Building with Hemp fire test on hempcrete

[@DesignerKayJacobs]

I love this new revival, renewed interest of an ancient building material, every country in the world should be embracing this renewable, sustainable, biodegradable products made with the use of the natural hemp plant, industrial use,

[@mercurialmagictrees]

DesignerKayJacobs yes indeed I wish california to use it to rebuild homes in Sonoma and Napa county

[@anthonyman8008]

mercurialmagictrees are you a builder?

[@ayemchunt2955]

It would appear that Hempcrete would be a very effective replacement building material for Paradise California. If the houses there had been constructed with Hempcrete originally they might have withstood the conflagration that destroyed them.

[@E-BikingAdventures]

I hope people realize how important this video is. All these years people getting cancer with asbestos!

[@howardfortyfive9676]

Like my favorite Lady friend. Guess what she did? Journeyman Welder & Asbestos Abatement died of cancer. Ate organic never smoked. The good die young and the BGs just go on & on. She did leave her water & 40ac to sum decent Pioneer types next door. Hillbilly country. She had horses.

[@MrWowihatemylife]

You dont need to deforest to grow hemp, there's definitely enough growing space already available

[@somethinburnin]

Allot of dairy or crop farms that are fed up with low milk prices or getting fucked on crop prices, would be chomping at the bit grow hemp.

[@somethinburnin]

As a firefighter, and seeing how fast "modern construction" burns, this gives me hope we can find a better way to build.

[@Hempbuildingbook]

Hi there I hope it does give hope and a solution to the people who are living in buildings that need to be changed or to those responsible for building new housing. Spread the word please that Hempcrete is the solution for safe healthy private or public housing.

[@annacichocka7734]

I guess change happens when few start and spread the word so many more will do it.

[@donnac859]

Love my hempcrete home

[@Africannabis]

Great video thanx Steve

[@strang1124]

What was the temperature of the burned surface after the test was completed?

[@Hempbuildingbook]

In the video you can see me touching it only a few seconds after the torch went out.

[@KenevirBirligi]

Thanks for sharing.

[@OneJHWH]

this probably the most amazing invention ever!! why is it not legal!!!!!!

[@tealkerberus748]

Good stuff. Now show us how it performs in chronic damp, or in a flood - the sort where floodwater sits several inches over your floorboards for several days, complete with silt and some dissolved sewerage from the town upstream.

[@Hempbuildingbook]

Sorry but that is a ridiculous demand nothing will survive that whether the flood water sits a few inches or meters above your floor it doesn't matter, either don't build houses in a flood plain or demand that your local council or authority plans for climate change. Your complaint is a bit like "now show that my hand doesn't burn if you hold it in a fire!!".

[@SenorPescadorJohnson]

excelente!

[@poke0a0dot]

Why aren't we useing this stuff?!

[@hardiknegi88]

thanks for the book sir

[@whydadsmatter3755]

all the nasayers...try this with plywood siding or T-111

[@TheTomahawkTossers]

I would like a hemp car as well . .

[@bullettimethis]

Henry Ford made one decades ago. Model T. Ran on Hemp ethanol too. Look it up.

[@anthonyman8008]

BigD Tyrone 😲

[@howardfortyfive9676]

During WWII Henry Ford *built a vehicle out of Hemp 100%. She ran on Hempoline her crankcase Hempoil. No idea the gas mileage she got.* Henry found a way to make PLASTIC out of Hemp so the doors were hemp plastic too. Smart guy that Henry Ford. *His people built TANKS for the troops too.* HUA duckduckit

[@lindakoenig749]

To the folk (s) who created this video or anyone else: Would the blow torch heat for ten minutes and a fire storm heat compare? Any ideas on temperatures reached? fishbaywoman@ gmail.com thanks in advance.

[@nukubu9379]

Thanks for the video. Unfortunatly I am unable to grow my own hemp because the goverment gang won't let me. Is there any other material I could replace it with, so I can use this technique?

[@simonmasters3295]

