Monday, September 10, 2007

[papercreters] Re: Nick- Hollow PC

--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "John Annesley" <John@...> wrote:
>
> I'll bet you can drive rebar through successive layers of compressed
> pc block, but the peastones idea in hollow cavities could provide
> thermal mass within an insulative wall-- interesting idea, I don't
> see why it couldn't work, especially with a double wall with the
> exterior wall composed entirely of PC. Interesting idea.

Hmmm. Expanding on that a bit, could you use sand instead?
Essentially, make each block a box with no lid and fill them in place?
Your compressive form should be fairly simple then, I think. And sand
is generally easy to acquire. As an alternative, you might be able to
get crushed glass from a landfill or use local rock or other local
alternatives.

Try to keep our "green-minded" folks in mind, remember that the more
local our consumption is, the cheaper it tends to be (both
economically and environmentally).

- Ernie


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