Sir, i'm looking for an inexpensive system that i can put a 14x16 "skid" style shed up behind a rental i'm in . . . i need space to work as i'm disabled, unemployable and just too stubborn to die. . . wife is an angel and has carried me for 20 yrs now at the same time worked to get me to a point of 'can't take watch'n her carry everything' but as i said, unemployable (treatment renders me un-insurable and considered 'a hazard' in the work place. . .all on top of having physical restrictions) . . .i'm currently work'n on pennies, nickles and pray try'n to save enough to solo build a stick skid shed and it's gonna be rough. . . something like this might fill the bill and actually be obtainable. . . . time to engage el`google and find y'all for some help :)
ahh right at the end . . i see it now . . . it's a styrene system where you're incorporating a cement / wood 'post & beam' style substructure support / frame to.
I discovered GR Building Systems several years ago and I am glad to see a new video! I live in south central PA, and will keep you in mind if I get the opportunity to do a new build.
Looks fantastic, Dan! Glad you are still into the Green Rhino product! I know I will build a home with your great product, just as soon as I finish building a couple of stick frame homes on Mountain View, HI, on our double lots, and flip them! Thanks for posting, Sir!
Yes you can. We modify the structure to handle the greater wind requirements. Feel free to email us for more information. grbuildingsystems@gmail.com I may be traveling to the Philippines in the next year to help build a house with our building system for a friend. Your timing is perfect.
It looks like wiring is cut Into the walls. So would adding a new electrical circuit or a low-voltage drop latter require you to refinish the entire wall/ceiling from start to finish? From the video, it seems like any infrastructure change is going to be much bigger of an ordeal.
Not as hard as you think. You cut the coating with diamond blade on grinder. Add your electrical, glue in strip of EPS and coat with G R Cement. If Gypsum finish, repair as you would a drywall patch. Thanks for the question.
Do some research Tom, ICF's and SCIPS are made with foam. They are approved everywhere in the USA. We are testing with accredited laboratories to be approved by ICC ESR and the IBC. With Engineering 3D structural programs this type of building is being built in Hurricane and Seizmic Zones 3 & 4, and with my new improved materials we will be able to build in Zone 4 soon. Thanks for your comment, but they would not laugh. Our building officials here in Arizona are very impressed with the building system and we have houses to prove it..
@@dandwyer3526 and in the case of ICF they put no structural value to the foam, it's simply a form that remains in place as insulation and SIP's still have some lumber to them, at least at every seam plus the sheathing itself so most of the load is not in the foam.
Great job Dan, I'm still building my foam homes here in Greenville, Tx. I still want to try your Secret Sauce to eliminate drywall. I bought the spray rig and getting my poly urea from Rhino Coatings for exterior and roofing coatings.
What is the thickness and weight of a 4X12 wall panel? Do these panels fit between the roof trusses like the metal clad SIP panels, and how are the wall panels joined together? Do your wall panels fit into metal tracks?
@@maynardbecker4613 The house was built ten years ago. The costs would be difficult to calculate. And, I did much of the work myself. Labor would be hard to figure also.
Hi Don, The foundation is a concrete footing with a foam stem wall. I Engineered the building for a foam floor with radon barrier. A new concept for most builders but worked very well. The stem wall had post and beam locations for added roof supports. Please visit the web site: grbuildingsystems.com for more info. Regards
Hi Cheryl, we have a builder in NC that we can put you in touch with. They will be licensed soon and will be building in your state. Feel free to look at the website and call with any questions. grbuildingsystems.com
Thanks for comment. We passed fire test with corner furnace flame at 1800 degrees. The non-combustible coatings may be a game changer when it comes to wood frame vs G R Building Systems. check out our new web page: grbuildingsystems.com
It melts at a higher temp than a wood frame stucco house that has EPS under the stucco coating. We passed the fire test for residential code compliance. Thanks for the question. Visit the new web site for more info: grbuildingsystems.com
Dan I would love to learn more about this system and better ways to improve the world and lifestyle of people around I love what Donald greid has brought to the world and the energy. And I also love how much you have obtained from him and the good you are using it for as well would for you to be my mentor and teach me a new way to life upcoming system that soon and already be implemented into a green system I really do love what I'm already learning and I'm still craving more.