Slow Progress: Made Two Shortish Films based on other films. In Words: Hempcrete: It turns biomass to warm breathable stone, but like the White Witch of Narnia, "frozen CO2" is bubbled into a structural building panel that has a 5-15 nm (nanometer scale) structure of carbon fibre microtubular plant material that slows the diffusion of air is microporous and breathes that can also be loadbearing because of the embedded 4"x2" (or larger) studwork within it. What is NOT to like about Hempcrete? Se below for full review. Relocation of 1.2 x 2.4 x 300mm and 2.4 x 2.4 x 300mm panels with our without the solid panel and "plyformers" that, once assmbled can be left in situ while re-sellable as wardrobes with on-site module production pontential and can be thought of as a 3D print run of off-grid hobbit hex-hauses or a wall against Sauron! The reusabe plywood panel formers doubles as a wardrobe and is the former for a.monolithic structure that is heavily insulating and completely fireproof against dragons. What is NOT to like about Hempcrete? A: Its expense, principally of the Lime B: Its hemp, man C. The mystique that surrounds affordable building technques and the extent to which cement industry has it sewn up D. Dust I think my module production platform is a square of stone in tyre on tarp on hardcore to gather and shed site water with timber shuttering h = 300mm +/- 300mm AOL it must be immediateely adjacent to the existing all weather access if production is to be sustained. 6 pads supporting 6 x 200mm roundwood ash posts on an hexgonal spacing h = 3m "tied" at a ridge line of 4m - the internally revealed roundwoood frame with 300mm posts at 3m spacing excuted as 2 posts, then 4 posts. External cladding of ply retained by existing steel scaffolding ensuring high production rate even at elevation during in-situ prouction mode. Dentist now .

[@Hempbuildingbook]

You have several facts wrong.It is not expensive because of the Lime. At the moment the highest cost is the Hemp, if you do not live near a supplier as it is expensive to transport. The weather has to be really bad for a Hemp building project to be delayed. The expense of freezing CO2 to 'bubble through' a mix is not needed as CO2 is very slowly reabsorbed from the atmosphere into the lime.

[@simonmasters3295]

Yes the hemp is expensive, and to transport. Straw would be an alternative perhaps?

[@supafrench1]

A crop that can be grown almost anywhere is expensive. It sounds like widespread cultivation would fix that. Straw might be the right answer to the wrong problem, which assumes an alternative is even needed.

[@raccasoko1709]

I am going to cultivate industrial hemp in my village. I am not waiting for any stupid government license. They have given rights to same sex married and abortion which are useless activities. But when it comes to things that will actually benefit humanity as a whole, they don't promote such activities.

[@Hempbuildingbook]

+Racca Soko Where is your village?

[@raccasoko1709]

In Sierra Leone, West Africa. I have found out a lot about the benefits of hemp. And I think my community and I need this hemp cultivation to uplift ourselves from poverty line.

[@GeorgeStar]

How about we let adults decide for themselves whether same sex marriage is useful for them?

[@MrMultipolarity]

Blessings to you, brother. May your endeavors be successful and you initiate something revolutionary in Sierra Leone! Asé.

[@GregJoshuaW]

Absolutely Racca - if more people in the world took action like you are doing, we would see exponential change overnight.

[@darrylmartell2967]

Very informative .. So I imagine a penetration with a double insulated Chimney stack should not need any extra insulation? And does grout bond to it well? ceramic tile would be beneficial to the fire rating with a wood stove near by or any source of heat

[@annacichocka7734]

Well with this type of building material firefighters won't have lots of work on their hands. Insurance companies wouldn't have to pay out. People wouldn't lose their valuables due to fires. What a win win situation 👏

[@simonmasters3295]

I could watch this video for hours! I'm thinking of a voice over. I have filmed it using my phone and was thinking of uploading it to you tube and using it in my Kickstarter project. May I have your permission to make it public? I will post link to private google drive doc as soon as upload completes. OK to proceed? .Hempcrete rocks man!

[@howardfortyfive9676]

The flame went out @ 8:26. For the sake of this test at no time did I see the usual effect of a flame to a surface. I saw NO INDICATION of flames spreading. I would need further testing but right now I'm convinced this is a safe medium to build with when humans will be living inside. What's the R factor per inch or per the tested block prior to slight damage? TY Kindly.

[@yahwehsonren]

Thank you

[@AwesomeGameGuru]

wow this is so much safer. why are politicians and other policy makers not jumping on this?

[@strang1124]

What was the temperature of the burned surface after the test was completed

[@gazadegaz]

Great video, I have a question, WHY is hempcrete fireproof? What is the scientific explanation? Thanks :)

[@Ferosobexx]

a raging fire is going to last a lot longer then 8 minutes and its going to be a fuck ton hotter then a blowtorch. the hempcrete may not light on fire, which is great, but its still going to disintegrate under the immense heat.

[@jmpmcd]

the immense heat you talk of would wreck any house...what is being shown is that hemp wont ignite under these conditions...it would be pretty costly to use a raging fire and an actual hemp house....most houses in US are of wood construction...go figure...

[@Hempbuildingbook]

Of course a fire will last longer than 8 minutes but if you put a blow torch up against nearly any other section of building material it will start to burn ie have flames. Hempcrete will not as you can see. In the few houses that have used Hempcrete or Hemp plaster that had the unfortunate incidence of fire, that I know, of the Hempcrete portion was not damaged enough to cause collapse or even be damaged other than scorched at surface.

