Papercreters: [papercreters] Re: Is papercrete already mainstream?

Thursday, February 23, 2012

[papercreters] Re: Is papercrete already mainstream?

Both exist, fibre cement sheets with glass fibre and those with cellulose. The latter is a strong mix of papercrete.

--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "Trevor Grigson" <surferman@...> wrote:
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> Fibre cement sheeting is completely different to papercrete, only similarity
> is they both have cement in them. The fibres in fibro are now glass fibre,
> previously asbestos was used (yes, and lots of people are dying from that
> here in Australia).
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> It's dense and produced in a factory so no hope of comparing it to a
> cellulose based bulk material.
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> Trev
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> From: papercreters@yahoogroups.com [mailto:papercreters@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of prrr.t21@...
> Sent: Thursday, 23 February 2012 9:02 AM
> To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [papercreters] Re: Is papercrete already mainstream?
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> Yes - but it does mean standards already exist, and maybe some recipe
> experimenting/testing could producea mix that meets them. If so, folks are a
> lot of the way closer to using them with approval for roofing, exterior
> cladding, interior panels, soffits, probably gutters, and who knows where
> else. Its a start.
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> Re obtaining approval for structural use, its useful that its a mainstream
> and proven product, albeit in a different application.
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