Phenomenal, never fail, inexpensive Aircrete foam and other tidbits...

Watch and learn what product to use to make phenomenal foam for aircrete ...

[@gavin8438]

I haven't seen anyone else using a sump pump for their foam, that's great. I'm really excited to see what you do with your bunkie in the spring.

[@aj-us5qp]

YO! THAT STYROFOAM SHREDDER IS AMAZING! 🤯 🏆 ❤👍😊

[@alexwild4350]

Here in the United Kingdom [UK] I was lucky enough to run into an 'environmental planning officer' while delivering materials to a traditional house building site. When I mentioned 'aircrete' the officer was fully aware of the product which shocked me, but his comment was "The trouble with aircrete is no one has done anything with it." What this means is when people get into 'serious' building construction with the stuff, the Architects don't want to 'quantify it, nor certify it'. This is where you comments concerning getting an industry recognised Architect to work with you falls down, because there is nothing in the building codes to support Aircrete, and that's because no one has really done anything with it. Secondly the variables concerning the quality control of the foam is enough to make any qualified Architect run a mile, because there are no 'qualified' mixes, mixing equipment that industry can call a defacto standard. Use mix product A, mixing equipment B and the result is mix output C with a known and repeatable strength D. The Architect can now design to the constraints of D using his building methods and codes. Even reading through the comments on this page there is a couple that originally expected to build a house using aircrete, but ran into trouble with the mix consistency. Because of their time pressures they've ended up going the traditional building route where in the final analysis, because the house has been built by recognised building methods and codes, will be worth more than an uncertificated construction of uncertain pedigree using aircrete. The house they have now built there are standards and codes so it is certifiable and of a conforming code practice. Now everyone knows what to expect. The situation reminds me very much of the 1970's boom in Ferro Cement boat building. This is where a much larger sailing boat could be built using cement rendered over a Chicken wire frame-work for less money than any other building method on price per size. The issue was always the workmanship where many amateur dreamers built hulls that looked ok but were otherwise of unknown, uncertificated quality. The result is many were built with what turned out to be major structural issues and the boats 'trustworthyness' was always in question for those crew that sailed them, and without doubt they were always worth far less than their size should otherwise command as no one else could be sure of them. In the end the construction method fell into the history books as the rise in house prices made more expensive normally constructed boats affordable. The moral of the story is to remember that a rising tide lifts all boats. A rising property market lifts all house prices. Except those, like the Ferro Cement constructed boats, that don't conform to building regulations and codes. Then its a case of every boat has to be taken on its own merits and its a cash only purchase because no one will attach a mortgage to an unknown, un-certified, un-coded building. None the less I have subscribed to your channel as I find Aircrete a fascinating product, and your video interesting and informative.

[@ruggedist]

I hear ya...but I am hoping to develop a system that can be used by diy people to build sheds, which can lead to tiny homes. Check out Stephen Williams chanel as he is now approaching engineers...

[@holgermessner851]

Greetings from Panama. You will not get a building permit “legally” with some “soup” mixed from none certified people. Aircrete what people do mix on their own, has nothing in common with products made by companies like Ytong & Hebel in Europe. Ytong & Hebel products have certifications & laboratory testing. Aircrete has none of it. - I am originally from Germany and building a house in Panama. Yes. I had the idea of doing it with aircrete. Not possible. If you need certificates for the engineerings office, fire department to get a signature, so you actually can apply for electricity - aircrete is a no no! If I would import Ytong & Hebel products - that’s another story. But too expensive. I like to build an affordable house. In the time waiting for my building permit what took 16 months!! to get approved, building with local products - I remembered that Domegaia video about Steve’s dome house. So I watched it a couple times. The dome house wasn’t made with aircrete. It was made with concrete blocks and clay bricks. That’s what I am using. Aircrete doesn’t get you anywhere - if you need a building permit!

[@keralee]

Great vid! Looking forward to seeing your spring project!

[@rongray4118]

Great Video! Thank you for posting. Happy and Blessed New Year to you and your family!

[@gordondawson8576]

Midsummer greetings to you George and your family. I have throughly enjoyed you sharing some of your creativity on KZbin. I thank you.

[@puntabachata]

Thank you! This video is REALLY informative.

[@cherylm2C6671]

Thank you for your video posting. These are good ideas.

[@KA-bt3wv]

Great work George,I hope to use your ideas in the near future.

