September 2004: We had just finished our 2nd cross-country bicycle ride (from San Francisco to New York City) in August when the Realtor called to say he found a buyer for our cottage in Fort Erie Canada. The bad news was that the buyers wanted to expedite the closing and we were stranded on Stanton [...]
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Filed under Papercrete,Papercrete Recipe
Our Papercrete Recipe
// When we were researching papercrete, we found many different recipes and mixer-types. After trying various recipies and because we have a clay-based soil on our land, we settled on the following papercrete recipe: 5 parts drained paper mulch 5 parts sifted clay 1 part Portland Cement 1 shake of Borax Soak newspaper and magazines [...]
No Comments Papercrete Maven on May 22nd 2010
Filed under Construction,Permits
Permits
How to get a permit for your alternative building construction.
No Comments Papercrete Maven on May 21st 2010
Filed under About,Carrie & Elisia Ross-Stone
About Us
We are two women, both over 50, and we built this house ourselves using recycled materials and a healthy dose of blood, sweat and tears! We began with a leaky old mobile home we got for free, and we doubled its size by building a 6′ addition on both sides. For the additions, we made [...]
No Comments Papercrete Maven on Apr 28th 2010
Filed under The Project
Welcome to Built from TRASH!
// < ![CDATA[ google_ad_client = "pub-6956232819465524"; /* 728x15, created 6/8/10 */ google_ad_slot = "7744669726"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 15; // ]]> This blog tells the tale of how we built a house using as construction materials, old tires, newspapers, bottles, used lumber, scrap metal and a free house trailer. When we bought the land, [...]
3 Comments Papercrete Maven on Apr 11th 2010
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