Where do you get the idea that Papercrete is not for snow country?
Some of the oldest papercrete structures are in snow country in
Colorado. Kelly Hart, Andy Hopkins, Bette Heeftle, Virginia Nabity
and others all have papercrete structures there. John Calypso is one
of our members that lives in Colorado.
Here's an article where Nabity's addition to her strawbale home is
discussed:
http://www.cortezjournal.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?
article_type=news&article_path=/news/07/news070428_10.htm
Here's the same article as a tiny clickable url:
http://tinyurl.com/yv27yg
Judith Williams has commented that her raw, unsealed papercrete
blocks have been snowed. She reports no ill effects.
Papercrete might be most ideally suited to snow climates.
What's more Robert Merrill has a papercrete stuccoed strawbale system
that he's posted about frequently in our archives. Many of his
pictures are posted in our photos section.
Can you pass along a link to what you've read that indicates
papercrete performs poorly in snow?
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, anonymous <ok_fine@...> wrote:
>
> Hi, I'm new here also; welcome. I'm Brian, live in North Dakota,
so I
> do know snow. Now that I'm reading papercrete is not for snow
country I
> am saddened. I'll hang out for more info though.
>
> How I found this group was through a link on another group
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/organic_architecture/
>
> Strawbale construction, earthberm and underground are methods
which
> maximize R value. Wind power is cheaper than solar power, a group
for
> that is http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home/ where
you can
> learn how to make your own wind generators.
>
> Currently we live in a rented mobilehome. Big if here, if it were
mine
> on my land I would immediately bury the thing to window height to a
> width of 4feet, use strawbale from the dirt up, a new wide roof to
cover
> the bales and the earth, and beyond to cover a deck/expansion. New
> energy efficient doors and windows. Wind power and passive solar
hot
> water heat.
>
> I was thinking papercrete would be a good covering for the
strawbale.
> Maybe I'm not so inclined now.
>
> What I'd really like to build is something like a hobbit hole, like
> Frodo's home.
> ~Brian
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> countryfamilyof6 wrote:
>
> >Hello everyone,
> >My Hubby and I have been looking into alternative ways to building
a
> >house. We live in a house that is over 100 years old and we are
> >looking build another house on our property. We both love nature
and
> >we weren't sure what to go with, we have been looking at Cordwood,
> >Strawbale, Stone, and now have come across Papercrete. We live in
New
> >Brunswick, Canada so our winters are cold and summers are hot, and
we
> >tend to get the tail end of some hurricanes, so what we are looking
> >for is what will work best for us. We have been doing some
research
> >and I have yet to read all the posts on here, with 4 kids makes it
> >hard to sit down and read..lol. Has anyone build a Papercrete
house
> >that has winters most of the time. And does anyone have a good
recipe
> >for making it. Everywhere we read so far it has been
different...We
> >are looking for waterproof, mildew proof, etc. I am hoping to
learn
> >alot here and be able to implement it into our new house.
> >Thanks for this group,
> >Heather & Rick
> >P.S. We are trying to get ride of our power bill to, they just keep
> >climbing and our house is not very energy efficient. So we want
to go
> >Solar, composting toilet, energy efficient HOME, etc.
> >
> >
> >
>
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