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--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, JUDITH WILLIAMS <williams_judith@...> wrote:
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> If I were committed to working with a permit I would probably submit plans for a post and beam with infill. I would use papercrete as the infill but give it another name that would sound more acceptable to the powers that be. I know of 2 such houses built with a permit in the Four Corners area.
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> To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
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> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:02:09 -0700
> Subject: Re: [papercreters] Re: Where can I find building codes partaining to PC, & in Texas?
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> Well, the next time you ask a question I'll be hesitant to help if
> you are going to be insulting. And my name is not Bud. This is a
> friendly group and we treat each other with respect here.
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> There is nothing silly about building a home without asking
> permission, it is a basic human right. Notice that I did not
> recommend that, I just mentioned it as one possibility. As a matter
> of fact, that is the way the majority of papercrete is done -
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> As a professional builder, I know the codes well. They are also
> online if you want to go read them. You won't find papercrete
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> you are building where there are inspections.
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> You'll get lots of ideas about codes in Texas, from the idea that
> they are essential for safety all the way to the idea that they are
> there so special interest groups can make a profit. Opinions about
> the codes are fine, but you still won't find papercrete in them.
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> BTW, you will find that even with an engineer's fees that papercrete
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> the obvious advantages of building with pc. Depending on the
> engineer, you can get plans approved for a few hundred dollars. It
> helps a lot to get him interested in what you are doing.
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> On 2/20/2012 3:52 AM, waterengineman101 wrote:
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> Just do it and slide by? Are you kidding me? I'm not about to spend my hard earned money on build a real house and then just hope the city or county code people don't find out about it and make me tear it down. That's reall "silly" thinking there bud. I guess an engineer is going to be needed. Depending on what one would charge, that might make it more expensive to build a papercrete house as oppossed to a regular stick & frame house. I guess I have a lot to look into. Anybody else out there have any ideas about codes in texas?
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