I forwarded the message with pictures directly to you.
How much does each cubic foot of paper weigh? I usually put 50-60 pounds of paper in a tow mixer, depending on the type of paper and purpose of the mix. That yields about 15 cubic feet of papercrete. There's a difference between 3,100 cu ft of slurry and 3,100 cu ft of papercrete. A tow mixer has about 25 cubic feet of volume, which will give you 15 or so cubic feet of product after the water drains, depending on your recipe.
Another alternative to slip forming and blocks is
Spraypercrete.
If you made a low profile 52' dome you would end up with the same 2,000 square feet and wouldn't have to worry about supporting your roof. That cheap oil pipe would make a great geodesic.
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On 11/4/2010 10:56 PM, Teresa P wrote:
For some reason my computer wont let me see the pictures :( Tomorrow I will try it on another computer and hopefully see your set up. I've been reading up on this forum and WOW what a great forum this is with tonz of info!!! You people rock!!! Ive also found out that my sand here is round and is why my car sinks when we get a good rain. Sooo now Im thinking I should add cement to my soil in the earthbags or even do without the bags and do rammed earth. I have been chatting with someone who has plans to build a home with rammed earth and I am now considering doing the bottom of the walls with rammed earth as well as rectangular columns for strong support of the roof and the corners. I dont know that I really want to tamp earth in around verticle rebar though and there is some speculation that rebar might not be appropriate for rammedearth even in an earthquake zone like mine..... I do think the papercrete should have metal tied into it for structure and strength in the framin g or even just pvc pipe filled with sand??? Also I inventoried my present stash of paper and I have about 16 cubic feet, spaceman said I needed about 3100 cubic feet of slurry so how much slurry would 16 cubic feet of paper make?
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