You bring up something that concerned me, besides the meeting of
different materials.
With the shrinkage problems of papercrete, what about monopour
walls? Do these crack like crazy? Worse than using papercrete brick
and papercrete mortor?
Connie
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wrote:
>
> --- In papercreters@
> >
> > John,
> >
> > Why is the PC or stucco being applied to the small shed with hands
> and fingers rather than hawk and trowel?
> >
> > What is the story behind the large cracks in both structures?
> >
> > Neal
> >
>
> Neal,
>
> We tried applying the papercrete stucco with hawk and trowel but
> preferred using our hands. It seemed to mush into the chicken wire
> better. Obviously it can be done either way. Also we liked the
> undulating finish.
>
> It would be easier to answer the cracks question specific to a
photo -
> shifting earth and mixture have some bearing on cracking of course.
> Finer sand seemed to produce less cracking - but some is inevitable
I
> think.
>
> Some of the photos are of my friend's 3000 square foot house in
> Cornville, AZ. He used a block base (anywhere from two blocks high
> upwards to four feet) to keep the PC from contact with the ground
and
> for some structural integrity' and as required by the code official.
> He had major separations where the PC met the block in a number of
> places - this was eventually repaired.
>
> Regards - John
>
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