Bryant RedHawk wrote:Barbed wire comes in 1/4 mile lengths (1,320 ft.) usually.
To calculate, all you need is to measure the wall lengths then add them up, two strands per course are standard, one near the exterior and one near the interior.
Do not forget to tamp each course then lay on the two strands of barbed wire.
Using landscape type Wire staples to hold the barbed wire in place really helps, so you don't fight it when you start the new course of earth bags.
That's a good point about the staples, thank you! I tried doing some calculating last night and from what I can figure, I'll need about 28,775 feet. Will I need to lay barbed wire between courses for built ins like benches, etc?
By the way, do you know anything about lime plaster? One idea we had for the roof needed to catch our rainwater was to build an ebag dome, cover the outside with lime plaster and then attach a gutter all around the base of the roof (kind of like a headband in a way) and have the rain run down the roof into the gutter and then into our barrels. Does that make sense? Is it safe for us to consume rainwater that has touched lime plaster?