Granite chunks huh??? Hmmm….hadn’t thought about that. You know, I’m not *too* far from some granite quarries…. Wonder if they’d let a person pick up pieces from the “waste” pile…I’ll have to check it out. I’ve got a counters that need new tops…granite mosaics…cool! Let us know when you have the kits!
Thanks,
Pat
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Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 1:45 PM
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Subject: [papercreters] Re: sawductcrete & granite
On Aug 30, 2007, at 2:07 AM, PAT wrote:
I have an endless, FREE, source of wood chips/sawdust. Using the wood
chips/sawdust I won't have to have a fancy mixer..just a good HF cement
mixer. So maybe it's not what I'm building with papercrete, it's what I'm
building with fibercrete.
VOILA!! this is the magic secret I have shared with people for 9 years... sawdust is already ground up, can have shredded paper added, or NOT, and makes a wonderful healthy free insulating wall filler, block, brick, plaster, etc.
I am converting my entire old horse barn- circa 1910 -made of solid redwood with no insulation, into walls filed with various mixes of sawdustcrete- with just clay- lime and sawdust, I add fibers too, since sawdust is so small. so far I love it. sand is not needed, and keeps it a light, more insulative mix. ( I put all this info receipes and pics on a folder inside the CDs I offers
here is a pic of the cast blocks I made with the same recipe- http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/dicd.html
so USE whatcha' got!
the book by Bob LaPorte-" EcoNest" replaces his little Mooseprints booklet, and has stunning pics of whole homes done with the wall infill of chopped straw and clay- with lime plasters, and clay plasters righ over it.
this is similar, but easier, and most people have ore access to sawdust nearby than straw bales anyway. Desert folk have office paper but no straw or wood. so use whatcha' got.
GRANITE
With all the tons of polished granite leftovers I am getting I can make granite windowsills for my entire house, and enough tables, and walkways, and floors, countertops etc to sink the house by weight alone six inches into the ground.. haha.
I am going to be offering granite sill soon, for sale, and other smaller pieces, and Mosaic Kits- enough pieces to make a table top by size..cheap.. just to help others have access to the materials.
Look up the yellow pages in your area, and see who has a FAB shop doing this.. it may be a person, or an off shoot of a plumbing shop, supply store, stone/gravel provider. the leftovers are huge perfect pieces you can cut and use in many ways. Even if they charge you a few bucks to haul it off.. be nice.. that is 'gold' you are getting that will last much longer than wood for building projects!
I got some long pale green heavily veined granite pieces yesterday that is going into a fancy home with an All Asian theme. I can use these long strips as a mantle over the door entry on the work studio or even as the trim board along the front of the porch roof. I would split a long curved pole I found in the woods and tie on with leather strips to the granite. for an artsy look.
There is a perfect circle** cut thru on one end that you can hang a wind chime thru, or other art, like a string of sea shells, /bird feeder, etc.
the perfect circles are drill holes where the dynamite blast holes are cut into the rockwall. This particular granite came from
Charmaine
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