I have still been working on that house but not hardly at all. I have a lot of other stuff going on and have had to put it on a back burner. What happened is the code people shut me down 2 years ago just when I had the walls almost all the way up and was ready to start the roof. Because I had to stop before everything was tied in there was some damage from wind and from the house settling, but the damage was surprisingly minor considering what might have happened. This is the first time I have tried building a house by myself and even though I have learned through a few mistakes it is a good house (so far).
I am not working now and have no money to do anything. Last summer I had to go to the ER and when I got the bill ($8500 for 4 hrs) I decided to drop out from society and live by my own rules. I won't go into detail but one of the things that had to go was my land. I offered it to a neighbor and we have come up with a plan to swap properties which means I would own something outright and have no payments. I hope to have that deal completed within the next couple of months then i can start thinking about what to put up on my new land. I still want to close in the original papercrete house but will have to talk that over with the woman who will then own it. I am still trying to decide whether to do the new house by the book with a permit but have time to think about it. I would really like to do it "legit" and document the whole thing for a DVD that I could sell. I am only a couple of years away from social security but need to make some money now. I have been learning about internet marketing and will do something concerning papercrete to get a little money coming in.
I'm gld you gained something from the DVD. I am ready to send out a questionaire to all who have bought it asking for a critique. The photographer who did that one for me is pressuring me to do another. So I would like to know the pros and cons of this one so I can improve on it. If you have time could you please give me some help with this? Let me know what you got out of it and what could have been done better. Thanks.
Sincerely, Judith
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From: donald1miller@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:27:24 +0000
Subject: [papercreters] Re: PC and rebar Plus views on codes
Judith, what happened to the pc house you were building in the Utube videos? It seemed like it was going up well. Did the building department shut you down? It seemed like you had it all laid out and figured out quite well. I enjoyed the videos and learned some stuff from it as I hadn't started on my mixer yet, only mixed pc with a drill and 5 gal. bucket and that of course is a slow go.
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