Papercreters: [papercreters] Re: Extreme Makeover

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

[papercreters] Re: Extreme Makeover

An engineer, and the local building department.

If you have an engineer's stamp, the rest is usually easy. (not
always)

--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, Pat B Parham
<texasweldinginspector@...> wrote:
>
> But who is going to sign off on the permits?
>
> --- On Wed, 7/30/08, slurryguy <slurryguy@...> wrote:
>
> From: slurryguy <slurryguy@...>
> Subject: [papercreters] Re: Extreme Makeover
> To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 2:21 AM
>
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> A Papercrete Blitz Build isn't completely unreasonable. It's all
about
> planning, preparation, organization, and staging of materials.
>
> 1. They'd certainly want to use a post and beam frame to support
the
> roof. That would allow roofers to be working while wall work is
still
> going on.
>
> 2. Already dry papercrete panels could be used. Like SIP's, but not
> structural. Keep in mind, that TV show will use a big crane just
for
> fun. Tool rental fees are not any constraint. If they made sure the
> panels were carefully trimmed so that they were already tight
fitting,
> they could just run a bead of construction adhesive to glue them to
> each other. No mortar required.
>
> 3. Don't stucco. Use some kind of siding. Probably clapboards,
> shingles, steel siding, or vinyl siding. They don't require any
drying
> time.
>
> 4. The interior of the panels could already be smoothed and pre-
> plastered. A little touchup on the seams would be all they need to
> do. Perhaps mud and tape the joints just like drywall.
>
> 5. The panels could have channels already inside them for
> plumbing/electrical /etc.
>
> With enough preparation and planning, they wouldn't even need to
have a
> papercrete mixer on site. All the difficult tedious work would have
> been done long in advance before the week started.
>
> Of course, none of the fancy construction techniques help with the
> forclosure isses. I think that's essentially a function of building
a
> house that's way too big. Extreme Makeover tries to build gigantic
> over the top houses. I wouldn't be surprised if the property taxes
> alone on some of those are beyond the financial means of some of
the
> families that are expected to live in them. The utility bills are
also
> crazy high for those monsters.
>
> I'm not saying every foreclosure is for the same reason, but in the
> Extreme Makover situation, it doesn't take a financial genius to
> recognize the fundemental problem. TOO MUCH HOUSE.
>
> KISS... not just Keep it Simple Stupid....
>
> Keep it Simple (and) SOLVENT!
>
> --- In papercreters@ yahoogroups. com, Pat B Parham
> <texasweldinginspec tor@> wrote:
> >
> > I saw were there is one of Extreme Makeover's house going for
> foreclosure, would like to see them try a papercrete job in one
week.
> >
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