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Welcome to the self-sufficiency revolution! Our channel is your go-to source for sustainable, eco-friendly building techniques using styro aircrete, a lightweight and versatile material made from a mixture of cement, water, and styrofoam. Our channel focuses on alternative building methods and natural building materials, including aircrete blocks and styrocrete. Our expert hosts share valuable tips and tricks for building with aircrete, whether you're looking to construct an aircrete home or incorporate aircrete walls into your renovation project. We also explore off-grid living and minimalist homes, highlighting the benefits of modular and prefabricated homes for energy-efficient and passive solar homes. Our content is perfect for DIY enthusiasts and those interested in alternative building materials, especially green building materials. Follow us for inspiration and advice on building your dream home with sustainable living in mind.
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[@JacquePhillips63]

Love It! Whatever it takes to reduce electric cost!

[@jimwilson7]

Very generous of you to share the results of your experiments and final conclusions! I certainly appreciate the value of all the hard work you've done! Thank you so much. Looking forward

[@AbundanceBuild]

Thank you Jim. I am enjoying the research.

[@avatarmong]

I’m thankful to you as well - for sharing your experiments’ findings; and that touching story.

[@simonlang2001]

Sludge pump

[@kwakukumi4729]

Bless you Stephen (and your wife), for stepping forward and adopting. It takes special people to adopt.

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[@zanesking]

Fantastic job! I'm sure I speak for many others when I say thank you for such a detailed and informative video. Good luck and best wishes to you and your family in your new home!

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[@wehiird]

@20minutes it’s amazing you didnt get hurt!!! So happy to see youre well and sharing all this awesome info. Thank you!

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[@adamstestanimations]

Amazing! Thank you for sharing the results of your hard work and research.

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[@Don-sx5xv]

Stephen you are a superstar in your presentations, you are a great instructor and instill confidence in those who may be pursuing this revolutionary idea. Thanks Stephen

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[@DocJaeBass]

I'm very inspired and excited about your research and results. Please continue with this work.

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This was fascinating, I didn't want the video to end.

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Happy new year! Appreciate you sharing your knowledge.

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Grateful for all the knowledge & information shared !

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One of the best videos on KZbin! I think this is one of the best alternative building techniques I have seen on KZbin

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[@gustavomorenllopez7029]

It is a pleasure to greet you. I am Gustavo Moreno López from Colombia. I am really grateful for your ideas and the way of transmitting them very clearly and completely. It is a pleasure to meet enterprises like this

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Thank you Gustavo!

[@Faithful_Tribe]

I love your content, friend. Thanks for innovating. Have done cob houses. Thinking seriously about aircrete; your insulative aspect is a welcome development.

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[@hopechannelcat5462]

thanks for all the good info. you answered several of my questions.. by the way happy new year.

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[@TheOldGuyPhil]

Awesome content. You are very thorough and your content is well presented. THANK YOU for sharing failures (Wall form blow out etc.) That is how we learn.

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[@JoshuaBaron]

God bless you man, you're doing great work!

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[@SmartEasyDIYer]

Thanks for sharing again. Side note those are some stout saw horses! 😁

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[@retrospective1261]

Thanks Steven!!! Grate content and motivation.

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[@harryverner6218]

I luv how u think. Create the solution. Dont accept the problem. Very innovative

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Thank you Harry! There has been a "if it ain't broke don't fix it" attitude for too long. There are better solutions waiting to be discovered!

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I love your mechanical inventions, very creative problem solving.

