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Show us some older ones that are located in cold climates where the winter causes things to expand and contract. Most of your videos are in tropical locations.
This is probably going to end up moldy and damp and abandoned within a year like every other aircrete project ive aeen in this area. Not great for the climate, and no roof for water catchment either.
Very cool and I got some good ideas! I build high end custom homes. People or person commenting that 100/sf is expensive (especially in Hawaii and especially for a small structure) needs to go sober up 😂 If I build something like this on my property, I’d use the basic technique with the form (brilliant and that drill bender is rad) but the structure would be more like a ferro cement boat with wire and rebar (super strong) then cover with aircrete for insulation….because Santa Barbara has earthquakes.
When ever there is sanding required. I suggest wet scrubbing. While the stucco/drywall mud/wood patch is half dry, us a large sponge to smooth or texture the finish. It does not make a mess and it is super time saving and you don't have to wear dust masks.
Mother Nature sure threw a lot of curve balls at you, but you rocked on and it came out really nice. Beautiful design, I love the high ceiling. How does the window open? From the outside? Keep up the good work!
Yes! Check out this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MPmBF3NBHwg.htmlsi=IgpWYsoKD-XCKvSV. We will have a full build video on it in the near future.
The place is really gorgeous, but 12k is mad expensive. With no bathroom or kitchen. And with 30 volunteers? I get that prices are high in Hawaii but to me it looks like aircrete may not be the best fit here. Perhaps figuring out how to use earth or other local materials in a way that can handle the weather would be a better option. Also, I'm not convinced that driving rain wouldnt get through all those air pockets in the bricks (water infiltration).
While this is a cool build and seems well done, given the difficulties encountered, a few points: * nothing in Hawai`i ever goes completely not plan, or to schedule * this structure is not legal for housing use in Hawai`i and is not a permittable structure (which is why they used that plywood floor platform instead of doing an aircrete foundation...wouldn't be able to argue it's a "temporary/ag structure" * this structure is not SAFE on Big Island. The island is incredible earthquake-prone with 4.0+ quakes regularly. All structures are required to be reinforced for both earthquakes and hurricane winds. As shown in the video how easy it is to cut and crack aircrete, there is no structural component other than two sheets of fiberglass cloth (which don't even get the rigidity/seal bonus of the glasscoat). In Hawai`i, the humidity WILL penetrate ANY porous material - including aircrete and concrete. Without structural reinforcement (minimum 1/4" dia. wire mesh (aka cattle fencing) with tension rods/ties within each end wall), this structure is downright dangerous....and they're talking about making a much larger one!
We didn't show all the details of the building process in this video so I think you are missing some information about how the building is reinforced and water proofed. The fiberglass mesh has a tensile strenght of 150 psi per inch, mutiple layers of it can be used in certain places to provide equal strenght to adding steel mesh. We didn't do engineering on this small building but we have done engineer on our dome structures that use the same priciples and the process works fine for high winds, snow loads and seismic zones like Hawaii.
I've been watching AirCrete videos for years This one was perfectly executed. I live in the USVI and will hopefully be building one in the next 18 months
Why is no one wearing a hard hat for protection? Especially during the installation of the temporary side walls and at 9:24, where the structure could come crashing down
Will the local municipality allow you to live in it? Meaning- does the housing code allow this to be built as a habitable structure or as a short term rental?
This size structure is allowed to be built without a county permit but for use as a storage shed, not for living or renting. But this is in Hawaii, where housing and rent are expensive, so people don’t alway obey laws and will build these to live in, use as guest house, or vacation rental.
@Domegaia- usually if a window is installed in a masonry wall, a frame to accept the window is installed as the wall goes up. It makes the job so much easier. What you all have done is beautiful all the same.
