Subtle? Subtle? Where's my dictionary. I gotta look that one up!
hehehe
It makes sense to use what you've got.
In the multitudes of experiments I've run with sawdust (TWO WHOLE
MINI SAMPLES! hehe), My preliminary discoveries indicated it's not as
strong as papercrete. Crumbly. That sample size is hardly
conclusive on anything. I may not have had the ideal mix ratio for
sawcrete. I'd guess that the sawdust particle size can make a
difference too. I did it so long ago I don't even remember what I
did. It was an off the cuff experiment and I didn't write down the
details. The second sample was a mix of sawdust and paper and it
performed drastically better.
My very subjective guess tells me that adding even a half bucket of
pulped paper to a concrete mixer full of sawdust could make a
dramatic difference. Food for thought.
You almost certainly have way more experience working with sawcrete
than I do. You probably have a much better idea what mix to use and
where to use it. Please educate all of us!
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "Pat" <trax78245@...> wrote:
>
> SG, you're so subtle with your hints ;)
>
>
>
> Ok, I have to admit that I'm going to cheat a bit...I'm not going
to use
> paper..but the methods of papercrete and the recipes are basically
the same.
> I have an endless, FREE, source of wood chips/sawdust. Using the
wood
> chips/sawdust I won't have to have a fancy mixer..just a good HF
cement
> mixer. So maybe it's not what I'm building with papercrete, it's
what I'm
> building with fibercrete.
>
>
>
> In order, plans are for:
>
>
>
> 1) Build a 6' x 6' x 6' high dog house (I have BIG dogs) ;)
using
> slip-form with rock facing so it looks like a rock dog house.
>
> 2) Encasing my husband's work shop (it's a 40' shipping
container)
> using slip forms
>
> 3) Build a new aviary and greenhouse
>
> 4) Build an extra bedroom & new kitchen onto the mobile home
>
> 5) Encase the whole MH with the mix, using the Larsen-truss
system
> (Thank you Charmaine!!) and slip-form with rock facing
>
> 6) Build raised beds using slip form & rock facing
>
>
>
> There's SO much more I want to do..but all of it has to wait until
it cools
> off!! This area has really been lucky this year..the temps haven't
gone
> over 100 once this year.for the first time since I moved here from
West
> Texas some 20-odd years ago.but it's still too hot for a fat old
woman to
> get out in the heat & humidity and work with lime and cement. ;)
>
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