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Topic:	What about exact materials?

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T O P I C R E V I E W
CeLeigh I need information. I'm sure there are other appropriate sites for this, however, this one stuck out like a sore thumb. Going on now, could someone please share any insite on the exact materials used in the construction of a castle. See I've never built a home, let alone a castle, I'd like to construct a house with normal carpentry on the internal construction, but with the fortification of a castle in the foundation and the exterior. If anyone could be of help please reply whenever. I'll check back in a couple of days. Thanks for anything you may have to share ahead of time!
Take Care,
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CeLeigh
duncan Many types of contruction was used, but i think you are wanting an answer about stone castles. So here is a brief run down.
Rock walls of one type or another with lime morter and or lime concrete as the binder for the most part. A few even used dry stone walls, no morter between the rock. The fill was often what was to be had from earlier buildings, such as broken tile, rock, brick and a few other things.
Later in castle building red brick was also used instead of rock. But not the type of brick that we know today. The best way to explan is that the contents and the fireing was different.
The foundation could have been bed rock, packed earth, timbers or any combination.
The interior could have been rock, wadle and daub, timber, cut wood panels, plaster, or like the above any combintion.
Now comes the hard part, your choice in what type of construction you want for your home. We today use every thing from poured stone, concrete pre stressed panels, fake {jem stone} rock, plaster made to look like stone, brick, block from different types of materals, real stone, and this names just a few construction methods.
There are in these forums, renovations, general discussion, and mine, far too many topics to give you a clickable list that partains to your guestions. You might want to set your topic search for All in each and have a look.
No easy or pre set rules to this type of construction exist. In the end it will be up to you and your zoneing laws as to which you choose.
Best of Luck with your dream.

[This message has been edited by duncan (edited 08-08-2000).]
Erik Schmidt CeLeigh, as stated by Duncan, many different materials were used to build castles, I've seen a Moorish castle in spain built entirely of concrete.
The type of material you use and how you use it will depend on where you live and especially what period and style of castle you want to build, as well as your budget.
Let us know your situation and we may be able to make suggestions.
Erik
duncan Erik, do you know what type of concrete? What was its coloring?
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Erik Schmidt Megan and Ralph(Duncan Castle),
The concrete is of an earthy brown colour, but does not resemble compacted earth as is often used in that area. It is made up with a large fraction of small river stones and has eroded very little.
I'll send you a better description by e-mail to save space here.
Erik
canadab Here are some links for you to look into the different construction materials and methods. http://www.architectstore.com/archives.html
http://www.northcoast.com/~tms/stone.html
http://www.schusters.com/product_info/photogallery/photogallery.html
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~mwcook/
http://www.concreteblockcentral.com/pwguide.htm

There are many more. Look into pressed earth and fired earth materials if you want the look without the cost of stone.
Amberein
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duncan I was debateing wether it was a Roman mix that the sand there had tinted brown or another type. Thanks for sheding some light on the subject Savoy.