[@Stevennickel]

In the raging fire you speak of, the walls are usually adding to the fire. If you remove all of this surface area, what's left? a couple of couches/ curtains/ and some carpet to burn? In many cases, if not all, the studs aren't even exposed beyond the hemp so they are well insulated. Probably a minimum 60% of contributing factors to your raging fire won't exist in a HempCrete House.

[@Hempbuildingbook]

Stevennickel I agree Steve, Adding to your comments, if the carpets, curtains, furniture etc are made from natural materials (hemp?) then they are even less likely to burn. Many fires are started and continue, especially those that cause loss of life, are due to synthetic furnishings made from materials such as polyester and polyurethane. Take a look at the black scorch marks above windows of such houses the next time you see a news report about a domestic fire.

[@metal5666666]

AWESOME!

[@barbfilippone1775]

Please confirm if your product meets the UBC building code? What was the formal test number used to determine fire resistance?

[@240SSONLY]

seems like it passed to me...

[@Hempbuildingbook]

This product is a particular mixture of Hempcrete it is not a product as to be sustainable mixes have to be developed to suit your locality.

[@Hempbuildingbook]

seedpress website is up :)

[@alightpirokill]

How hot is that torch!!!!!?????

[@GriffinHistorical]

the seedpress website seems to be down :-(

[@garystinten9339]

have a look at adding aerogel pyro and that half inch.. would never have burnt away

[@Hempbuildingbook]

Trying to keep away from toxic chemicals so what does Aerogel contain?

[@hikaruultma]

Okay... Question: Could you sand this? It'd be nice if you could w/ your hands but if needed I'd be willing to use a sanding machine.

[@Hempbuildingbook]

+Francisco Gonzalez Why do you want to sand it?? It can be cast against a smooth surface but usually it is plastered over.

[@hikaruultma]

Oh, well in that case no need. It looked really rough is all.

[@dojoh6889]

so there has to be a temperature and time increment that hempcrete is not fire proof against. from the look of your video it looks to be about 5 minutes and whatever temperature the torch burned at. if you tell me what brand of touch you used I can look up how hot it gets.

[@Hempbuildingbook]

Hi Amanda. Hempcrete is non inflamable it will disintegrate and char at very high temperatures but will not create flames and so won't spread a fire. The aim for me is to create a healthy home that will not kill you from toxic fumes before you even feel the heat of a fire. Hemp is a natural material and if combined with other such material will make your home far safer. There have been no tests on whole structures yet as far as I know but of the few examples that happened in real 'unfortunate' time left the Hemp components still standing whilst everything else was destroyed.

[@dojoh6889]

OK thank you!!

[@charlesneely]

Amanda Do-Joh damn nobody can't get out of house in 5 minutes

[@beatekirmse6081]

Today we started construction on our permitted renovation using hempcrete. It took us 6 month to get it permitted since hempcrete is not a certified construction material in the U.S. ... yet. We live 25 miles south of Los Angeles. Check out my blog at beatekirmse.com

[@garystinten9339]

at a certain point of heat exposure, hempcrete barks and howls like a small dog.

[@shannonhicks8755]

I think that was a real dog in the background. Lol.

[@Hempbuildingbook]

Yes it even looks like a Jack Russel in a certain light.:)

[@Tetetete785]

Can hempcrete be used for load bearing structures?

[@luciusirving5926]

You would need to reinforced the material with wire cloth or polypropylene fiber to make it load bearing.

[@htemming]

Hemp houses have extreme good qualities for people to live in. Healthy atmosphere, great insulation and vapour permeable. And this videos shows the fire resistant capabilities. For every house build of hemp ca 8 ton of CO2 NEGATIVE is produced so it is part of a solution to diminish climate change. See The Ultimate Hemp Reports for farmers, builders and politicians: the-ultimate-hemp-reports.com/

[@jackprice447]

+Hans Temming thank you for the awasome report. i have been studying hemp for quite awhile and your report is both informitive and well written.

[@Keledria]

hemp is a amazing material, buts its effectively a bi-product of the paper industry which uses only 25% of the plant. though that is great for environmental standards, if the demand for hemp gets too high it risks getting into a position where bio-fuel currently is, where demand is sent to other country and events such deforestation happen in order to make land to grow the plant, that will basically cancel out the environmental friendly standard. All Things is Moderation.

[@jmpmcd]

what would it cost for a new build 4 bedroom house north west england...

[@Hempbuildingbook]

I don't work building in the UK but I can give you an estimate material cost for you or advise your architect. There is no rule of thumb for a Hemp House as it depends on plan and builder as do most houses. If you keep the plans simple and include such aspects as passive solar heating etc it should be no more expensive than other good quality builds and the savings will be huge.

