What You Provide

While we're fab­ric­at­ing your Kit, you'll need to ar­range:

Site & Per­mit Pre­par­a­tion

• Job site: your land
• Site sur­vey
• Zon­ing and build­ing per­mits: we help with these
• Of­f­load and pan­el sta­ging area
• On-site elec­tric­al power sup­ply
• In­sur­ances, safety setup as re­quired
• Of­f­load and con­struc­tion labor
• Site su­per­vi­sion and pro­ject man­age­ment

In or­der to as­semble the Kit in­to a build­ing shell, you'll need:

Ba­sic con­struc­tion ma­ter­i­als

• Gravel
• Port­land ce­ment
• Build­er's sand
• Wa­ter

For amcorite™ Ferrocement mix­tures.

Ad­di­tion­al tools as ne­ces­sary

• Screw guns
• Clamps
• Shovels
• etc.

With the above you'll get a struc­tur­al build­ing shell, which can be fin­ished out at your leis­ure & ac­cord­ing to taste.

In or­der to fin­ish out your Kit's build­ing shell, you'll need:

Gen­er­al ma­ter­i­als

• Found­a­tion drain­age & weath­er­proof­ing: gut­ters & down­spouts as needed, seal­ants, sub­grade found­a­tion drain­pipes & coat­ing
• Con­crete: mono­lith­ic floor slab & foot­er pour
• Open­ings: doors & win­dows
• In­su­la­tion: aero­gel & closed-cell spray foam re­com­men­ded
• Roof­ing: non-com­bust­ible met­al re­com­men­ded
• Ser­vices: elec­tric­al & plumb­ing, pipes, fix­tures, lights, wires,etc.
• Re­new­ables: sol­ar pan­els, bat­ter­ies, wind tur­bines, etc.

Ex­ample Fin­ishes

• Kit­chen & bath­rooms: coun­ters, cab­in­etry, etc.
• In­teri­or walls & floor­ing: gypsum dry­wall, wood, etc.
• Ex­ter­i­or fin­ishes: stucco, brick, sid­ing (non-com­bust­ible like Hardi­plank re­com­men­ded), etc.
• Whatever else you like!

Check out the Con­struc­tion Se­quence for a graph­ic­al step-by-step of put­ting up an am-cor Kit.

Each am-cor Kit provides everything needed to con­struct a Fer­ro­ce­ment shell; see Kit Con­tents for de­tails. The items lis­ted above are not part of the am-cor Kit, but may be ne­ces­sary for a com­plete build­ing shell.