[@GWAForUTBE]

thanks for the sprayer indicator foam tip. ill try for sure. thanks from teeswater ont

[@ghuggees6106]

Wonderful ideation and genius work accomplishment. So kind of you for wholeheartedly sharing it to the rest of the world. God bless you with more zeal..,💥👍

[@RedandAprilOff-Grid]

I have been following your videos for a couple of months, trying to learn what I could. We experimented with aircrete for 2 months, and wanted to use it to build our house, but we had to give up on it based on our results. We used Drexel, which I think is pretty similar to what you are using. We didn't see anyone else doing it, but we ran out well water through an RV water softener tank. Once we got our foam density figured out we had some awesome aircrete, but as it started getting a little colder our aircrete started falling and coming out more brittle. We still weren't sure what the problem was, but we were starting to suspect it was the cold Drexel, and tried to keep it as warm as we could, which wasn't very warm in our RV. We hadn't thought about just warming the water that the foaming solution was poured into. It seemed impractical to warm all of the water, and we figured if that was necessary it wasn't going to work for us anyway, since we are on solar. We did the best we could but had to move on to a more traditional build. I'll put a link to your video on our channel, cold water was probably what was causing our later batches to fail.

[@ruggedist]

Thank you for posting link. I had caught a few of your videos and was sad to see you had to abandon the project. Don't give up though, you will find many practical uses for the product, especially when mixed with shredded styrofoam.

[@RedandAprilOff-Grid]

We were looking for answers but didn't find them in time. I am glad we switched though, we ran the numbers, and a more traditional build is going to be less expensive than what we had planned. It is also less stressful, and it will go up a lot faster. Best wishes on your builds and projects, styrocrete definitely has a lot of potential! 😎

[@rongray4118]

Just saw this video this morning...worth watching! kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6O9fnior8ehbqM

[@matthewmccartney3926]

@@rongray4118 Thanks for that info! Very useful. I'm planning on making stackable 4"x4"x8 aircrete blocks. I was going to increase the size of my mold and trim to size, using aluminum gutter screen as a reinforcement. So this will save me quite a bit! Furthermore I think that making these in stackable blocks allows me to cure them properly in a controlled environment, as I can use an electric heater and small hoop tunnel to contain the heat. What do you think?

[@puntabachata]

@@ruggedist I actually recommended that and gave them a link to Stephen's videos (only recently discoveted your channel). Guess I was a little too late. I understand their frustration. 20 years ago I wanted to build my house with galvanized mesh/ polystyrene sandwich panels but lost confidence when I could not find a qualified contractor to apply concrete to them. A few days ago it suddenly occured to me that it would be so much easier to make the panels without the polystyrene and just pour in styro aircrete instead and stucco the faces like Stephen does. Will be experimenting in a few weeks...

[@MrTracyd]

Hi wondering if you got your space done. I have some thoughts for you. First the hieght is a problem, the foam tends to break down with the preasure created by the wieght of the solution. Nex think of dywall when making your walls. the core of drywall is gypsom and by itself is not able to sustain itself, so they layer 7 layers of paper on each side. So lets concider your wals are 6 inch thick with your concrete grid in the center, If you put a membrain on either side that becomes the strenth, second build a form 4 x8 is a standard size and works well. while layin flat you put you membraim on the bottom of the form [ 1/8 door skin would work great for the insideas it would be a finishe surface] pour you aircrete withe the grid in the center now this is where you finish the outside. You can use paper or doorskin or woven roving or just a cotton sheet. After 3 days deform now if you use woven roving you can put fiberglass resin on it for strength and waterproof, you can do this on the paper as well even the door skin. Or you can just paint it with 3 coats of good outdoor paint. Ror your house you can daytoe the slabes to except the steel studs every 2 feet, of course your form now needs to be 2 by 8.

[@aj-us5qp]

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[@penguinistas]

Thank you for posting this. Very good information. I got rather lost when you started to describe the building (around 13:30) because I could not form a mental picture of the building. Would it be possible to show a picture of the building or show a simple sketch diagram. Again, thank you for sharing this information. Very helpful, especially showing the foam gun, sump pump and what the foam should look like, Red & April Off-Grid mentioned you in a video as having the answer for their poor aircrete tests (cold water).

[@heliofrota5980]

Dear George Congratulations and thanks for sharing that. Really Great, the best up to now. Please do you have the plans of the foam generator or where can I get it?

