After the roofers left, I noticed that they had backed their trailer off the edge of the driveway and bent the culvert that goes under my driveway. I called and they came out and looked and took pictures. I have not herd anymore form them. DA! GONE!

New Roof

The roofers came on Sunday to install the new roofing. We got some wind damage and the insurance company bought off on the whole roof. We are going to list the house in the spring, so I hope this helps to sell the house. The only thing left to do before that time is flooring in the kitchen and dinning room. That will cost about $1000, I'm estimating. The pictures are of the completed roof and the roofers working on the roof. They worked all day Sunday and it took them 12 hours. By the time they finished and cleaned up, It was dark. I will post a completed picture later.

Long dry time

It took a lot longer for the papercrete blocks to dry than I thought. This just isn't the WEST! I put about 2 lbs of paper in the first form and doubled the paper in the second one. As it worked out one is about 2" thick and the other one is about 4" thick. The overall outside dimensions didn't change as much as the thickness. I will try adding something more, maybe vermiculite or something. I really don't want to add sand, because of the insulation loss. Insulation is the whole point for me. I like the feel of the blocks, and I will try a couple more. They are very light and firm. When I get several, I will mix some more of the same mix to use as mortar and connect them together, stacked. I'm not sure of the dry time in southern Colorado. I don't want to commit to using something that will delay me too much needlessly.

Papercrete trial blocks

I have been thinking of using Papercrete to build with. I learned about it on the internet. I have been very empressed with it for dry climates with a large temperature swing. Namely the Southwest. I decided to try a few blocks to get my feet wet, so to say. I took a bag of shreaded paper home from work to try. I mixed it in a bucket, and only used paper and portland cement. 1 5 galon bucket of schreaded paper and 2 lbs. of cement. added water and mixed. It will be a few days before its dry.

Last Day of Vacation 2010

Top: Denny and Becky

Center: Brahm, Louis, Jamie, Alex, Maria, Dagmar, Owen, Amy, Linda and Rugger in Front center.

Bottom: Colten, Amy, Savannah, Linda, Donna, Steve, Jessie, Mark, and Jack's hand.