Papercrete is a new construction material made most often with waste paper, cement and water. Mechanical properties of papercrete matec web of conferences. There are no harmful byproducts or excessive energy use in the production of papercrete. It should be noted that papercrete is a relatively new concept with limited scope. Around 1997, when rosana and i first came to crestone, colorado, there was a buzz going around town about an amazing new building material that its inventor, mike mccain, called fibrous cement, but that has become more widely known as papercrete. Application of papercrete in concrete ramji karri1 ayush bhardwaj2 1quantity surveyor 2pg student 1lnmippl 2rajiv gandhi proudyogiki vishwavidyalaya abstractco. Papercrete is a recently explored construction material. One papercrete house has been built with a permit in arizona. Papercrete has three derivatives, namely fibrous concrete, padobe and fidobe.
Papercrete is a material consisting of waste paper and. Using papercrete as a wall filler is more likely to gain acceptance with building inspectors. The majority of abandoned waste paper accumulating from the countries all over the world causes certain serious. The building inspector insisted that it be built postandbeam, with the papercrete used only as infilling solberg, 2000. Essentially, the constituents when mixed in different proportions result in papercrete of varying. It is made with repulped paperfiber with a combination of portland cement and or clay. See more ideas about papercrete, natural building and earthship. Papercrete had been used to build low cost homes without much knowledge of its structural properties.
Papercrete is a new construction material made with waste paper, cement and water. In a serious offgrid environment, you can use animal fat, old motor oil, and even waxes to prevent the papercrete from bonding to the sides of the mold or form. The fibrous concrete is a mixture of paper, portland cement and water. Experimental study on some mechanical properties of papercrete. Free download complete engineering seminar papercrete seminar report pdf. If you are doing large scale construction with papercrete, youll definitely want to use a hand sprayer with a pump to make application to forms faster and easier. Tools papercrete mixer block molds mine are made from 2x6s and scrap siding bathroom scale for measuring out the paper shovel materials water paper used of course shredded plastic if you want 95 lb bag of cement cement not concrete no rocks or sand in the mix process 1. Introduction papercrete is a recently developed construction material which consists of re pulped paper fibre with portland cement or clay. Papercrete bricks an alternative sustainable building. However, the use of cement is continuously used peoples desire to live in an eco. Papercrete, known by alternative names such as fibrous concrete, padobe and fidobe, low carbon construction material, 45% of discarded papers is recycled annually.
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