Bob, I was looking over you photo post and saw that you had applied PC over discarded carpet that was held in place with wood laths. Before you applied the PC, did you dampen the carpet? Also do you think this procedure would work on the outside of an OSB exterior wall?
Bob T B
PS: Welcome back Clair & Bruce and Happy New Year everyone!
--- In papercreters@ yahoogroups. com, "Bob" <robertmerrill1953@ ...> wrote:
Wishing all the very best for the New Year........ ..
Over in the photos section is an album titled "HYBRID." I have been
asked many times what comprises the best solar / sustainable home
design. Here is an example of the convergence of all the popular
alternative methods.... strawbale, rammed earth tire, canwall,
bottlewall, stackwood, etc.. The methods were thoughtfully assembled
into one structure with the future of humanity in mind! Look at the pix
and understand it was built by students using things like cans, bottles,
straw, dirt, and of course papercrete. It is the first structure to
prove that papercrete can be successfully applied directly to strawbales
with no expensive lathe! The kids working on this had great fun
"shooting" P/C with the mortarsprayer we got from
nolan@... <mailto:nolan@ ... .
Applying P/C over a strawbale wall is to my knowledge the most
efficient way to assemble a home. Compare time, money, and the issues
that comprise sustainability and this wall cannot be beat. That is why
it is nearly impossible to build in Amerika. I live in one of the last
of the portions of America that enjoys freedom. Note the glass facing
southward. But, what you cannot see os the 25 tons of river rock under
the floors... P.A.H.S. (passive annual heat storage). Stores the summers
excess heat for use into tthe winter. Suppose someday we two-leggers
will be as smart as the gophers and groundhogs??
The non-shrink P/C mix design best for coating bales: 1 part portland; 2
parts lime; 3 parts clay; 6-8 parts sand; and 20 parts emulsified paper
(drained).
KEEP-ON-BUILDING till you make a better life........ ......... Bob