[@ruggedist]

The foam generator is very simple. 20" of 2" abs pipe. Add appropriate fittings to accommodate a 3/4" barbed hose fitting on on end and a male air chuck on the other. Fill with 5 or 6 stainless steel pot scrubbers. Drill hole into pipe (or elbow, as I did) at the air inlet end to accommodate what ever hose that you use which comes from small submersible 1/6 hp pump. Insert hose at least 6". Add a valve to control amount of solution flow and run your air at about 40 lbs. Should make perfect foam everytime.

[@andrefontes4473]

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[@prenumenumedefamilie3418]

can you make a video or a hand drawing what s inside that polystyrene shredder? How you made the knifes ?

[@tammy-lynnstewart5677]

Cool vid. I hope you have good ventilation so not to breathe in the fumes from the burning foam blocks you are cutting.

[@ruggedist]

Yes! Best to do outside!

[@victoryfirst2878]

How much material will a Portland Cement bag that weights 94 pounds make of aircrete ??? I was thinking of filling cinder blocks with the stuff to waterproof and insulate the cellar walls with the stuff. When done I will cover the walls with hydraulic cement a thin layer to permanently waterproof the basement. Will then put in more french drains to complete the job.

[@prenumenumedefamilie3418]

so how we can regulate the production of the right foam consistency every time/Ok we observe but basically we regulate the air pump right ?How much psi we need for the right foam ?

[@HergerTheJoyous]

I use a pressurized tank model as a foam generator and what I've noticed is with the pump driven generators the wand needs to be much longer and packed with stainless scrubs just to get a decent foam depending on the gpm pump you use. I agree with you about the shed hdc built, I let him know about the thermal bridging but I guess it being a shed it wasn't important to him. But because he used steel studs it made using Aircrete useless.

[@leoncryp8182]

that was his grandma house, i think it was sold about a year or 2 ago.

[@prenumenumedefamilie3418]

George please mention from your experiences (tests) how temperature influence the foam? i read some masters diploma on this topic and they say depending on foam type agent but they all tend to work better lower temperature at the beginning !but again as well all know lower temperature could mean not good for any cement working !still more the 5 to 7 Celsius as staring point they say over 35 procreant better then at 21 0r +35 Celsius! how come ! having the opportunity to have direct answers from a real person that could mention me the conclusions will be greater benefit for me

[@kpopandotherplaylists2518]

Bro, Im so happy you are sharing, But TURN UP the volume...I can barely hear you..

[@ruggedist]

Understood! I hope to make better quality videos in the future...

[@leoncryp8182]

​@@ruggedist addition to volume up, also turn it on stereo mode, your videos are only coming out of my left speakers.

[@trex283]

Does the foam show any warnings for toxins?

[@mariomaldonado1313]

Nice work George, do you mind telling me where do you live, I live in Ontario also

[@ruggedist]

Hi Mario...I am in the Owen Sound area...thanks for subscribing! Big projects have been planned...starting soon. Stay tuned.

[@prenumenumedefamilie3418]

so you say soft worm water is better vs cold regular water !in terms of reducing the foam agents and foam capabilities ?

[@prenumenumedefamilie3418]

what you mean by consistency of the agent?maybe you meant to say the dilution ration (95-100grames per liter of water) i am right or i just misunderstood? that's the density of the foam measured in a 1 liter bucket right ?sow you can compared to water density !i am right ?What foam density we need to produce Lightweight Structural Blocks !?I m assuming the ratio from slurry (some type of mix design slurry) With a certain amount of foam more or less will produce eventually structural or non structural density blocks right ! The the density of the blocks can be only achieve by using from the start same good foam no matter what and just tweak the ration between them .is true ?

[@theaussienurseflipper.8113]

There a guy on KZbin. Mixes shredded packing foam in with his mix. He put second floor straight in top. Cheers

[@ruggedist]

Yes! I have been both following and inspired by Stephen Williams...

[@theaussienurseflipper.8113]

@@ruggedist yes he is.

[@victoryfirst2878]

What is your secret in keeping styrofoam from clinging to everything around you ???? The static electricity makes that happen. Thanks

[@prenumenumedefamilie3418]

in batch there you have 2 type of Styrofoam but i think is not something rung using closed cell anyway ! is the same once you make little pices you can called filler material or "aggregate" so regardless that is a extruded or expanded !but the difference between those could be the density ! but assuming you will mix and the local density will be dispersive ! no problemo!

