Welcome to the group. I am also a "not young" woman and have been working with papercrete for over 2 years. It takes a lot of energy but is very rewarding and keeps you in shape. Anyway, I wanted to comment on your uses for papercrete. I would say that when used as insulation it would be best to leave out the cement. I use pumice fines in place of sand and don't really know how to advise you on the sand. I'm sure you will get a lot of suggestions. I know some are adding vermiculite. ground up styroform and other clever things. I was having a bad day one time and forgot to add the cement to the mix. What I ended up with was a big rice cake like thing. It was incredibly light but firm. I just interspersed the resulting blocks throughout the wall. But now I am planning to expand my small shed and make it into a little cabin for myself. What I want to do is make large sections of papercrete without the cement and use it as roof insulation. I can also attach it somehow to the exterior walls and plaster over it. It takes natural plaster well. Regarding your pavers, I'm not sure papercrete would be a good choice. I have had papercrete blocks sit in puddles of water and completely fall apart. I use very little cement in my mix. Perhaps with more cement they would work especially if you laid them down over a base of gravel that would drain the water away. Good luck to you. Judith
To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
From: whydumponme@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:04:31 +0000
Subject: [papercreters] New Here
Hello:
I am an older woman (didn't say old, mind you) and have been looking
for information on how to make my attic and garage cooler. Papercrete
sounds like it might be one way to go about it if I knew how.
I am joining this group to get educated. I have access to discarded
newspapers and can get cement from Lowes.
I would also like to use it in making pavers for my outside yard and
maybe even patio blocks. I will go look through the site and see what
I can find on this subject.
Thank you for having me
florence in southeast florida
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