Cellulose is definitely insulation. Papercrete is often insulation but becomes more of a heat sink or mass depending on how much sand, clay, cement or other non insulation that you add to your mix. If you reread what I wrote below you will notice that I was speaking about earth and adobe (clay) which can form part of papercrete but are not papercrete.
Does this help or further confuse?
Nick
From: papercreters@yahoogroups.com [mailto:papercreters@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of wilaci2
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 1:20 PM
To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [papercreters] Re: Hello
I just gotta know cellulose insulation is made from paper
why wouldn't it insulate.
While I'm at it is papercrete appropriate in the
been corrected we only get 87% humidity
--- In papercreters@
>
> Hi Lynda
>
>
>
> Earth and adobe make great moderating heat sinks or mass which is
great in
> areas where it is cool half the day and hot half the day but these
materials
> are not insulation. You will soon learn all about insulation
properties if
> you stick with us.
>
>
>
> Nick
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: papercreters@
[mailto:papercreters@
> Behalf Of Lynda
> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:27 AM
> To: papercreters@
> Subject: [papercreters] Re: Hello
>
>
>
> Hi, John! I am also new to this group and learning. I do know that
>
> Are you at all familiar with the solar home construction that has
> been done out there using old tires and building over them with adobe
> or stucco? They get really deep walls and great insulation. If you
> are interested, I do know someone out there near Albuquerque who has
> a lot of tires you could haul off for free. Lynda
>
> --- In papercreters@ <mailto:papercreter
> yahoogroups.
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all I am new to group and thought I should introduce
> myself before
> > I drive you nuts with questions.
> > My Wife and I just bought 2 acres of land in NM. We have been
> researching
> > different building materials to build a small energy efficient
> desert
> > dwelling for quiet some time. We live on a fixed income so money is
> a big
> > consideration as is weight of building material. We will be
> building this
> > house on our own. My father was a stone mason so before I went into
> the
> > military I worked with him in the summers so I do know a little
> about
> > building.
> >
> > One of the problems I have ran into in researching papercrete is
> all the
> > sights I have found on my own using search engines tells us all
> about the
> > benefits of using papercrete but when it comes to the mechanics of
> it say
> > travel to us give us several hundred dollars and we will show and
> tell you
> > how it is done. I have no problem with this people need to make a
> living off
> > of what they know. However for me the cost of the travel, hotel and
> cost of
> > course would strain our budget past the point of buying food
> paying rent
> > and other things to make life bareable. So I will be going through
> the
> > archives and links and asking a lot of very basic questions hear in
> hopes of
> > gaining the knowledge we will need.
> >
> > By the way if any one hear teaches the classes I mean no
> disrespect I
> > think it is great just out of my reach.
> >
>
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