[@simonmasters3295]

@jmpmcd Hi I am working on an affordable, replicable, relocatable monolithic budget for an off-grid under-the-planning hempcrete build at Moonbase One in Somerset. I have a google doc for the budget for mine, Share?

[@Hempbuildingbook]

Simon Masters your project sounds good but the relocatable aspect is a problem with hempcrete as it would be with any masonry material. It might work if encapsulated within panels but to make them insulated enough they would be quite heavy. I have had many requests for help with mobile tiny hemp homes but for this hemp fibre insulation is better.

[@jmpmcd]

Building with Hemp thanks for the reply mate...but not at the stage where i need an architect yet...still waiting for my current property to sell..when im closer to the projest start i will contact you if that is ok with you...

[@jmpmcd]

Simon Masters hi simon ,i would love to hear more about your project ,please advise and send any info you have mate...

[@Cryptofun325]

Holy.....

[@YardKat666]

Sooooo... ummm what is wrong with traditional cement block? Last time I checked, they were not catching fire either. I guess I am confused because I don't see a reason why concrete needs to be replaced with something more expensive that at best does... exactly the same thing as concrete.

[@Hempbuildingbook]

Charles Bryan Concrete : No insulation, Heavy, CO2 intensive, uses limited resources........Hempcrete : Insulating, Hygroscopic, Lightweight, Carbon negative, made from renewable resources !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@YardKat666]

What's not renewable about cement? Sand is everywhere.

[@kdeezy654]

Charles Bryan Cement is manufactured through a closely controlled chemical combination of calcium, silicon, aluminum, iron and other ingredients. Common materials used to manufacture cement include limestone,shells, and chalk or marl combined with shale, clay, slate, blast furnace slag, silica sand, and iron ore.

[@YardKat666]

Cool. Sounds good.

[@TheHirov]

Charles Bryan yeah ofc is sounds good... cement block is not traditional, it's used just last 70 years or so... before most of houses were made out of wood, earth, straw, hemp, clay etc. and there are many reasons why use hempcreate. To produce hemp we need CO2 from atmposphere, but when we producing cement we put GHG in atmposphere. And concrete blocks are actually one of worst building material with very high cost for nature...

[@alexzamora159]

Do Bullets vs Hempcrete

[@emanuelro2986]

Alex Zamora Smart man

[@starboomer11]

Because the use of hemp would be considered "illegal" due to how it can be used as a non-nicotine drug. It's a really stupid reason, really.

[@bicyclexx7]

so you can't smoke the house

[@anyonesguess1569]

I suppose if you put your mind to it

[@MrMultipolarity]

I'm sure a hemp crete home has the possibility to be well-ventilated like any other home lol.

[@gazadegaz]

the hemp industry has alot of growing to do before it can be considered close to "moderation", hemp crop cycle is extremely short and the way it returns most nutrients to the ground make it great for crop cycling, meaning it can be grown in-between current crops,even boosting the yields of these other crops. also how is it is wrong to call it a bi-product of the paper industry, also if 25% is used for paper the wastage can already be used for fuel, building etc. please eliminate ur ignorance :)

[@r4ng3k03r1]

sad this shit is illegal in america even tho theres no buds on the hemp plant

[@shannonhicks8755]

Its illegal to grow in the US yes, but doesnt mean you cannot buy it from Canada! Lol

[@jessevernmckendry4339]

No wonder this is illegal, the firefighters would be out of a job. Do a test on what houses get substituted for weak inferior material would be burn up like straw but this...

[@Hempbuildingbook]

it will take a while before there are enough Hemp protected building to out Firefighters out of a job!

[@hemppot5198]

SEE with EARS for 1 Minute give or take a FEW Seconds FAST FORWARD to 8:50 HEAR with EYES balance of VIDEO between is REDUNDANT time WASTE perhaps SHARE edited VERSION

[@Hempbuildingbook]

Do you it is time wasting to show the whole 8 minutes ? If I didn't then I would get comments that how can I prove that I didn't exagerate the claims. I know this video isn't going to win any prizes for the most exciting video but it is an honest exhibition of the unchanging state of the surface of the material over this period of time.

[@hemppot5198]

THANKS for SHARING

[@thewallstreetjournal5675]

NERDSSSSSSSSS!!!!

[@Lvtfete]

For maui

[@SteveAllin]

Certainly it could be a solution for the damaged or destroyed houses. I have already been contacted by people from Hawaii in the past and since the fires. I am ready with all my knowledge to help but I never got a reply to my communications.

[@Lvtfete]

Hempcrete for Maui