Judith | January 6, 2011
I know that my little buildings will be easy to heat because they are so small and well insulated. The sun coming in the south and east facing windows should be enough to warm the interior surfaces. A good earthen floor will provide enough mass to hold the heat until night when it will be [...]
Judith | November 11, 2010
Yes I know it’s been along time since I posted to this blog. At this time of year all the energy is focused on what it will take to get the buildings ready for winter, then the writing can resume. When I wrote last time I was working on the roof of #1 and getting [...]
Judith | August 23, 2010
This weekend we finally finished getting the roof on building #1. Of course I always underestimate the time it will take to get something accomplished but this time I really outdid myself. It was one thing after another with equipment breakdowns, dead battery, company for 10 days, and workers not able to show up. Well [...]
Judith | July 19, 2010
Actually several milestones were reached this weekend. I had been without a truck for over a year until I found a really good one in March. The only problem with it was that it had no tailgate and no trailer hitch. Up until now I have had to make arrangements to borrow a truck with [...]
Judith | July 10, 2010
Have you ever noticed that when you are right at the end of an important phase of your project you come to a standstill? This is what has happened to me. I am right at the top of my walls and have just one or two more courses to pour and things have just stopped [...]
Judith | June 21, 2010
Many have asked how papercrete would hold up in a tropical climate. I must admit I have not had any real answers for them because I am in a desert environment and have not heard from anyone who has used papercrete in a humid area. This morning as I was doing some web surfing on [...]
Judith | June 2, 2010
This line of blocks will extend down the road as more batches are mixed, poured and cut. Making blocks has always been my favorite part of working with papercrete. I think it’s because it’s something that can be done without the help of other people. I loved getting an early start, having all my stuff [...]
Judith | May 27, 2010
I know I’ve been away from this blog for a while. I just can’t seem to coordinate my making papercrete with the filming and writing about it. But it’s been a busy and productive 2 months in spite of the strong winds and cold weather. I had a few glitches at the start such as [...]
Judith | March 15, 2010
The weather was perfect on Saturday so I started my new project. The building I started in September will serve as a bedroom and the new building will be a kitchen with a claw foot tub in it. It will also have a small area partitioned off for the sawdust toilet.The south wall will be [...]
Judith | March 10, 2010
I am posting this article about students at the University of Arizona learning about papercrete. It includes a lot of useful information about cement and other interesting stuff about papercrete and how it is being used. When I first got started with papercrete 5 years ago I saw its potential as a way for women [...]
