Papercreters: [papercreters] Re: Just post photos

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

[papercreters] Re: Just post photos

Repair of old steel frame windows is an established thing here in the UK, and really windows in any just about condition can be reconditioned. At worst new steel is welded in. End users that dont want the expense of reconditioning can use silicone to achieve a proper seal: apply cling film to one surface and silicone to the other. Close window and let set, then peel off the film.

--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "countryatheartok" <criswells.ok@...> wrote:
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> I am currently working for the City of Sayre, to make useable an old
> building, it is a clay block wall building and has steel frame tilt
> windows. I've decided to not try to save one of the windows because it
> has been so abused in the past it would be impossible to make it air
> tight and useable again, so I've decided to slip form papercrete on the
> inside and apply siding over the window on the outside. I've never used
> blow in cellouse insulation so I thought this would be a good place to
> try it. It is made mostly of old news papers, I decided to use a 1 to 1
> ratio mix hoping it would dry faster and maybe be a little stronger. I
> started the slip form last Friday poured about 5 ft wide and 3 ft high
> and let it set over the weekend, hoping when I took the forms off Monday
> morning it would be hard to the touch like my mix I use at home. Boy was
> I disappointed! Is was still wet feeling and not very firm. I did take
> off two of the form boards to reuse on top of the last one left in
> place. But his mixture is nothing like my mix at home, I use only
> shredded office paper or cardboard and office paper at a ratio of 6 pulp
> to 4 clay and 2 cement. This mixture sets up over night and is hard to
> the touch next morning and does not use as much cement per pulp as the
> one with the insulation. Tomorrow I'm going to try my original formula
> and see what happens. I've posted photos of the slip forming process.
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> BTB
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