HOUSES FROM WASTE
RESEARCH CHEMIST'S SCHEME
(0.C.) SYDNEY, June 28. Mass-produced, coloured houses, made of waste fibres, are visualised by Mr. H. G. Jaeger, Swedish-born research chemist, of Sydney. He has applied to Ryde Council for permission to build three demonstration homes, and has offered his patents and services to the Government. Mr. Jaeger produces plastic boarding with a mineral cement finish from wood shavings, sawdust, sugarcane fibre, coconut fibre, bamboo and rice husks. "This material costs far less than brick," he said. "It is heat, water and cold resistant, fireproof and soundproof. The post-war homes I plan to build with it will have a prefabricated steel frame, with all windows and fittings electrically welded to the frame, and the plastic material will be poured in. A house of this kind could be built in two weeks."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 154, 1 July 1944, Page 4
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