[papercreters] Re: underground papercrete house? How do I waterproof it?

Hmmm.....I may need to read up on that.
"What kind of soil do you have?"...I don't know. It's not sandly lome. More of a brown dirt. This was erogated farm land in the 50's 60's & 70"s. There may be a clay line underneath about 5 foot down...I ran into some when I was post hole digging a 5 foot deep telephone pole hole.

"When we dried out for summer, my concrete was four inches out of the ground"....I am trying to understand that. What can you tell me about that?
Where is Bedias, Texas?




--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, Garth & Kim Travis <gartht@...> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
> What kind of soil do you have? If you have the heavy clay that is
> normal in many parts of Texas, your underground house will break at the
> first really good rain. You need a way to make sure your land doesn't
> move. I first noticed mine does because of my piers. I put them in
> during the wet season and brought the concrete to the level of the
> ground. When we dried out for summer, my concrete was four inches out
> of the ground. So, no underground house for me. The forces of nature
> are too strong here.
>
> Bright Blessings,
> Garth & Kim Travis
> www.TheRoseColoredForest.com
> Bedias, Texas
>
> On 2/18/2013 5:53 AM, waterengineman101 wrote:
> > Hello people. Long time no see! Well guys work and daily life gets in my
> > fasinasion about papercrete a lot so I end up not getting to spend much
> > time on it. However soon (like in 2 months) I will be able to start my
> > house. As you should know, the earth is absolutely the best insulater
> > against the heat of summer (think, far south texas, 100 degrees everyday
> > for months on end...for real!). And, I have access to a backhoe and can
> > operate it. AND, if its underground I won't have to pay taxes on it. So
> > here's the BIG question. What is a sure fire no guessing truely proven
> > way to make papercrete waterproof? Now I want to clearify. I don't mean
> > I want to know if it will work just a little bit, I want to know it will
> > work FOR SURE! no cactus juice works well, no I heard you use linseed
> > oil...I need it to actually BE waterproof as now I am concidering
> > building the house underground. To ease fears, I allready think I know
> > about how to keep it from colapsing in. right now I am only researching
> > on how to make papercrete WATERPROOF. Totally waterproof, no seapage, No
> > dampness threw the wall...TOTAL waterproofing. NOW.....can anybody tell
> > me what I need to know. I will await an answer and I will check back
> > after work today. Thanks for your time.
> >
> > s.
> >
> >
>




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