Vaults to die for

These are extreme vaults.  One has to spend a lifetime learning and implementing.  I can dream though.

My friend Gaidi is traveling the world and knows I like masonry vaulted roofs.

Let me know if you want more.

Vaults for a Primary school.

Through a query about bricks, I mentioned our roofs to an architectural firm in Dar.  That lead to me speaking at a workshop of theirs and then this job for Dickson.  It is a private primary school roof .

Classroom is 3 vaults.  One is clay brick and others are cement paving blocks.  Hallway outside the classroom has vaulted roofs and groined vault in the middle.  This job is leading to more jobs.

Another style

The next house in progress.

This is more what I envisioned for the widow's houses.  Will start laying the vaults on next week.

This way the forces in the two internal walls are almost canceled, it would of been better if all the rooms were the same width.

Remember the cracks?  Well after considerable talking (and feedback from some of you)  we will this time put the arch over the wall with 1 cm of clay/sand mortar.  After we are done with all the arches we will dig this mortar out.  The reason being is the arches laying on the wall are not "settling" the same as the arches freestanding.  We believe that is something that is causing some of the cracking.  Later we will fill that gap with something flexible.

Matt, Jeff, Sean and others :  what do you think?