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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