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[@exiledengineer1697]

Stephen, great channel, I love your simple approach to everything. Here are a couple of possible solutions to some of your challenges: 1. Foam solution issues: Add foam solution to the air using an eductor (aka ejector), so you can use an atmospheric plastic barrel as the reservoir. This is what is done to create fire fighting foam. Simplest eductor is a tee fitting with the air blowing through it, and the solution sucked through the "tee" leg. That is also inefficient, but more efficient eductors can be purchased that would have greater suction with less air use. Tee should work, so long as you don't have much pressure in your foam generator (hose with scrubbies in it- that is genius btw). Next step would be to use a "well tank" or "pressure tank" for the foam solution. They have a bladder in them that would prevent the corrosion issues, and the internal pressure would store the solution in advance even if your pump died to prevent loss of a batch. 2. Overflowing of the styrofoam bag bucket- Use a vortex to separate out the beads from the air- this is what is done in dust collecting systems. if you have room, use one barrel to capture the beads, and another to filter the air. I would shove the hose into your octagon device and screw it to the side so that it shapes the incoming air into a vortex- foam laden air goes around the outside, clean incoming air goes up through the middle, exiting through a new pipe coming out of the center of the octagon. The new pipe goes into the top of another barrel filter, this one with larger openings, so you can see when the styrofoam is overflowing from the first barrel. I would suggest to make it square with a round opening on the bottom to make it easier to build. Second barrel can be overflowed into several times before it needs emptied, or just swap the barrels. If you don't have room for two barrels, shove the hose further into the octagon so it dangles down into the barrel, and build a new larger screen filter house on top of the existing one. The dangling hose should stir up enough beads to allow you to see it is full and stop, and still fit the beads into the bag. 3. Lawnmower barrel & size of incoming pieces- I would recommend putting a flat plate on the bottom of the lawnmower, with a smaller rectangular chute for the incoming styrofoam. The chute needs to be big enough to allow required airflow. The shape of it should prevent clogging and larger pieces from just swirling around instead of getting chopped up. The suction from the mower should pull the pieces into the blades making things simpler and allowing for longer rectangular incoming shapes.

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[@maccmanloccs1105]

Thanks for your videos😎

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[@WhistleLad]

Thank you Stephen!

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[@thecelt4807]

very sharing and informative ...rare in people today cheers mate

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[@chrissscottt]

Nice job. Like the fearless innovation.

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[@szzpawnkntrl2018]

LOVE YOU!!!!

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[@richlovn539]

Suuuper! Thanks!

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[@JesusSaves86AB]

Thanks for your informative videos. I will be starting my first aircrete project in spring. I will be using the polyester beads from some recycled beanbag chairs for my mix but if I need any extra I will use a cheese grater on some solid blocks of styrofoam. I will also be experimenting with a concrete canvas made with a mix of concrete and elastomeric paint.

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Glad you are going to try a project. Good luck with it and share your results if it turns out good.

[@smittyvidsstudios3755]

Hey AlbertaPrepper, I noticed your comment about using a cheese grater on styro blocks. I've done this as a test. It worked well, but is very difficult and slow. It also creates quite a bit of static. I made the little video below to show my brothers some destructive testing I was doing. Maybe you will find it interesting. Good luck and I would encourage you to get testing as soon as possible. You can learn a lot just by messing around. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4eYeKuhgZlppac

[@stevepethel6843]

You are a thinker and a. Get it done man. Thanks for interesting video gift. God's continued blessings

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[@JoeBManco]

I have looked at many different alternative ways to build, aircrete, dustcrete, using regular cement blocks, working with stones and concrete, but styrocrete looks like a great alternative.

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love your content!

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[@Bicameral666]

DUDE YOU ARE THE MAN.... THANKS

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[@stanleytolle416]

Your video really helps. I have seen several other videos where people are failing trying to use aircrete. I have seen styrofoam used with more success but did not have a good source where to send people forva good example. I will be sending people to this video from now on

[@AbundanceBuild]

Awesome thank you! Yes we found that the aircrete foam collapses but the Styrofoam beads perform great

[@mikeleuluai7647]

awesome thank you sir

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[@rowgler1]

There is so much information in this video. Ive been a carpenter and mason for forty years and this is inspiring. I can't get past-Why the foam? In cordwood construction (Rob Roy wrote several books) they use sawdust in the mortar to get to coefficient of expansion and contraction similar to the soft wood log lengths. I wonder if wood shavings or sawdust or even polysorb could be substituted for the foam? I feel like the foam is the technological sticking point that makes this beyond the reach of a lot of people. Most of those bubbles must pop any way. Shredded leaves or straw? There must be a low tech substitute for the foam. I love Portland cement. It is so versatile.

