Papercreters: [papercreters] Re: New to the group

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

[papercreters] Re: New to the group

Hi Gina and Blake,

Welcome to the group.

Spaceman is clearly our papercrete dome guru, so I'll defer to him on
that one.

Blake, on the other hand... that just wasn't fair.

You tell us about casting 2000 block in Norman, and don't post any
pictures? No fair! hehehe

Pictures please!

--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "geetus69" <frodopettus@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi Gina,
>
> Am in the Tulsa/BA area and successfully cast about 2000 large
> papercrete blocks over the period of 6 mos while living in Norman,
it
> can work although the sudden thunderstorms tend to set you back!
>
> I dried them in the backyard and was quite diligent about covering
> with a plastic tarp if rain was in the forecast. Once dry enough, I
> stacked them on old wood pallets covering the lot with plastic tarps
> to prevent rain absorption. I would say on average the blocks
> required 1.5-3mos to dry thoroughly depending on how wet it was
> outside. Once dry they were hard as a rock. Currently I have them
in
> a storage unit and am looking for land in the area to construct.
>
> I do believe from my experience that if I ever were to attempt a
> slipform or cast in place build, I would construct the roof or a
> temporary canopy first to shield the wet papercrete b/c on several
> occasions when my tarps blew off in heavy winds, the top layers of
> block became saturated and yep, took about another month to dry out-
> though they are quite usable even after getting wet and drying out
> several times.
>
> Good luck to you on your project, I haven't had any experience with
> domes, but 80 acres sounds like a dream to have, keep us posted on
> your progress!
>
> Blake
>
> --- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, Redhair Witch <redhairwitch1@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello All I'm new to your group and thought I would say Hi !
> >
> > I'm starting a project here in Oklahoma.
> > I have 80 ac and am building domes. I have been intreged by
covering
> a dome with papercreat. I have seen domes that where covered with
> burlap and concreat and thought that papercreat could be used in the
> same way. I have been talking to a man in NY who builds dome frames
> from elect. conduit and covers them with shrink wrap that they use
to
> cover boats with. It got me thinking that I could use his idea and
be
> able to reuse my frame over and over if I could get the mix and
fiber
> support right.
> > I have done some scree work with just concreat. Has anyone used
> papercreat for this?
> > Is anyone else in Oklahoma? I do have some concerns about the
> humidity here wich can be 90%.
> > Any info would be great
> > Gina
> >
>