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I noticed that the black South African couple seemed to build without buttresses. How are they doing it?

April 26, 2017African Black build buttresses Couple doing noticed south

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I noticed that the black South African couple seemed to build without buttresses. How are they doing it?

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They are using a unique system of double bags with a void between them, and then using this void to create lintels and bond beams with reinforced concrete. You can see in one of the pictures that the lintel over the windows actually runs the entire length of the wall, so they are basically creating a bond beam at this level.