[@Mad-Lad-Chad]

Those little foam balls aren't hollow bubbles.

[@AbundanceBuild]

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[@bobbyg9587]

There is a guy here in KZbin using sawdust...he calls it "dustcrete"

[@cheeseheadfiddle]

@@bobbyg9587 Amish sawmills near me have mountains of sawdust. Big mountains.

[@henrytozarini2369]

I just love your channel i just wait one day i could build something with this material. I really want to learn how to make it a viable solution for my construction project.

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[@tgjones2717]

Stephen, great video! and just a quick share.. We just acquired the same mortar mixer. Unfortunately, prices are climbing. Multiquip had 4 price increases over a year. We paid roughly 3600 for the EM90ES, which included the optional tow hitch. Folks, get your mixer sooner than later! Honda engine parts are scarce thanks to the pandemic, and the electric models are moving pretty quick, likely just because there are so few parts for the gas models!

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TG this pandemic is surprising how far reaching the effects are showing up in shortages. Hope we can get through this soon.

[@RedandAprilOff-Grid]

Enjoyed your story. I was starting to wonder if you were going to keep posting videos! Glad you didn't fall when the wall form popped open! Yikes!

[@AbundanceBuild]

Thanks Red & April. I got lax with my screws and clamps. If that had been aircrete I probably would have had to throw it away. I was able to throw it all back into the wall.

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[@wischmopps293]

What part of putting plastic - that is perfectly recyclable, like styrofoam - into concrete, is sustainable? When the building had to come down some day you have a mix of materials that can't be separated and creates Microplastic flying around everywhere

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@@wischmopps293 Every part. We take styrofoam headed for the landfill and directly divert into long lasting cement buildings. Reducing the cement needed for the job by 90%, making the build carbon negative, and removing the number one space eater in the landfill that takes over 100 years to break down. In the very distant end of life of a cement building like this, one can grind it down and reuse it in the next building as an insulation product again

[@Rachel_M_]

You might want to check out the current Aircrete (RAAC) scandal in the UK right now...... Not as durable as people first thought

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@@Rachel_M_ Thanks for the tip! We will look into it!

[@Rachel_M_]

@@AbundanceBuild you're welcome. It"s a major scandal in the UK at the moment. There is a lot of information available. According to "experts" here it has a shelf life of about 30 years before it starts degrading through water ingress.

[@Jamesvandaele]

Sweet. Thanks.

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[@codyabel4766]

love this guy

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[@geoffhirschi803]

Thank you for the detailed overview. Looking forward to experimenting with this stuff. There are relatively cheap compressor driven stucco guns that might make the skim coat and the stucco coat go on quicker. One question - as I have done a lot of work with mixing my own concrete from base materials, I have learned that the order you add things in is very important to 1) how quickly the mix stirs up and 2) how well mixed the final product is. The order of when the cement and water go in in relation to aggregates is especially critical. My experience of adding water directly after adding the cement is that the cement will form lumps that are difficult to get mixed out. Was this really the best order of adding materials that you found?

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[@yonigoddess]

I did the workshop with Domegaia for building domes with aircrete, and their foam generator is great. The trick according with their recipe is that you have to weigh the foam until it has the right weight and once you do you set at that number and the foam generator will produce a consistent thickness of the foam. But I do have to say the bricks we were making from the mixes didn't always come out great and oftentimes was dependent on the weather where we were. On a couple of wet cold days it was not great. This technique looks promising and would need to make bricks to build the domes from.this mix instead of regular aircrete. They also used a reinforcing fiber sheet you are using.

