With papercrete generally running in the range of R2.5-R3 per inch of thickness, just take your desired R factor and divide by 2.5. Wall thickness would be different in Mississippi vs Montana. Of course you can always go for super insulation. I'm in an area where R18 is recommended but I make walls 12" thick for about R36.
spaceman
On 2/16/2013 9:11 PM, seniorfinancialplanningins wrote:
I live in the northern MS area, just wondering...how thick do the walls need to be?
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a shop vac altho i wouldn't have a clue how one would go about this- but once you add the phosphate,
IF the right proportions of teh right materials are used, the chances of it setting up and ruining the shop vac are
large. those Argonne guys had a mix 'flash set'- what made it do this wasn;t clear though- it is a quick window
of opportunity- even with borax at 16% by weight the working time is only about a half an hour from memory.
Paint roller i have not tried-i think it still would only get the surface and not the under layers of wire (minimum 3 layers) same as the
brush.. I like the idea that leaving the wire out to oxidize but i am not sure how i will know when it has done this?
I started today on a new sculpture, using standard ferrocement, 3 to 1 sand to white portland with bondcrete in-
i will put paper pulp in the mix when i get above the ' splash line'- papercrete is SO much nicer to work with and easier to sculpt-.less like making 'sand castles' !
Sometimes keeping it simple is the best most efficient solution.--- In mailto:papercreters%40yahoogroups.com, eo greensticks wrote: > > Hi, > > i have tried using spray paint to coat the armature prior to concreting but > not hugely successful- > No virus found in this message.
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