Papercreters: [papercreters] Re: PC in cold, wet, climes

Saturday, December 3, 2011

[papercreters] Re: PC in cold, wet, climes

I live in "Cincitucky" (South of the Ohio river on the Kentucky side of the greater Cincinnati Metro area), but most folks don't know where that is. So I say "Ohio" or "Ohio Valley" when referring to the climate.

I have a nice tool shed now. The folks that built it did pour it a slab and I have nothing against concrete. My only problem is it's full of tools and I don't have anywhere to store paper and other combustibles away from the house. So I figure I'd make a PC structure come spring. A "lean-to" against my existing shed might be an option as it's rather tall w/ 8'ft walls plus a sloped roof.

Since PC is so light, I could also build a free-standing structure above-ground.

Thanks again!

--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, JUDITH WILLIAMS <williams_judith@...> wrote:
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> I poured a papercrete floor in early May (or maybe it was April). It was about 4" thick. I made some big mistakes with the mix and had to tear the entire floor out about 5 months later. It was still very wet underneath and had a strong moldy smell so I would not recommend a papercrete floor. If I had the money and did not have a prejudice against concrete I would pour a slab and build up from that with the blocks. That would simplify things a lot. What I did was use a rubble trench foundation and use latex paint in the first 2 courses of papercrete to water proof it. This worked out OK but it would be a lot easier to do the slab. Or raise the building on a platform.
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> Keep in mind that a 12 x 12 building is a big project so make sure you have a lot of help. I used a combination of blocks and slip forming in my little buildings and it went quite a bit quicker than the straight block method. There are a few things I would do differently but I feel it was a good way to use up the old blocks and speed up the process.
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> I lived in Ohio for a while and yes it is a wet climate. I wouldn't worry too much about the moisture issue except to be very careful about keeping all papercrete away from standing water or from roof leaks.
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> Have fun with your project and please keep us posted on how you are doing.
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> Follow progress on the new project at http://www.papercretebyjudith.com/blog
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> More papercrete info at http://squidoo.com/papercretebyjudith
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> To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
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> Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 14:31:02 +0000
> Subject: [papercreters] PC in cold, wet, climes
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