Sharon and Greg's Tiny Panama Green Magic Homes Build August 20 2021

Greg is finishing the rest of this trip alone in Panama.....So it's all about the build.
More details and waterproofing protections in the process to build a Green Magic Homes Earth Covered Structure for the El Valle Brewery in the town inside a volcano here in Panama.
Panama "winter" (right now) is tropical rainy season and not usually the build season in this part of the world.
So, here we go with the latest progress on this unique building in the world.
@elvallebrew
#GreenMagicHomes
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[@donovandelaney3171]

The homeless and poor in California, Egypt and Florida need these homes.

[@Issung123]

Thinking of building one of these myself, please keep uploading so I can know more about the process, subscribed!

[@aliaf22]

Fab job! I love these Green Magic Homes. So cool! I hope you enjoying your new home. I didn’t know they could do 2 story homes.

[@g.mendoza8138]

Awesome! Great job 👍😊👍

[@rtriana33016]

Thank you for the idea I always wanted to do something similar with green magic homes. Now I know it's possible

[@idewaridesignteam2333]

Amazing!! Wanna try this one

[@dave-wk4t]

Love to see a follow up on progress.

[@worldcooking]

Excellent image performance!

[@myperspective5091]

👍Design 🏆 Design 👍

[@ForeignLifestylestory]

we sprayed foam on one of these last year.. pretty cool hobbit houses..

[@gregwhiteside7045]

My wife and I are saddened to hear about what has happened with a rogue builder in Australia who has acted in a terrible (criminal) way to his customers. We are all independent builders and not paid or employed by the parent company in any way. Green Magic Homes makes the shells on order as we send them the payments, after that it is up to us to build and complete the structures to the customers needs and satisfaction. Sharon and I completed the brewery last year for our customers and are happily building our own home in Panama right now. I will post an update video showing our work completed for our valuable clients.

[@brucemackinnon6707]

Should be a hot number on the Panama real estate market, eh?

[@dragonlady7221]

Would have liked to have seen the inside when it was done.

[@Coveredinbees93]

Also thinking of building one of these in the future. I am curious how much this ended up costing you? Subscribed.

[@gregwhiteside7045]

Budget is around 185K but that incudes around 60K in brewery processing equipment to go inside

[@mekesiabrown625]

@@gregwhiteside7045 this is greatly appreciated! I'm going to build one of these too.

[@hoochiecoochie571]

@@gregwhiteside7045 My brother and I are going to be retiring in Panama and would like to build two of these next to each other. I’m anxious to see the final project. Does that $185k budget also include the property?

[@foodsecuritystructurescana4440]

@@hoochiecoochie571 posted some finished photos in Facebook link in the reply on this video. Depending on area of Panama will vary the budget. Shipping costs around the world have gone through the roof. (Unfortunately) so sharing that cost with your brother would really help. Go to greenmagichomes.com to see model and structure options and suggestions. I am the certified builder for Panama for GMH so would be the builder for you. For a vacation or AirBNB unit check out the new Boho collection. Capsula and Arcus are very popular.

[@Auroradq]

Where u bought the kit?

[@MarkRVillano]

How much (approximately) does it cost to build a home of that size in Panama, not including the price of the land?

[@SeattleCoorain]

Thank you for an informative video. I am designing a parabolic arched barrel vault home that I would like to include a green roof. Would you know what the green roof thickness range on Green Magic Homes might be ? Does the company provide engineering data with psf load analysis ? In my case, the first prototype will be built at elevation with 120-psf snow loading, verified by the work of a professional structural engineer, so I think a modest thickness green roof deck area will be feasible. Best of luck finishing your build and would love to view videos of the remaining process.

[@foodsecuritystructurescana4440]

Hi Mark Yes, GreenMagic Homes has done all of the live and dead load engineering testing as well as wind sheer, hurricane and tornado testing and destruction testing to get International Construction Compliance Certification. It’s not just about material thickness, but many other factors such as elasticity, arch maximum widths, exterior structural components and material grain directions etc. GMH has patented this technology and I do have the info or authorization to share. I am from Canada so I know snow load, freezing rain and ice accumulation weights can be enormous, so make sure your architect and engineer take all of this into account with your materials and project.

[@mekesiabrown625]

@@foodsecuritystructurescana4440 Ice accumulation for sure! GTK.

[@shopesvacations]

It looks like the property was sealed well. Have you had any issues with moisture? We're hoping to start our GMH build in spring of '24.

[@gregwhiteside7045]

Not so far, however there is a large vent hood and ventilation pipe used to remove the steam and heat from the beer kettles, so this may be what is keeping the moisture issues down. If you are living in an area that experiences below zero weather, then be sure and install an HRV or ERV system

[@7gpanda744]

Subscribing... :) I want to see this one when all those vegetation are placed.

[@gregwhiteside7045]

you can see the beautiful, finished structure video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4bHeZaijJaDqKs

[@carolineclark5369]

COST: HOW MUCH IS THIS ONE? Do u build them overseas for people?

[@Bikepacking]

Where do you buy that home

[@gregwhiteside7045]

www.greenmagichomes.com

[@carolineclark5369]

could u spray outer with polyethylene ?

[@gregwhiteside7045]

The outside is sprayed with closed cell spray foam (which is made from 14% recycled water bottles) This spray foam layer is one of the waterproofing layers and another insulation layer, it can be applied to whatever thickness is required for the temperatures of the location it is built at. R27 in Kentucky or up to R60 in Alaska. Because the spray foam is applied on the outside it doesn’t change or alter the interior space or cost of materials to build with to have a thicker insulation layer, It just adds the cost of the closed cell spray foam material. The spray foam is applied and then protected under the HDPE sheeting layer. The HDPE protects the foam from additional water saturation over time and from plant root intrusion or damage

[@flaviolozoya]

Cement has to cure ...wich means you need to add water for a time depending on the thickness...otherwise it cracks through and in the initial stages you need to cut a Grove again depending on the thickness to allow heat expansion....but I guess you wanted this as a filler....

[@gregwhiteside7045]

Yes the aerated cement berming is just a filler to create the terracing and wider slope for the earth and vegetation. The instant buttress forms that the cement is poured into creates segmentation. The instant buttress form material becomes the expansion joint that compresses and expands as required. The aerated cement (when dry) also hardens into a dead load on the sides and takes the weight of the soil and soil moisture weight when it rains and moves that weight down to the ground without adding weight on the structure shell itself. Lastly, with the foam used in the aerated cement it acts as a tremendous insulation material with all of the fine bubbles trapped inside the cement.

[@donovandelaney3171]

Shouldn’t the bricks be made from waste plastic? Oops.

[@gregwhiteside7045]

Which bricks?

[@heathbecker420]

Why such a huge refrigerator?

[@gregwhiteside7045]

The building is a craft brewery and the walk-in cooler will hold kegs of beer

[@Goobijunga]

Did you all watch A CA tonight, This Stevenson is quite a builder and the company he works for 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

[@gregwhiteside7045]

My wife and I are saddened to hear about what has happened with a rogue builder in Australia who has acted in a terrible (criminal) way to his customers. We are all independent builders and not paid or employed by the parent company in any way. Green Magic Homes makes the shells on order as we send them the payments, after that it is up to us to build and complete the structures to the customers needs and satisfaction. Sharon and I completed the brewery last year for our customers and are happily building our own home in Panama right now. I will post an update video showing our work completed for our valuable clients.