rpleger - 9-10-2005 at 09:05 AM
Surfing around I found this site.....
Could be used in Baja. very little wood to import.
http://tinyurl.com/bcr2z
Papercrete
Pescador - 9-10-2005 at 09:25 AM
Shoot man, I think that you ought to take out a subscription to "Mother Earth News" and figure out a way to build stuff with "recycled" plastic bags.
Just think, we could absolutely change the whole socioeconomic structure of Baja if we could just put up a few structures, and there is an unlimited
supply of raw materials.
Eli - 9-10-2005 at 09:25 AM
Thanks Richard, that is some very interesting reading indeed. Has a lot of possible applications for sculpture also.......... hummmmmmmmm
Oso - 9-10-2005 at 09:47 AM
Very interesting. A possible recycling use for the most abundant source of used paper in Baja...the boxes in the corners of the excusados?
bajalera - 9-10-2005 at 12:11 PM
So is Papercrete more durable than Haybalecrete?
Bob and Susan - 9-10-2005 at 12:33 PM
...and he huffed and he puffed and he blew the house down....
...and the came the hungry ANTS
That's right ... Can you use Toilet Paper????
[Edited on 9-10-2005 by Bob and Susan]
Let us debate
Al G - 9-10-2005 at 03:11 PM
The entire site stressed cheap. So add 15/20%
As I read it it seems well suited for 80% of Baja and you can water proof it.
What other short fall do you see??
I think it could be easily taught as a trade. We have solved labor.
Except for Portland cement (I see truck loads of that everyday) the rest occur naturally. May have to start recycle programs. Good for everyone!
I'm just rambling so let me know what you think?
I am going to research this for at least my bodaga.
I like new challenges
comitan - 9-10-2005 at 03:21 PM
Al
Get a paper shredder and mix it 3 to 1 and pour. No test samples allowed.
[Edited on 9-10-2005 by comitan]
papercrete
tehag - 9-10-2005 at 03:32 PM
Those places I'm familiar with in BCS have a type of subterranian termite that goes through anything like paper very quickly. I have seen whole
packages of 36 rolls of TP reduced to a crumbly mess in a few weeks. Cardboard boxes collapse almost overnight. Books are truly masticated, and at a
speed that would embarrass Evelin Wood.
Unless the 'crete is treated with something anti-termite, I would expect structures produced using it to be short lived.