Papercrete works fine in snow country. See Jim Juczak's Papercrete Cordwood
home. He's in Adam's Center, NY. It's legendary for snowfall and bitter cold
temperatures.
Steve Spence
Director, Green-Trust
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From: "anonymous" <ok_fine@gra.midco.net>
To: <papercreters@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: [papercreters] Newbie
> 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.
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> How I found this group was through a link on another group
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/organic_architecture/
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> 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
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> countryfamilyof6 wrote:
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>>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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