Sunday, July 27, 2008

[papercreters] PC+Woodchips+sawdust = OK?

Has anybody ever combined papercrete with woodchips and sawdust? What
I'm thinking about doing is using woodchips with enough sawdust added
to fill in the larger gaps between the chips and then enough papercrete
to bind it all together. This would be for in-fill in a timberframe
house. The walls will be about 7" thick.

The wood chips will be from the local recycling center, mostly ground
up shipping pallets. They shred pallets that are beyond repair and
sell it as mulch. The sawdust will be course green stuff from local
sawmills, mostly oak, but I won't have a choice for what I get.

I'm hoping to get a small shed (probably 10x12') built this fall before
freezing weather sets in. If it goes well, I'll cut logs and get
started on the frame for the main house this winter and do the in-fill
in the spring.

Thanks


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