Welcome to the group, Pogo. "Hop" right in. Don't worry about the
size of your struture. Far more papercreters are doing little
projects than big ones. Don't sell yourself short.
Even those with big projects often started with small ones.
I suggest one of the best starting points is to make a small batch of
papercrete. One bucketful will suffice. Mix up a small batch, form
a block or something, and let it dry. There's no better way to
learn. You'll quickly get many ideas what you can do with it.
Ask questions, take lots of pictures, keep us posted on your
progress, and HAVE FUN!
On another point,
What's so wrong with young boys tromping around in the
mud????? "Awww MAN! Lighen up Mom and Dad!" hehehe
Heck, I even played in the mud with my daughter when she was little.
We had great fun! We weren't out there messing up our Sunday best
clothes or ripping apart any fancy landscaping. Your boys will be
all grown up before you know it. Enjoy the simple pleasures while
you still can. Mud can be WAY more fun than Nintendo, X-box, or
whatever. Don't worry about mud in the house. That's what the
garden hose is for! Besides, you'll want to have some good pictures
to embarrass those boys with when they get older. Plan ahead!!!
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "orangepogogirl" <wwblake@...>
wrote:
>
> First of all, I'm so glad to meet others who have similar interests
> and who are doing so much with them!!!
>
> I'm not there yet, but I've been cruisin' the web for some time now,
> trying to find a material I could use to make a small (100 sqft or
> less) clubhouse for the kids/hideout for mom. Perhaps I've found my
> answer in papercrete.
>
> Now it appears, from what I've seen in your files and recent posts,
> that lots of you are pursuing much loftier goals, but I'm hoping
> someone(s) might have time to be a sounding board for me as I try to
> figure out how I might use papercrete to build our little project.
>
> So far, I like the idea of papercrete because the ingredients are so
> readily available, the material is relatively light and manageable
> (which means my boys could help out), and it looks like papercrete
> would allow me to create something very organic looking.
>
> My initial choice had been cob, because of the organic shapes you
can
> achieve, but I think the hubby would go stark raving mad to see the
> boys and me tromping around in the "mud"!
>
> I live in the piedmont of NC, so its relatively muggy in the summer,
> and we typically have drought followed by heavy rains. We live in
> suburbia, but in an older subdivision with a fairly large (~1/2
acre),
> partially wooded lot. Termites live everywhere in NC, so I was
> pleased to see the idea for using borax/boric acid.
>
> My idea is to build some sort of wire frame to define the basic
> structure, then either use a thick slurry to build up walls (sort of
> like cob), or use pc bricks using a method I saw somewhere to build
a
> dome shape (but modified somewhat to be less regular), then smooth
> everything out. I got an idea from another website to build the
> structure, then dig out the floor later so that the space wasn't as
> restricted. This appeals to me since we also have a height
> restriction (I think it's 10ft, so it may be a moot point, but
still. . .)
>
> Before I get too carried away, I'll just send this off and see if
> anyone has any comments at this point.
>
> Thanks!
> Pogo
>
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