It's good to see you on here Kelly. One question I have is about the shape of the dome. I remember in your video that you had a problem with one wall falling in because the building was not exactly round. If I could get a reasonable amount of this knit stuff I would try a wall this summer. Thanks for your input.
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From: kellyhart@greenhomebuilding.com
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:22:48 +0000
Subject: [papercreters] re: Earthbag, Superadobe, Hiperdobe, why not Hiperpapercrete?
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To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
From: kellyhart@greenhomebuilding.com
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:22:48 +0000
Subject: [papercreters] re: Earthbag, Superadobe, Hiperdobe, why not Hiperpapercrete?
I think that this is a brilliant idea! I have a lot of experience with both earthbag building and papercrete (see the house I built using both at http://earthbagbuilding.com/projects/hart.htm ). I can easily visualize making very substantial walls using the raschel mesh tubes (or even individual bags) filled with damp papercrete.
Everything about this idea fits well with the physical needs of curing papercrete: the damp papercrete is held in place while it cures; the excess water can easily drain away; the wall can breathe on both sides once it is cured; the finished wall ends up being substantially reinforced and monolithic; and all of that mesh reinforcement acts to stabilize the wall against potential seismic forces.
I'm sure that in reality it would be a messy proposition to be filling and placing that damp papercrete, but then working with papercrete tends to be a messy proposition period.
If anybody tries this out, please let use know at www.earthbagbuilding.com or www.greenhomebuilding.com how it works out for you.
Everything about this idea fits well with the physical needs of curing papercrete: the damp papercrete is held in place while it cures; the excess water can easily drain away; the wall can breathe on both sides once it is cured; the finished wall ends up being substantially reinforced and monolithic; and all of that mesh reinforcement acts to stabilize the wall against potential seismic forces.
I'm sure that in reality it would be a messy proposition to be filling and placing that damp papercrete, but then working with papercrete tends to be a messy proposition period.
If anybody tries this out, please let use know at www.earthbagbuilding.com or www.greenhomebuilding.com how it works out for you.
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