[@ruggedist]

Watch the newest video on insulating mobile home...it will answer some of your questions.

[@prenumenumedefamilie3418]

Ok sow let me understand !You foam machine do not need a a air compressor right ?youuse only a small pump that create the air necessary for the foam i am right ?

[@samehmrsameh2150]

How did it change into foam we need a complete video please

[@ruggedist]

To make foam is really quite simple. The key is to maintain consistent flow of solution, which is best accomplished using a small submersible pump (1/6 hp). A good air compressor is also important. The solution is pumped into the tube filled with stainless steel pot scrubbers (7-8) and then forced through them with compressed air. The tube should be roughly level when making foam. Tipped down too much will cause the solution to run through tube without foaming...tipped up too much could cause the air to be forced down the pump line. Adjust the solution flow with a valve until foam weighs about 95 grams per litre.

[@matthewmccartney3926]

What model of shredder are you using? It looks like it makes the perfect size.

[@ruggedist]

So the shredder is just a electric lawnmower turned upside down with 1/2" screen in the discharge.

[@matthewmccartney3926]

@@ruggedist WOW, thanks for replying so quickly.

[@atubeviewer4942]

You were spraying the foam saying this is to dry, now its over the target but you weren't saying anything to look for. What are you looking for and adjusting to get it there?

[@ruggedist]

Good point... so ideally you want to weigh the foam...(a plastic peanutbutter jar is 1 litre typically) and should be a net of 95 grams... if you are foaming into a barrel, let's say, the foam should peak about 10-12" before slumping down. If too wet, it will slump down almost level. If too dry, it will start piling higher and higher. Hope that helps!

[@seangirgis3239]

Did you use an aircrete foam gun

[@ruggedist]

No, it a homemade wand filled with stainless steel scrubbers.

[@prenumenumedefamilie3418]

how many hours that EVERLAST stay "ON" have you cronometrate?

[@ruggedist]

The foam lasts long enough for portland cement to 'set up' so there is no collapsing.

[@prenumenumedefamilie3418]

@@ruggedist ok with the chance to find it outsider world corner ! But i am sure by testing me some personal around here i could find something similar!

[@shopsavesupportinc.931]

Did you try Drexel?

[@ruggedist]

No I have not tried anything but marking foam. When I got the results I was quite satisfied.

[@hadleymanmusic]

Aircrete and polyurethane spray

[@ecogreenconstruction2953]

I cannot find this foaming agent online

[@ruggedist]

So the marking foam should be available at agricultural supply stores. It may be another brand.

[@bkjabbi3339]

Send me a link to buy

[@ruggedist]

I don't think it is available on line, but any brand of marking foam will work really well...check with local agricultural supply store

[@prenumenumedefamilie3418]

What you mean by soft water !?you boiled first and let it cool?

[@ruggedist]

Soft water has the hard dissolved limestone removed using regular water softening equiptment.

[@prenumenumedefamilie3418]

@@ruggedist did you meant limestone slurry ?that one we use for mortar right ? honestly i am a native English but i ve try to understand .. ok so the municipality put limestone into tape water to kind of purify right and for our purposes need to purify a little using the water filter is that you trying to say to me ?anyway we need to boiled or not in order to use it ?

[@nwflboy007powell8]

Basic recipe for non-autoclaved lightweight aerated concrete (aircrete) with 600lbs kg/m3 density: -Ordinary Portland cement -Limestone powder (particles up to 0.05 mm) -Aluminum powder MEPCO 7520 or any Aluminum powder with blaine value 15,000 cm2/g and more Dry mix formula: 50% cement (by weight) + 50% limestone powder. For 1 kg of dry mix you need 500g cement and 500g limestone powder Mixture formula for for 700kg/m3 density: 1 kg of dry mix0.65 liters of water, 1 g of aluminum powder for 100 kg of dry mix you will 65 liters of water and 100 g of aluminum powder. How to mix it: 1. Add water in the bucket. 2. Add dry mix in the water and mix it for a couple of minutes. 3. Add aluminum powder and mix 1-2 minutes. 4. Check video for graphene dry mix ratio and add 5. Pour in mold Videos are on KZbin. Graphene is easy to make and can be made out of just about anything - graphite, sugar, charcoal, etc. Graphene adds additional strength. You can make it in a microwave, in an oven, with a welder etc.

[@cestvraimenthorrible3465]

Link? Ty

[@josevarela6439]

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