I wonder why there is so much concern about burning papercrete. Take a 2x4 and put it next to your pc block and subject it to the same torch test. Then tell me if you'd rather sleep in a stick building or a pc one. As SG says often, pc is not a concrete product, it is a wood product. As a wood product, its resistance to fire is superb compared to most others. It is hard to ignite, won't support flame, and when it does smolder it puts out lots of smoke to set off your smoke detector and give you plenty of time to extinguish it.
I'm not saying that we should not make pc as fire proof as possible, just that it already beats standard construction. Adobe, concrete, and metal buildings might be better, but most conventional building methods are more prone to burn than papercrete.
Spaceman
slurryguy wrote:
__._,_.___Hi Duane, Your results are close to inline with my experiments, but I don't agree with your conclusions. Papercrete can be made such that it will not continue to smolder. Please continue to experiment.
| Home repair improvement | Papercrete | International building code |
| Home and gardens | 2000 international building code |
Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required)
Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured
Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe
__,_._,___