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Some on our team also completed Domegaia training. We actually now have a new recipe of styrocrete that doesnt require the tricky foam generator! New builds coming soon - stay tuned!

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[@beartankoperator7950]

nice editing very good

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[@MyFortressConstruction]

@Stephen Williams I may have had an epiphany on changing out your pressurized tank for something easier. Get a Graco or even a harbor freight airless sprayer and you can probably create a nozzle for the end, or just stick it into a bucket and it will foam. You could also do an hvlp gun with a modified feeder possibly. Anyways, thought I should throw that out there.

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[@gringoloco543]

I plan to build a multi-story house. There's a video of someone building a house with aircrete, but with cement columns every 8 feet.

[@AbundanceBuild]

That's a good idea! If you see the workshop in our videos, it is multistory with no framing. We do recommend you add more support like columns, but it goes to show how strong the compressive strength of the styrofoam is and how strong the fiberglass mesh is!

[@michaelinguanti8580]

Nice

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Posted on GAB in the Alternative Home Building group

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[@michaedn]

Hi Stephen, Thank you for all the great content! Do you plan on trying to build with just regular concrete (no foam) and styrofoam mix? The foam maker seems really difficult to build and troubleshoot.

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[@Burchrg24]

I poured our house with standard steel foundation but placed the first row of 8x8x16 in the wet concrete along side a 2x8 jig

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[@MattWellandMiscMarvels]

I am glad to see the problems I had with aircrete confirmed. Have you tried making a batch of styrocrete without using foam?

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[@AndreaGrinoldsSoap]

I have, had floating issues. I was also using Styrofoam beads and not shreds which added to the issue.

[@doughunter3967]

thanks for sharing friend...Creator bless...doug

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[@rman176]

Roofing companies also dispose of sheets of styrofoam when they replace flat rubber roofs.

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[@pedroeloy7388]

Man, I have bin seeing you for a long time, perfect Foam styro creete Perfect Start doing it IN THE AZORES

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[@spiritfarmer7546]

IM IN DOTHAN ALABAMA . LONGING TO HAVE MY OWN HOME SOMEDAY . MONEY IS THE OBSTACLE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS! IM DARING TO DREAM!

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[@theaussienurseflipper.8113]

Gr8 video mate. Very interesting. Don't know be aloud in Australia cheers

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[@gustavomorenllopez7029]

I am very enthusiastic about developing this idea in a tourist area of ​​my country, cabins with direct access to the beach, I also want to teach many low-income families to do their

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tuba 6 or tuba 4's...love that southern drawl baaaaaaby

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[@AG11925]

I am loving what I'm seeing. Thanks for sharing. do you see giving workshops in your future. If so, I would certainly be on board.

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AG I might consider that. I want to refine the build process some more before I consider that though.

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[@Iandefor]

I'm acutely interested to see how the building/s you put up in this manner hold up. I watched your video about using fiber lath reinforcement on a styro-aircrete garage and found it quite interesting. I've seen a lot of videos and done as much reading as I can on aircrete and the main takeaway I have is that if you're a mason building with aircrete blocks there's clear guidelines on how to do it, but otherwise it's kind of a wild west. I've also never seen anything that would suggest mixing styrofoam in does anything for the strength. If it can be safely incorporated into buildings it would be pretty fantastic but I keep coming back to that strength concern.

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[@papalincoln5774]

I feel like this would be amazing with a 8x8 wood beam construction and rebar staggered down the center Doing a 6" styrocrete pour you could use 4x8 sheets of Typar housewraped plywood, doing large panels. Then. Fill pour spot or pour through the 8 in beam using a 2 in bore hole. Just a thought . As thatd give more structural integrity also and give the building a really sweet look ..

