Re: [papercreters] Re: Reinforcing - was - tiltup

I disagree with that statement. I have hit papercrete panels with a 12 pound sledge hammer when trying to break them up, and all it did was bounce off - almost hitting me in the face. In the case of thick walls, you would probably have a similar experience. Papercrete is normally thick for its insulation value. Papercrete that you could punch your hand through would be very thin.

Papercrete has excellent compressive strength. The tensile strength is lower. That's why papercrete is normally used in compression.

        Spaceman  All opinions expressed or implied are subject to change without notice upon receipt of new facts.  

thesilentchamber wrote:

<snip> the  papercrete itself is not strong at all, so any spaces between the  rebar you could pretty much just punch your hand through with no  prolbems, <snip>      

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