--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, Greg House <ghunicycle@...>
wrote:
>
> Since papercrete has some insulating value, do you think it'd be
> effective to use in place of rigid foam type insulation? Perhaps a
> a paper-rich mix to save weight and cost?
I place to put it in the walls of the wood frame portion of my
house, long term. Specifically, the garage, where I had to jack the
roof and rebuild a wall after the previous owner found and hid
termite damage in that wall. Wish I had known about PC back then,
but it will get done one of these days.
I will also be using a thick layer of low cement borax supplemented
stucco (brown / scratch coat) on the front of my house with a higher
cement finish coat. All of that, once I can build some other stuff
and convince the wife that PC can look like anything I want, not
just grey goo. heheh
> If so, any ideas on how well it'd insulate? Would it be resistant
> to insects/vermin?
SG answered this for you, but I will second his suppositions that
Borax, lime or other ingredients would be important to deter
insects / vermin. And that the higher values would probably best be
achieved by simply increasing the thickness of the layer. More
economical, I suspect as well.
- Ernie
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