A tin can wall is a wall constructed from tin cans, which are not a common building source. The cans can be laid in concrete, stacked vertically on top of each other, and crushed or cut and flattened to be used as shingles. They can also be used for furniture.
Tin cans can form the actual fill-in structure (or walls) of a building, as is done with earthships. Tin cans are made to maintain the temperature of the liquid within them and work as a good insulator. Tin cans have not been around for a long time, and neither have their building methods. The two main structural methods for building with tin cans are by laying them horizontally in a concrete matrix and by stacking them vertically.
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