have decided the carpet is a bad idea as it is really held together
with glue.
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I have heqard of several roofs make of cement slurry pressed into the
fiber surface of old carpet. It is draped over a frame, or timbers
errected under to make a shape, the carpet can last for decades after
the cement is on it , it is now a cement roof, and the carpet is
just the fiber undercoat.
I take the end mesh fiber from carpet rolls- a webbing of 12" wide,
and tack it to pallets, and smear a cement layer over it to form a
base for tiling the surface, and it holds up great.
I have used new or old carpet , nailed down on the small pallets ,
covered in 1" of cement, and then tiled, this is the base of my free
decking "system" and pathway. I got a ton of free tiles and slates,
and am making a mosaic on each 2x2 and 3 x3 pallet-- and once placed
on a brick base the wood pallet should last for may years.
and no mowing for me-- my lumpy uneven property is just weedy, not
even grassy, so I like to bark the areas that slope, and create free
paths and walkways to get around
this is the one area I LOV±E cement for use.. a perfect hard surface
to support other materials
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Ms. Charmaine Taylor/ Taylor Publishing
707-441-1632
www.dirtcheapbuilder.com www. papercrete.com
PO Box 375, Cutten CA 95534
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