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Post by gogittum on Jun 16, 2024 17:39:14 GMT -5
Just watching - still watching - a YouTube where they build a stone house in 45 seconds. FF, of course. Thing that gets me is the blocks they're building it with. "Stone" house is a misnomer - these blocks are white, solid, about ~8"x10"x18" and are some kind of lightweight material like Pumice or such. The guys handle them easily and are laying them like bricks....using foam spray insulator material for adhesive - 3 stripes per block. Tried to look at the wording on the wrappings and they're in Russian. No help there. I wonder what kind of material that is ?? Never seen anything like it....and FF or not, that house is going up fast. I'd guess those blocks are a good insulator, too. Went back and did a quick screenshot of it. Doesn't appear to be styrofoam. Might help.... just saw a guy cutting one with a handsaw. Definitely not styrofoam - cuts more like fairly hard wood.
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Post by Crkr 23 on Jun 16, 2024 18:06:42 GMT -5
Sounds like an AAC concrete product. It's a lightweight concrete product that you use a thin set adhesive mortar joint. My son built a high-end spec house in NC using it. It's used in Europe more frequently than here.
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Post by bswiv on Jun 16, 2024 18:11:30 GMT -5
Saw this material....at least one similar......at a show about 20-25 years ago.
We went with a split face block with barriers and insulation......though.....I'm not sure that was the best decision.
One thing that sorta left us skeptical was how the aggregate was expanded such that there were "bubbles" in it......and what residual there was from that. Could well be different now.
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Post by GaryS on Jun 17, 2024 5:16:55 GMT -5
Went to a building trade show years ago and saw some Styrofoam blocks that you stacked up and filled with concrete. You also dropped rebar in before the pour. To install electric you used a can of paint and sprayed where you wanter the electric ran. The paint would melt the styrofoam and you would be mounting to concrete.
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Post by gogittum on Jun 17, 2024 10:05:44 GMT -5
Sounds like an AAC concrete product. It's a lightweight concrete product that you use a thin set adhesive mortar joint. My son built a high-end spec house in NC using it. It's used in Europe more frequently than here. At one point they did say it was an "aerated concrete" product. Interesting. Much harder than styrofoam. I liked the looks of it....even if it was Russian.
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Post by PolarsStepdad on Jun 17, 2024 10:56:35 GMT -5
Buddy worked for a guy doing that in the Panhandle after Michael. I thought it was neat but it wasn't cheap. Apparently it didn't take off like I thought it would. I like simple and easy maintenance. I always said I wanted a concrete or block house. Hurricane? Roll the carpets up and have a floor drain built into every room. Post storm just pressure wash it down and roll the carpet back out.
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Post by gandy on Jun 17, 2024 11:11:00 GMT -5
found it
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Post by olmucky on Jun 17, 2024 11:45:39 GMT -5
Went to a building trade show years ago and saw some Styrofoam blocks that you stacked up and filled with concrete. You also dropped rebar in before the pour. To install electric you used a can of paint and sprayed where you wanter the electric ran. The paint would melt the styrofoam and you would be mounting to concrete. Yikes. Wonder how they prevent nail/screws from penetrating the wire
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Post by Crkr 23 on Jun 17, 2024 11:48:06 GMT -5
Sounds like an AAC concrete product. It's a lightweight concrete product that you use a thin set adhesive mortar joint. My son built a high-end spec house in NC using it. It's used in Europe more frequently than here. At one point they did say it was an "aerated concrete" product. Interesting. Much harder than styrofoam. I liked the looks of it....even if it was Russian. [br There was a guy trying to open an AAC plant in South Carolina about 10 yrs ago. The product from Europe was in the decimal system, the guy in South Carolina planned on making nominal products.
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Post by tampaspicer on Jun 17, 2024 12:17:44 GMT -5
Went to a building trade show years ago and saw some Styrofoam blocks that you stacked up and filled with concrete. You also dropped rebar in before the pour. To install electric you used a can of paint and sprayed where you wanter the electric ran. The paint would melt the styrofoam and you would be mounting to concrete. Company I worked at had that wall between the offices and warehouse. Stuff is solid as hell and super insulated. Saw a house in Land O Lakes they built out of that as well. Here's the link. liteform.com/
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