I have been reading about making roofs with cement/latex/wood glue
impregnated fabric {fiberglass fly screens}.
It seems reasonably feasible to mount board vertically into the dome
about 3- 4" away from the exterior and building up the skin. You would
have to fabricate a vent at the apex to create the chimney affect.
The thing is dry in 12 hours, would totally water proof the building ,
add tremendous strength , and last at least ten years. Probably much
longer if it was power washed and re coated every few years, you could
even change colors. ANd it is cheap!
Where I live there are trees for the asking so I am thinking about
testing the idea by building a carport with the roof and one end and
one outside wall that way. If I am happy I may forgo the papercrete
and build a canopy to cover the house , the carport and the workshop
and build a flat roofed timber frame {Southwest Style} . Then make the
walls that way {non-load bearing} and fill them with clay dipped straw
bales to save all that plastering and making the papercrete. Actually
I would have to make one wall , lay the bales, then build the other
one. Might still use papercrete but if the fabric roof works it makes
the biggest problem, keeping the papercrete dry, disappear.
The dome is cool, it might be the double skin would make it more so.
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