[@madzwolf]

@@meh8099 Who are you? Where is your channel showing your work? What data do you have to support your comments? I don't see any links to your efforts, its typical to have people make disparaging comments, like this without solid data, or at least an attempt at the construction process. Sad that people like Stephan have to be subjected to ones like "M eh" who have no idea of what they are commenting on. Stephen, those of us that appreciate your efforts, hope negative commenters like this wont stifle your curiosity, please keep up the good work.

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[@D4no00]

A few words of advice that may help others: 1. When you build an extension cord for 220V, you don't have to use such thick wire diameter as with 110V, as literally you are running at half the amperage for the same power. In Europe we use 3.5mm wire (12 awg) for pretty almost all use-cases, it should hold at least 4kW continuously without problems. 2. The concrete mixer you got is extremely fancy. In europe we have these round drums (if you watched videos with guys from Ukraine you saw them 100%) mixers. They will set you 150$ and do exactly the same function yours does, with the addition that they are so simple that literally nothing can break in them.

[@AbundanceBuild]

Thanks for the tips! We do recommend cheaper barrel mixers but have never seen one as cheap as $150 - can you send a link to one that price?

[@MrQbee87]

Hi. Thank you for all the videos you posted. Great source of knowledge. My question is: Why bother with aircrate? Why not just add styro instead of aggregate to your standard concrete mix? My brother is currently building a house out of shipping containers. We needed to fill some space before final coating. Nothing structural. We mixed water, portland cement and shredded styro. We also added some glass fiber leftovers. The final mixture is "wetter" than what you are getting so it's definitely better for molding. We didn't do any more research, because what we produced was good enough for our purposes. Take care. Great content.

[@MrQbee87]

Never mind. I just watched the second part.

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[@kevinanderson8014]

Always great to watch, I would like to see how you made your air only generator. Less moving parts the better! Does it provide quality foam? Is the only draw back rusting? I noticed Drexel is super corrosive.

[@AbundanceBuild]

Kevin, I would recommend on more variable valve to shut everything off. Having 2 manual valves one on the solution and one for the air I have to adjust the mix every time. It has been very reliable and the rusting of the tank and the hassle of cleaning it are the only two negatives.

[@HammerznWrenchz]

This is awesome!!! Thank you so much for doing this, for sharing this. You've given me some ideas I might otherwise never come up with. A few questions for you. Now that this building is about a year old how has it weathered and handled day to day wear and tear? I guess that would be my main concern or inquiry, considering the styrofoam factor. And one more question, would using perlite have about the same outcome as the styrofoam? I know they use it in concrete products sometimes.

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[@sirukin7849]

I've been looking at something similar to insulate shipping containers for use in the Canadian Arctic. Specifically with R-40 walls, which requires walls that are thicker than 3.5" or even 6". Instead, I was thinking of using aircrete blocks and using them as giant bricks and arranging them outside the shipping container like an aircrete shell. Styrofoam could be a a great filler for the blocks to hold their shape. I do have a Little Dragon from Domegaia, but I'm also wondering if rather than using air if you had used carbon dioxide as the filler instead within a sealed giant block mould.

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[@danf4447]

wow you solved so many challenges and did this on your own!!?

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[@lancealot4065]

Great info thanks for taking the time and effort to share. Your sharing can change the world for the better by making housing affordable to everyone. I live in Florida and would like to build a similar structure. How did you get your permit? What challenges did you have going through the permitting process?

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Lance I am in the county and don't need a permit to build with an alternative building process. I would ask the inspectors if they will approve building with the trusses without an engineer. If they don't approve that then you will have to hire an engineer to approve it. Not fun.

[@lancealot4065]

@@AbundanceBuild If you are building a house to live in you don't need a permit where you currently live?

