003

Lance,  
I too am doing some experiments with lime.  I live in a medium sized city 
(Nashville, Tn) where you can buy anything, from anywhere.  Oddly enough, 
hydrated lime was hard to come by.  I called all the brick yards and masonary 
suppliers in town and surrounding area and finally found some bagged lime at a brick 
company close to home.   They charge $4. per 50 pound bag.   They said they 
had 2 skids of the stuff but that someone had just come in and bought it all.   
But... that they had 4 bags that were broken, that I could have for $2 per 
bag.  
When I got there, they loaded a skid of 6 bags onto my truck and charged me 
$5.56.  The bags were actually only slightly ripped and most of the lime was 
still there.   I think I got a real deal !!
They also gave me some sand for my experiments.   I'm mixing it all with some 
clay in preparation for building a "dirt floor".    I have been studying 
hydrated lime as a soil stabilizer.  It should prove interesting.  Good luck with 
your lime acquisition.

janet, high on the Cumberland Plateau (when I dont have to be in this 
stinkin, reekin city)
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT  COLOR="#0000a0" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=4 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Lance,  <BR>
I too am doing some experiments with lime.  I live in a medium sized city (Nashville, Tn) where you can buy anything, from anywhere.  Oddly enough, hydrated lime was hard to come by.  I called all the brick yards and masonary suppliers in town and surrounding area and finally found some bagged lime at a brick company close to home.   They charge $4. per 50 pound bag.   They said they had 2 skids of the stuff but that someone had just come in and bought it all.   But... that they had 4 bags that were broken, that I could have for $2 per bag.  <BR>
When I got there, they loaded a skid of 6 bags onto my truck and charged me $5.56.  The bags were actually only slightly ripped and most of the lime was still there.   I think I got a real deal !!<BR>
They also gave me some sand for my experiments.   I'm mixing it all with some clay in preparation for building a "dirt floor".    I have been studying hydrated lime as a soil stabilizer.  It should prove interesting.  Good luck with your lime acquisition.<BR>
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janet, high on the Cumberland Plateau (when I dont have to be in this stinkin, reekin city)</FONT></HTML>

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