--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "Charmaine Taylor"
<dirtcheapbuilderbooks@...> wrote:
>
> have decided the carpet is a bad idea as it is really held together
> with glue.
> _______________
>
> 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
> --
> Ms. Charmaine Taylor/ Taylor Publishing
> 707-441-1632
> www.dirtcheapbuilder.com www. papercrete.com
> PO Box 375, Cutten CA 95534
>
Thanks
I was told by an engineer it would not work but theory is not always
correct , experiance is the best gage. Used carpet is easy to find.
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