[@zukgod]

@@lancealot4065 That is correct, there are still some free places in the United States. I live in Idaho, and we don't have to have permits for our buildings. We do need state electrical and plumbing permits, and can get building permits should you want it inspected. But if you want to build your own home and take on the risks, you're able to do that, and to me that's what freedom is about, risk vs reward. This has nothing to do with politics either, this is just about personal freedoms. We don't need big daddy government in every aspect of our lives. Think about homes that are 100 years old, and how well they're built, much stronger than current homes, and they had zero building inspectors. Just something to consider, and obviously I'm pro personal freedom, but that also means I am willing to accept the risk that comes along with that, and don't expect anyone to bail me out should I make a mistake. Some folks don't like that risk, and that's ok, we're not all the same and that's one of the things that makes freedom wonderful. Take care, and have a wonderful night.

[@lancealot4065]

@@zukgod Could not agree with you more. We should all be free to take risk. Unfortunately I believe the banks and the insurance companies are behind the the regulation. I will suffer the consequences of my decisions, just let me be free to make those decisions.

[@edwinbickel]

I know what you mean about the CEB Compressed Earth Blocks. Nice job. Look forward to more content!👍

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[@whitebeardadventures9208]

thanks for your video. I've seen a lot of the other utuber channels you mentioned,,,Aircrete Harry and Honey do carpenter using aircrete. I did a small experiment but need to make a better styrofoam shreder. Another channel who is using styrofoam in concrete for added insulation is J Mantzel down in Panama who has done a tremendous amount of construction work. Good luck in your building endeavors,,,Dave.

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[@indyregen]

Very neat. If you get a way to pump it in let me know. I have an 1886 Victorian that had holes bored in the siding with urea formaldehyde foam put in back in the 1979s. While it’s good, it’s very unstable collapses with any disturbance. I’d love to pull the plugs and pump this stuff in.

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@@AbundanceBuild Thanks, I'm already subscribed. Keep up the good work.

[@jamesray9009]

just a thought you could always acid the tank to clean it out well and then use a gastank sealer I think all are ok for water use..

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[@juliadang5040]

Love your idea, thank you so much sharing your experiments. Do you have problems with getting the permit to build your workshop?

[@AbundanceBuild]

Julia you need and engineering stamp when you build with alternative methods. Once I build my garden shed with wood trusses I am going to talk to some local engineers and see if I can get one comfortable enough to put their stamp on it and I will let folks know about him in my videos

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[@krisknowlton5935]

You can make a device fairly cheap for checking the compressive strength of your mix. All you need is a hydraulic jack, a hydraulic gauge, and a little bit of math.

[@AbundanceBuild]

Thanks for the tip! Yes we could do that soon! The performance is incredible but what we need are official tests to get certified as a new building material and that costs a few hundred thousand dollars to complete

[@johnsonwayne9279]

suggestion - add some lime to your stucco mix. old roman thing but makes the cement coat continue to harden over time.

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[@gregkump3639]

Also makes it stickier as you apply stucco. Easier to apply.

[@bentray1908]

A fiber mix supplement may prevent bowing and prevent the shell delam

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[@littlecreekhomes-movablelu2829]

Hi Stephen....LOVE your videos and thank you for sharing, Question...whats the bonding agent/glue you use to attach the mesh to the walls without melting the Styrofoam?

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[@erikzorger3311]

a grain auger would probably move it well, you would halfto clean it thoroughly afterwards thpugh.

[@AbundanceBuild]

thanks for the tip! subcribe for new builds coming soon!

[@raymondpeters9186]

Pumicecrete is by far the best building material on the planet Pumicecrete is a mixture of pumice cement and water mixed and poured into a set of reusable forms walls are poured from 12"to 24" thick pumicecrete is fireproof termite proof rust rot and mold proof and has a high R value and good sound attenuation solid poured walls means no critters can live in your walls Pumicecrete can be built for a fraction of the cost and time and pumice is one of the few building materials that can go directly from the mine to the job site ready to use without any additional possessing and zero waste Google all the walls of my house are made of pumicecrete

[@AbundanceBuild]

Thanks for the tip! We prefer to recycle and get the same benefits!

