Thursday, September 6, 2007

RE: [papercreters] Papercrete


Hey, how did my wienerdog get to your house? Where do you live now? Are you moving from there to CO soon? I researched all the different alternative methods before I decided on papercrete. My criteria was: inexpensive, doable without having to hire help, uses up waste material, fits this cold/hot windy environment, is visually appealing. Papercrete is the only thing that meets what I want.

To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
From: danceswithdachshunds@comcast.net
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 08:05:42 -0600
Subject: Re: [papercreters] Papercrete

Yes, you did send a missive yesterday, including the wiener factor! We'd love to see what you are doing- thank you for the invitation. We have yet to make a final determination as to what material to build with, although there is no doubt that papercrete is the most affordable. Because our land is in Westcliffe,CO we want to be sure it is as close to a no-freeze home as possible. We took a tour of solar homes there a couple of weeks ago and were surprised to hear that it got to -40 this winter, and in the spring the wind was measured at 111 mph.
 
Well, gotta go to work. Geez, for a city kid,
 I sure do hate city life. You'd think that after 50 years I'd get used to it. I guess all the childhood weekends at Mrs. Grote's Lone Tree Ranch with the horses spoiled me. There's a big ol' honkin' church there now. But at least they didn't cut down the tree.
 
I've attached a pic of the support crew-
 
Later Gator,
Tina
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 6:53 AM
Subject: [papercreters] Papercrete

I'm confused. Did I send you and email yesterday about my project in Abiquiu? Slurryguy forwarded me some emails and I tried to contact the people but I can't find a sent message to you. In that case someone is puzzling about why I mentioned my having a dachshund. Oh well. Anyway, I'm in northern New Mexico building a papercrete house. I got the walls almost done and got red tagged (stop work order) when a neighbor called for an inspection and brought attention to me. I plan to finish after the heat is off but for now will switch to something else. If you are in the area and would like to come by let me know. I'm in Abiquiu, about 40 miles north of Santa Fe. It gets cold here in the winter, sometimes into the single digits and is extremely windy in the spring so climate is a factor. I think the most important considerations when building with papercrete are to keep your lower courses well off the ground and to have deep roof overhangs. I know the sound (can't think of the word) insulation (?) is phenominal. If I'm working on the walls from the inside and the phone, which is outside but only 12 feet away rings I can't hear it. It's really exciting to see so many people realizing what a fantastic material papercrete is. I look forward to hearing from you. Judith 

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