Re: [papercreters] Re-Rod or wire in Papercrete ?

Greetings,
I have always found papercrete just pulls away from metal. It doesn't
bond like concrete.

Bright Blessings,
Garth & Kim Travis
www.TheRoseColoredForest.com
Bedias, Texas

On 11/4/2012 3:51 PM, Alan wrote:
> Greetings Folks,
> If I want to make some papercrete beams that are ten feet long across a
> shed will they hold up better with a single re-rod in the center or lets
> say a four by four inch long square tube of welded wire in an eight inch
> square beam?
> I am thinking of the four inch square pattern of welded wire mesh that
> they use in flat concrete work.
> Will a papercrete beam work like this?
> The beam will just be to keep the walls from spreading from the outward
> pressure of the roof.
>
>
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