How are wooden homes constructed in your area?
If you can answer the above question. You can answer most moisture
related questions about using papercrete.
Papercrete is a wood product and should be treated as a wood
product. If homes can be built from wood in your area, homes can be
built from papercrete.
Do some poorly constructed wooden homes in your area fail, or have
problems? Papercrete will be no different. If it is not handled
properly, you will have problems. Every construction material shares
this attribute. This is not intended as a discouragement, but as a
reminder of the importance of doing things correctly.
Keep your papercrete dry. Whatever you use for a waterproof layer on
your dome, it needs to be reliably watertight. Water destroys
buildings no matter what they are made from or what geometric shape
they are.
This includes all aspects of your structure, not just the [roof] (see
below).
Foundations should have proper drainage. A stem wall should raise
the papercrete well above the finish grade. Vapor barriers should be
installed as is standard in your local. Ventilation of humid areas,
like kitchens and bathrooms will be important. Dehumidification of
the interior air will be appropriate. Adding Borax to your
papercrete mix will help the papercrete withstand moisture if it does
get wet, but it's not a substitute for intelligent, quality
construction.
Here's a couple previous post where I rant similarly:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/papercreters/message/1313
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/papercreters/message/1671
Hope this helps
(On a side note, does a dome have a roof? Is it all roof? Does a
dome have walls? Is it all walls? Oh geeeeeez... this paradox has
me completely befuddled! Oh well, guess that's nothing new. I'm
confused by the hardening of Jello!)
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "panache_fine_art"
<panache_fine_art@...> wrote:
>
> I have an acre of dense forest land that I want to build a
papercrete
> dome, my biggest question is if the papercrete can survive the rainy
> pacific nw? and if so, what should I pay attention to make it work?
>
> I guess the other thing would be good books or materials that are
> recommended, I am familar with the dirt cheap website, but as you
know
> many books and videos are not that good while others are
exceptional.
> It seems best to get recommendations from folks who have used them
so
> I don't waste my money on turkeys
> For example if someone was doing Cob, then I would recommend the
> "Natural House Book" by Kiko Dozier, it is a must have, but there
are
> other Cob books that are not must haves, so really looking for the
> superior books.
> thanks for the help and being new, I first did a search for my area
in
> all forms WA, Puget, Olympic, etc and did a search for "rain" but
> didn't turnip any answers for me.
>
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