[papercreters] Re: Combustibility -- was Paperceret Smell

I wasn't trying to chastize as much as I was attempting to encourage more detailed discussion of exactly what you have done to make papercrete less combustible.

I appreciate your concerns for safety. I share them.

I simply figure that helping everyone understand exactly what you have done to make your papercrete safer is one of the best, if not the best safety strategy.

I was extremely sincere when I requested that you share exactly what you have done to make your papercrete non combustible, as well as sharing your per cubic foot costs.

Smile Clyde! No worries.

Throw a scrap block of cured dried papercrete in a fire and take a few pictures of the results, then post them. You might have some fun in the process.


One idea I have been contemplating through the years is to figure out a poor man's testing rig that would roughly compare to the UL labs burn through tests.

A Standard "Code Approved" typcial stud wall with Type x drywall on both sides is "supposedly" capable of lasting 1 hour before burn through. (I am skeptical that it performs that well in real life situations.)

I am confident that a papercrete wall can easily be made to far exceed that fire rating with an extreme minimum of added cost of materials in the papercrete mix.


--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, clydetcurry@... wrote:
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> I do get all of your points and sincerely apologize if my poor communicating ability seemed only inflamitory. Also I apologize in advance of telling this sad story.
> When I was seventeen, forty two years ago, I was a lifeguard at the local pool. I noticed that the protective guards on the three meter high dive were grossly insufficient. I called this to the attention to my supervisor, who declared the guards were just fine. I new they were not! On my day off a young lady friend fell through and was killed instantly when her head hit the concrete.
> Several years ago I gave the cement truck driver a sample of an early PC brick, with insufficient binder, to prove to his wife that such things were possible. The driver went to the office set the brick on fire and then dunked it quickly in water trough outside. He laid the brick on his office desk and went home for the night. The next day when he returned he noticed that the windows were darkened. When he opened the door the brick and the wooden desk were reduced to a small pile of ash on the floor. Unfortunately the driver was killed in a rollover of his cement truck, since the owner was unwilling to buy decent tires. Things happen! Could I have done better? I'm trying. Again I apologize for being so blunt.
>
> Sent from my iPad
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