You are right Donald. I am in a similar situation being 62 and not ready in a position to start building again. Those who have been in this group for a while know that my first project was shut down and I chose to leave it and start another. The second building was also red tagged but I called the inspector and explained that it was just a storage she. He let me know that he could make things very difficult for me but that if it's just a shed I shoulkd finish it. Since then he has not been back. What happened with the first shut down was that my neighbor had an inspection and when the inspector saw my place he felt obligated to check it out. His coming on my property w/o my permission was not lawful but would it really be wise to put up a stink?
So my MO now is to keep a very low profile, not draw attention to myself and keep building. Granted my little buildings don't look like much. It's hard for most people to believe that anyone would live in a place like that but that's because they are judging by the wrong standards. All we really need is a warm dry place, not these huge Mcmansions that are so popular. I can't believe it when I watch House Hunters ans see newlyweds who think they need 4000 sf and multiple bedrooms and bathrooms.
Anyway, I don't mean to get off topic here. I think that anyone who wants to build with papercrete should give it a try. We should all be sharing experiences and everything we are learning about and doing with papercrete. We can't depend on the government to help us and can only hope they don't interfere with what we are doing.
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To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
From: donald1miller@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:18:34 -0800
Subject: Re: [papercreters] Re: Papercrete roof panels?
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So my MO now is to keep a very low profile, not draw attention to myself and keep building. Granted my little buildings don't look like much. It's hard for most people to believe that anyone would live in a place like that but that's because they are judging by the wrong standards. All we really need is a warm dry place, not these huge Mcmansions that are so popular. I can't believe it when I watch House Hunters ans see newlyweds who think they need 4000 sf and multiple bedrooms and bathrooms.
Anyway, I don't mean to get off topic here. I think that anyone who wants to build with papercrete should give it a try. We should all be sharing experiences and everything we are learning about and doing with papercrete. We can't depend on the government to help us and can only hope they don't interfere with what we are doing.
Follow progress on the new project at http://www.papercretebyjudith.com/blog
More papercrete info at http://squidoo.com/papercretebyjudith
To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
From: donald1miller@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:18:34 -0800
Subject: Re: [papercreters] Re: Papercrete roof panels?
Ok papercreters......You can look at Barry Fuller's roof panels and compressed blocks and all the rest of the hype but the bottom line is he builds little sheds for pay per view workshops but the only real houses he can build are in Mexico. Same with Mike McCain and any other of the papercrete pioneers. The bottom line is you will not be able to realize the potential of papercrete because of the resrictive building codes which are in place to thwart the average person from buiding their own mortgtage free homes. If you check out the archives on this forum you will find very few people who have actualy built a liveable house out of papercrete. There are very few places in this country that do not have code enforcement. I, unfortunately, live in one which does. I am building a papercrete house anyway but I will have to be looking over my shoulder and it really takes away from the enjoyment that one should have from buillding his own home. I don't know what will happen if I get caught or turned in. I am 68 years old and an experienced builder but I know that will not hold much water with with the powers that be. And PLEASE don't tell me to work with the kindly county officials who are only doing their job and wiill work with you on this. All I can say to this is, BS. These county officials are only looking to keep and perpetuate their jobs. And if you are trying to build with an unknown medium they really don't care. You will be required to build with conventional framing and sheeting and can only use the papercrete on the outside of the OSB sheeting. If you are required to do this why bother with the papercrete? If you want to get a warm fuzzy from using this green medium you will probably have to stick to building birdhouses, --- On Mon, 1/23/12, joel <joelincalif@aim.com> wrote:
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