I'm interested in a small papercrete roof, probably for next year. I live in a wet climte in England, and if I used plain papercrete I'm sure they'd become saturated with water in winter, and make everything inside rust & rot. How could that be prevented? I gather a waterproof overcoating tends to cause problems.
Regards, NT
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, JUDITH WILLIAMS <williams_judith@...> wrote:
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> From: Alan <rustaholic777@...>
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> Has anyone here done a papercrete shed with a papercrete roof?
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