RE: [papercreters] Durisol ICF blocks

I think we pretty much do that by breaking it down to fibre stage while washing the fibres in lime or Portland.  They found nice new advertising speak to describe what we do.

 

Nick

 

From: papercreters@yahoogroups.com [mailto:papercreters@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ion Gorun
Sent: July-26-11 9:21 AM
To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [papercreters] Durisol ICF blocks

 

 

From their website I read that "the wood is mineralized. Mineralization is the proprietary process by which we remove the sugars from the wood and render the material completely inert, and no longer susceptible to rot or termite damage. "

Any idea how this could be made? Could we use a similar process for paper? Would this be useful at all?

Best,
Ion

2011/7/18 Greg House <ghunicycle@yahoo.com>

 

I saw a video at FineHomebuilding.com about this product and though this group might find it interesting. It's an ICF block that's made with wood fibers and cement, similar to papercrete, but from the appearance of it, the wood isn't broken down completely to the fiber. They list several of the advantages of the material, and they're a lot of the same things we say about PC. 

 

http://www.durisolbuild.com/

 

http://www.finehomebuilding.com/how-to/video/durisol-insulated-concrete-forms-block-foundation.aspx?nterms=65912&utm_source=email&utm_medium=eletter&utm_content=20110718-curved-concrete-paths&utm_campaign=fine-homebuilding

 

Greg

 

 

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