[@kchong0502]

Thanks for sharing. At 26:16 of the video, are you building another wall to the existing wall? For more insulation?

[@AbundanceBuild]

Chong that studded wall was added just for structural strength as a precaution. I am not insulating it.

[@sam_s_]

This guy seems like a good man.

[@daviesngwenya9689]

If this guy "seems like" a good man, I dont have an idea what a good is.

[@sam_s_]

@@daviesngwenya9689 I don't follow? You do think he is a decent man?

[@daviesngwenya9689]

@@sam_s_ I think he is a good man. I do not think, he seems like a good man.

[@AbundanceBuild]

Thank you! Subscribe for new builds coming soon!

[@lolitabonita08]

Praise God that I found you...u are a genius....!!! I wonder if the material is water proof and if can be surround with lots of soil (like sinking a house)

[@AbundanceBuild]

thank you! needs to be sealed

[@802Leith]

I would try por 15 fuel tank sealer in your air tank. Or an epoxy coating for gas tanks. If the interior of the tank is coated no more black iron rust. Just a thought.

[@AbundanceBuild]

Andrew. good idea. Thank you

[@Jerry-ko9pi]

Might be able to use a reciprocating saw to vibrate the concrete in the forms. Could you drill a hole in the bottom of that trough and have a valve with a hose and just pour in the mix? Maybe a 3 or 4 inch hose that went to 2 inch pipe.. That would depend on how wide wall was. I wonder if you could just use fiber mesh? No plywood form.

[@AbundanceBuild]

Good ideas!

[@chrisking8353]

Great video man! I'm curious, can you spray styrocrete onto a rebar/mesh shell? I'm wanting to build a dome home. Thanks!

[@AbundanceBuild]

Styrocrete cannot be sprayed. But we did make an online class to cover our best research and step by step guide to building with it at the lowest cost! Check it out at abundancebuild.com

[@joycemccampbell4246]

Thank you for your work on alternative building materials. Is there any research into off gassing of the foam or what happens in the case of fire? I'd think it would give off toxic fumes/ smoke and become dangerously brittle. Any research /results would be appreciated.

[@AbundanceBuild]

Watch our fire test video here! kzbin.info/aero/PLhZQhMQAfmtiC2uVezl3rVhEDxQn8b12X

[@shadmoney6617]

Hey what's up from Huntsville Alabama!!!!

[@AbundanceBuild]

Represent!

[@shadmoney6617]

@@AbundanceBuild Whoop Whoop!!!

[@shadmoney6617]

I would love to come meet you and check you out one day. Nothing like being resourceful. I have a half of acre in the city that I am looking to do some building on alongside a few other products. I have a buddy over there in Elkmont who does home remodeling and the likes and I just know that he would be ecstatic to meet you as well.

[@shadmoney6617]

@@AbundanceBuild Also I do small engine work. Don't hesitate to give me a holler if you need any work done. Great video!!!

[@DD2DL]

Hey Stephen, Have you seen SABSCRETE? Build with foam blocks, then trowel on fibrous concrete. No forms needed.

[@AbundanceBuild]

Looks promising - Thanks for the tip! We have some new building methods to share soon! Subscribe to be notified!

[@brianmi40]

As a serious 3D printer hobbyist, I can tell you that we get strength in our 3D prints the same way: more layers of SKIN on the OUTER WALLS, rather than the % of "infill" (how approaching 100% solid is the interior). My only concern would be using this in any earthquake zone where I think you would definitely want structural support in the wall to support the load, and the wall just doing its thing.

[@AbundanceBuild]

Great insight! We will do an earthquake test soon! Subscribe to be notified

[@gerardoramirez6976]

This is great. Were you able to get this past your building officials? Did they require an engineers stamp?

[@AbundanceBuild]

The shed did not require approval but we are working on how to get approvals for upcoming builds.

