Check out Barry Fuller in Tempe/ Maricopa AZ. He has a couple of projects in that area....
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kjtbeskimo
Mar 5, 2013 1:30 am
Hey everybody- Haven't been on here for awhile, but I have a question... We will be driving from Mesa Arizona up hwy 93 to Las Vegas then taking Interstate 15...
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countryatheartok
countryathea...
Feb 28, 2013 3:28 pm
Thanks Jay and Tina for the kind words. I truly love PC, when I was working for the City of Sayre, I used it on several of my building project for them. It is...
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JayH
slurryguy
Feb 28, 2013 8:24 am
Just to make it easier for anyone wanting to view Bob's photos, they can be found here: ...
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countryatheartok
countryathea...
Feb 27, 2013 5:25 pm
Hi all! It's been a long time coming but we are finally getting to the end of the porch enclosure that we started back in 2009. A lot of water has passed under...
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da_graves
Feb 26, 2013 5:15 am
Hi, did you make the oven door out of papercrete? How is it holding up?...
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JayH
slurryguy
Feb 24, 2013 8:23 am
Impressive work Bob. For those that haven't seen Bob's photos, they can be found here: ...
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Garth & Kim Travis
airdriel
Feb 23, 2013 4:53 pm
Greetings, If the plates are not kept current, yes, they do tax you on it as a home. Lots of RVs are lived in and pay the property tax, not the road tax....
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clydetcurry
Feb 23, 2013 4:47 pm
Y all should not be barking at each other. The site is about cooperation. Most papercrete is made with to little Portland and will become weak when wet....
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waterengineman101
waterenginem...
Feb 23, 2013 4:37 pm
Okay thanks....
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waterengineman101
waterenginem...
Feb 23, 2013 4:37 pm
Stucco is exterior. I am talking underground, and waterproof, not water resistant. There is no use for stucco in my application. "superplasticizers"...have...
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waterengineman101
waterenginem...
Feb 23, 2013 4:36 pm
"I have to pay for my fema trailer as living space, even though no one lives in it"...They are stealing from you then. That thing have a licence plate? Then...
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waterengineman101
waterenginem...
Feb 23, 2013 4:36 pm
I will have to give it some thought....
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waterengineman101
waterenginem...
Feb 23, 2013 4:35 pm
I don't think I would use fish netting....
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countryatheartok
countryathea...
Feb 23, 2013 3:05 pm
Hi Bob, I looked at the photos before I read your post and I posted in the comment section. I asked what that black covering was and now I read that it was...
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waterengineman101
waterenginem...
Feb 23, 2013 12:34 pm
That video is just plum amazing...But I am thinking DrylocK as an additive and plain ol' felt paper on the earth side as a barrier right now so far. I may hire...
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Bob
robertmerril...
Feb 23, 2013 7:24 am
Hi All............ it has been awhile. Thought I'd share an inexpensive save we did on a fire damaged wall. In the photos section you will see how a fire took...
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waterengineman101
waterenginem...
Feb 23, 2013 6:56 am
I never said Barry reccomended it, I said he said there were ways to do it. Which in my opinion tells me that he would recommend it. He said it was possible...
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clydetcurry
Feb 20, 2013 9:12 pm
Pour the papercrete against an impervious surface with no gaps. Poly or such! Make sure cements are at least one hundred pounds per cubic yard of papercrete. ...
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seniorfinancialplanni...
devonia111
Feb 20, 2013 1:01 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEnsYMPccuQ Â Ultra-Ever Dry is a superhydrophobic (water) and oleophobic (hydrocarbons) coating that will completely repel...
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JayH
slurryguy
Feb 20, 2013 6:47 am
Barry Fuller does not recommend using Papercrete to build underground shelters no matter how it is waterproofed either. Since you claim to have read his...
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zenseeker70
Feb 20, 2013 5:19 am
I almost forgot Merlex. They make a good water resistant stucco as well that would go very well over a papercrete substrate with a little reinforcement of...
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zenseeker70
Feb 20, 2013 5:19 am
Sure. Most of the stucco base coat products on the market are made for water resistance, and typically use latex additives, which also improve workability....
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Ron Richter
ronerichter
Feb 20, 2013 12:06 am
Tad, Can you expand on this "then a thin player of latex based stucco material over that." Â Can you remember product names and formulae? Thanks ...
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eo greensticks
eogreensticks
Feb 19, 2013 8:56 pm
Hi, thankyou for that information. how i wish there were a Granicrete distributor in Oz-their website has a section where people can apply to do so, maybe...
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eo greensticks
eogreensticks
Feb 19, 2013 8:24 pm
hi, for underground thinshell construction, google Billy Birdsall Nylon Cement. he was working in Puerto Rico, not Texas and maybe different soil type would...
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zenseeker70
Feb 19, 2013 7:58 pm
There are multiple ways to waterproof porous materials like papercrete, but they cost up to 25 percent of the cost of the building in many cases. When I used...
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zenseeker70
Feb 19, 2013 7:56 pm
Ah, ok. Different formulation than we have here in the U.S. The Calcium based stuff is made in China and imported for Home Depot, Lowes and other home...
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Devonia
devonia111
Feb 19, 2013 6:44 pm
Earthbagplans.com Devonia...
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Garth & Kim Travis
airdriel
Feb 19, 2013 2:16 pm
Greetings, I would not count on this one. If the vehicle doesn't move and is not street legal, then yes it counts as a building. I have to pay for my fema...
