Draining papercrete plaster
papercrete
Portland Cement
Mixing papercrete
Water
Rain water catchment. I like to use rainwater as much as possible in my natural building projects.
Tire wall
Shredding newspaper
Shredder setup
Shredder setup2
Five pounds of shredded newspaper to five pounds of portland cement
Scale
one can is 5 lbs of cement
New planting bed
Trumpet plants
Easter Island head
Rammed earth tire
Plants are getting BIG
Tire Wall
Urbanite stem wall
Each tire, rammed with earth, weighs approx 300 lbs
6.67 tires equal one ton
Tire transporter
See the can? Use them for stuffing gaps.
Cans fill the gaps. Less mortar mix is used
Holes give the next layer of plaster more surface to attach too
More tire wall
Reject Sand
Pile tires up by size. You want each layer to be the same size.
Tire sizes
Foundation tires are rammed with gravel
During the spring I had wild flowers growing in the tires.
Start things off level as possible
Tools of the trade
Beautiful tire wall
Tires below grade
Urbanite
Stem wall
Windshield for future project
Foundation
CU of foundation
First course
Step up foundation
Gravel between tires
Next row
Cut off rims with jig saw
Looks like I need to go get more tires. Businesses will happily give them to you for free.
Piles of tires
Five rows
Gap cans
Earthen Plaster
More earthen plaster
What do you think?
I like the texture
Earthen Plaster over tires
CU
Inspiration for my tire wall
Early stages? Cover while it rains
Small urbanite wall
Earth donuts
Golf balls
More donuts
Final plaster cover
Huummm, chocolate
Beauty in its simplicity
Top of tire wall view
Shadows
