Hey Maestraux,
great to hear about your unique use of containers. Seems quite the ready
made shelter. Are you going to insulate them with papercrete?
Your pool could also function as a cooling/thermal mass with pipes running
to an air exchanger.
sounds like a fun project. I look forward to seeing underway. The p/c
container crowd is getting bigger! I'll send some pics soon.
Cheers,
Shane
>
> G'day, Shane, from Australia.
> I'm just organizing a parcel of land to build a structure.
> I intend to use 8x40ft containers/4 stacked 2 high.They will be
> swastickered
> in a square, meaning that each side will be 48ft long by 8ft deep.
> The square in the centre will be 32ft sguare and will hold a small
> swimming
> pool.
> I will run the power from a generator driven by water and obtain water
> from
> the air with a Max Water machine.
> It'll take some time but I'll post when it is under way.
> Best wishes,
> Maestraux.
>
>>From: recyclist@humboldt1.com
>>Reply-To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
>>To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
>>Subject: Re: [papercreters] Re: Monopour Walls and Dome building
>>Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:39:15 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>>Hello from Northern California,
>>
>>Shane here. Nice to see such interest in papercrete.
>>
>>Very detailed plans for your dome, Mikey. I hope it goes well. By now I
>>guess you know about wet papercrete settling and leaving "smile" cracks
>>through poured walls. Drained and packed p/c is what seems to work best.
>>
>>I'm very interested in how your pour goes.
>>
>>I also enjoyed your videos on using p/c to insulate shipping containers.
>>I'm working on one right now. I'm curious, how are you attaching your
>>panels to the containers?
>>
>>I've welded metal strapping at 6 ft height every 4 ft. Drilled and
>> bolted
>>15 inch x 3/8th all thread sticking out from container wall. Then built
>>block wall and roof. I'll use a 1 x 4 x 6' board to clamp upper wall to
>>container.
>>
>>The final structure will be a studio and installation art piece. A
>> modern
>>temple to Athena. It will have a cement stucco with faux stone cuts.
>>Then it will be coated with shredded US currency, pennies and then clear
>>coated. Columns and statues in front. Will send picture when available.
>>
>>I'm also working on a tool shed with living roof.
>>
>>My main project is a two story home I'm finishing. A winter photo is on
>>Barry's site, livinginpaper.com
>>
>>Thanks for getting this group together.
>>
>>cheers,
>>shane
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Since we are still on the topic of papercrete domes and ferrocement I
>>wanted to share with the group my engineer approved plans. I had hired a
>>structural engineer to review my 75 square foot
>> > hermispherical dome. This is a double rebar armature which will have
>> 1'
>>of papercrete insulation pumped into it. I have posted the stamped plans
>>as well as my original drawings. Most of the rebar has already been bent
>>and welded and we will start erecting the structure this week.
>> >
>> > Original diagrams:
>> > http://tinyurl.com/2of8cy
>> >
>> > Engineer stamped (6.7MB pdf)
>> > http://www.screwdecaf.cx/downloads/battery_room.pdf
>> >
>> >
>>
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>
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>
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