[@towerace1238]

i did this same thing 17 years ago.. i found that using Styrofoam that was broke down by sanding .that the mix will be stronger because the gloss on the balls of Styrofoam is broken and sticks together far better ..

[@AbundanceBuild]

Very cool! Thanks for the tip!

[@towerace1238]

@@AbundanceBuild you will find the mix is easy to mix and sticks together better and makes it stronger without the glossy coating on the none sanded method

[@phillipyeager4454]

Thanks, Stephen for the tremendous video. It would be good information for planning if you would tell us how many cubic feet your recipe approximately makes using 3.5 gallons of Portland cement. Thanks for your answer!

[@AbundanceBuild]

New recipe video coming soon! Subscribe to be notified!

[@Kooshad1]

@@AbundanceBuild what's the # answer to that question?

[@AbundanceBuild]

We changed the recipe and are including it an e-course coming soon!

[@harryverner6218]

Just the info i was searching for. Are you adding anything to help bind it better like galvanized shredds or fiberglass

[@AbundanceBuild]

No the fiberglass bonds to the cement well without additives for that purpose!

[@sirjaymaes]

I'm very inspired by your video and research of the engineering. But what about the shredded Styrofoam /styrene exposure and off-gassing hazards from within the wall? Can it still off-gass through the interior?

[@AbundanceBuild]

Thank you! Styrofoam is not a significant off-gasser being 98% air; it is considered safe enough for food and drink packaging. When locked behind the stucco finish there is virtually zero off- gassing

[@RichSobocinski]

Did you consider pouring wall sections flat on the ground then lifting them into place with mortar to join the sections? Seems like it would eliminate the need to pump or pour in a vertical orientation and the packing would be easier on the ground.

[@AbundanceBuild]

Thanks for the tip! Yes, we have considered tilt up construction but it is very important to pack the mix tightly and we have found the mold method to perform best at the lowest cost. Subscribe for new builds coming soon!

[@j.c.2214]

Hello Stephen found your videos recently very interesting just curious as to how your garage building is going. By the way are you in Florida? I am considering Garage workshop and very intrigued by your building thank you for the teachings and blessings

[@AbundanceBuild]

You're welcome! Alabama actually. Considering workshops! Subscribe to be notified!

[@AbundanceBuild]

Workshop July 25 - 28th!

[@justthink5854]

seems the best use for this would be interlocking very large blocks for ext walls and smaller int.

[@AbundanceBuild]

That would work well with this.

[@AndrewHelgeCox]

That's what the Eastern European manufacturers make: large blocks.

[@MrDeicide1]

@@AndrewHelgeCox Yessir

[@puntabachata]

Stephen, I sincerely appreciate all your efforts and expainations and will be applying the knowledge for my next house. Please keep up the great work and ignore the narrow minded morons with negative and/or irrelevant comments. I'm afraid that's the mark of laziness and ignorance that has been overruning our great country...

[@AbundanceBuild]

Thank you! No worries, we welcome all feedback

[@stanleytolle416]

Adding fiberglass reinforcing to the mix would seem to be a good way increase the stiffness of the styrocrete. I would not use fibored glass but use the fiberglass made into little sticks. This internal reinforcing allong with the reinforcing outer coating should make a styrocrete wall quite a bit stiffer and compressionally stronger.

[@AbundanceBuild]

Thanks for the tip! We've been working on a cheap graphene additive that can accomplish the same fear - subscribe for updates soon!

[@stanleytolle416]

@@AbundanceBuild really like your stuff. I am trying to get my community to allow more building options. Like would it be possible to make this stuff movable on to a site like a tiny home? It looks to me that pieces could be assembled into a kit that could be assembled at a site without having to do any on-site building. Like the thing could show up at a site, as a big box or two, only needing a footing foundation, and assembled into a home in a day or two. Killing to birds, cost of materials and labor.

[@AbundanceBuild]

@@stanleytolle416 We are definitely looking into it! The regulators will always have the last word but we are looking at some time saving solutions