Hi,
I joined the group a while ago and finally getting a chance to
respond. So glad for the invite.
I see much in the way of helpful information and you papercreting
grannies in WV, I am impressed by your work and inspired to follow
what your doing. I live offgrid and wanting to do more at low cost,
and making good use of resources.
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "fullcycle" <fullcycle@...>
wrote:
>
> Today we awoke to find an invitation to this group. We are two
> Grandmothers, Carrie & Elisia Ross-Stone, we have our own online
> business and we are building a house out of recycled materials --
> primarily papercrete!
>
> We have a little website devoted to our project at
> www.builtfromtrash.com which has not been updated for many months as
> we are heavily into the building season.
>
> We are seeing the "light at the end of the tunnel" and are trying to
> get our (already 3 year) project mostly finished before winter.
>
> We made a mixer using a drill press and food processor blade and
added
> clay and Portland Cement to the paper slurry in a cement mixer.
>
> We are pouring the slurry, bucket-by-bucket into slip forms to
create
> walls and ceilings.
>
> Not the most efficient method but it is the best we could do with
what
> we had and it is working!
>
> Our foundation is packed tires and we are using recycled windows
(and
> some seconds).
>
> At the center of our building project is a 12X50 mobile home we got
> for free.
>
> After the house is finished it will be 24X50 as each papercrete
> "addition" is six feet wide and 50 feet long!
>
> We are opening up the sides of the trailer as the walls and ceilings
> are closed in.
>
> Hard to imagine? Hope you will look at the website.
>
> Our goal is to make a great and super efficient house for free or
next
> to nothing and then teach other people (especially those who do not
> think they will ever own a home) how to do it themselves.
>
> We are making a video, doing the website (will be vastly improved
over
> time), and eventually hope to teach others how to do what we are
doing
> -- only better!
>
> We are very excited to find this group and are looking forward to
> hearing about your projects and sharing and getting ideas!
>
> Carrie & Elisia
>
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