Re: [papercreters] Re: Earthbag, Superadobe, Hiperdobe, why not Hiperpapercrete?

This sounded interesting, so I did a quick search for "knit raschel earthbag" and found this site - http://www.earthbagbuilding.com/articles/hyperadobe.htm with step-by-step pictures and a couple of videos . 

 Not much luck in a quick search for US suppliers.  www.alibaba.com has a lot of Chinese companies that want a large minimum order (like 3 metric tons or 100,000 pieces).

 

 

Tom Hay, Ph.D.
A2B Research and Development, LLC
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On 03/12/12, joel<joelincalif@aim.com> wrote:

 

 

Great story! Anyone have an idea where this material could be bought or what it's proper name is?

I can see the advantage of using this material and pumping it instead of using the manual bucket method. You could even drive rebar down through the rows to further join them.

Thanks for the ideas. Joel

--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "JayH" <slurryguy@...> wrote:
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> I have recently been reading up about earthbag/superadobe construction.
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> One of the new techniques that some earthbaggers are very excited about utilizes a type open mesh bag material called "knit raschel." It was started in Brazil by a guy named Fernando Pacheco. They have named their new system Hiperadobe.
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> The knit raschel is the same type of netting material that is often used to bag produce like onions or oranges in the supermarket.
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