NOTE: THIS DVD ONLY plays well on a PC or MAC COMPUTER. The DVD is having problems running on a regular DVD player to TV set up. I apologise for " Jim Thompson DVD Production's" problem on this. They are trying to resolve the issue. Please do not buy this DVD if you don't have a computer DVD drive to view it on. From yesterday's newspaper, and today's junk mail comes the low cost home of tomorrow! Welcome to...... The Making of PAPERCRETE with Judith WilliamsA new DVD presenting a superior, lightweight papercrete block you can make yourself.Create your own environmentally friendly, sound proof, and inexpensive home with yesterday's newspaper, and today's junk mail! Every month millions of tons of refuse enter our landfills. A lot of it is not salvagable. But, for office paper, magazines, light cardboard, junk mail and newspapers Papercrete offers the perfect solution, by removing tons of waste paper from the ever-growing piles, while providing useful shelter material. Use these discarded paper products as a perfect medium to build your own home ! ...a message from builder, Judith Williams As a transplanted "boomer" to sunny New Mexico, and fast approaching retirement age, I wanted to create- for once in my life- a beautiful home that I could build myself. I had a long list of "Wants" and "Must Haves", and I looked at many alternative building methods, each with their own benefits, and drawbacks for me, before settling on papercrete, and jumping in with both feet! SUPERIOR Ultralight BlocksMy special mix devised of newspaper, portland cement and pumice produces extremely light, yet strong blocks. In the DVD I show you how I created this formula; and why it produces such a superior papercrete block. As Charmaine Taylor, owner of this online bookstore says "Papercrete is an IDEA" She's right! I discovered, almost by accident, that you don't have to use ONLY paper, sand and cement. You can experiment with many other materials you have, in your region. I took the basic 10-30-60 papercrete recipe a step further, and I think it provides the best papercrete formulation to date for wall building. People will keep inventing and creating with paper and other fiber additives, but you can take advantage of my research and experimentation and create a lightweight, insulative, fire resistant block NOW.. and get busy building a place to live! This DVD shows the low tech "tow" mixer design and use, tips for making a better mix with less splash and trouble, how to form dozens of blocks at once, easily, and how to mortar dried blocks into a wall. Plus I show my method for slipforming walls with this mix. Slipforming is a new direction I am exploring, and it may be an even easier way to build for DIY'ers like me, and you, with this type of wall system. So, come explore with me! Approx run time 1 hour. Bonus papercrete information and reports are included with DVD. NOTE: THIS DVD ONLY plays well on a PC or MAC COMPUTER. The DVD is having problems running on a regular DVD player to TV set up. Please do not buy this DVD if you don't have a computer DVD drive to view it on. |