@@МихаилВишняковский The coating is called Green Rhino Structural Cement. We will be selling both the Certified EPS and the coatings when the Code Compliant Testing is completed. In some cases before, as we can do an Engineering process for some plan review organizations that they accept. Thanks for your comments
Why is this technology not going forward? This is the best idea in a long time. Especially as the mesh materials improve, it will be possible to create stronger and stronger stucco shells.
Chad, It is moving forward. International Code Compliant testing is taking place and should be complete early 2019. More builders are signing up and you will see multiple projects videoed soon. Thanks for you question. View our facebook page for updates. Green Rhino Building Systems. Happy New Year
@@dandwyer3526 I'm happy to hear this. Please put links to such resources in the video descriptions and post some (even if minor) updates on the website, so it does not appear to be an abandoned project.
@@dandwyer3526 is Green Rhino on Instagram? I cannot find it, and I am not on Facebook. I have looked at the website and sent an email for more information. I am very interested! Thanks!
An estimate of 20% less than wood frame. A lot depends on the labor cost. Materials alone are 20% less and it takes us less time to build than wood frame.
I built this same type of home 12 years ago, and yes it’s still standing. I read some of the comments below and wanted to answer briefly some of those here in my post. My home is in Scottsdale, AZ in the Hidden Hills Subdivision. The house has been amazing and I didn’t realize when I took 10 minutes to contemplate buying the house and how well it would do on energy efficiency. The house has an R rating of R180, that five times more energy efficient than any other home. The door and windows are glued into place, which means the house is very tight, and windows and doors that I was able to move and redesign during construction with a simple hot wire being used. Within the home I have “Sabs Crete”, pretty much the same as Rhino Crete. To hand heavy pictures I use a masonry bit to drill the hole for the masonry screw, and nothing will fall, I have art work that is quite heavy and it totally secure. Any other picture is the 3M wall hanging tape products. After building the home I had a downburst in the mountain behind me, which threw my two hundred pound stainless grill across my yard, and the other home near my home lost roofs and windows, but my house had absolutely no damage what so ever. I’ve brought up three young boys and whenever they opened the doors too hard, I didn’t have to worry about any holes In my walls, as they aren’t drywall. The house has been on TV a number of times, and I see it listed on RU-vid also. It’s appeared in 17 international magazines over the past 12 years, and has been visited by the Premier of Turkey, Chancellor of Housing, UK, Major Manross did the ribbon cutting on the home, and Wellington Ritter, who is the Dean of a architecture at ASU visited and now makes these part of his discussion point when his professors talking about architectural design and structural engineering. Reach out if you are thinking of this type of build, you won’t regret it ! Mike Schofield
Thanks for the comment Michael. The energy efficiency is truly amazing. I have built a number of houses now and the cost savings can be up to 75% better than a well built stick frame house. And you are correct, the structure is up to ten times stronger than other systems. G R Building Systems, LLC has been invited to demonstrate our materials for Hurricane and Tornado resistant housing in the Gulf area. Thanks again.
Michael Schofield I visited your home during construction with Thom Hahn while attending ASU. I would love to chat with you while I’m in town. Thanks, Jeff
I've seen ICF houses that use this foam but have a structural concrete core that handles all the loads (we are designing a house for a client right now in fact that intends to use ICF), my concern with EPS foam solid blocks is a security issue, someone with a home made hot wire knife could cut through the EPS like a hot knife through butter (I've seen my dad cut foam for some SIP panels like 20 years ago so I know how easy and quietly it cuts) while making no noise so the only thing stopping them is the stucco coat. the other is the fire risk, if that EPS ignites you're cooked with all the off gasing. Me personally, If I'm ever in a position to build I wanna build a buried house, like concrete or a concrete capped quonset hut, something that can't burn and the temperature is regulated by the ground temp more then anything else.
@@DanielRichards644 You haven't done your homework. Concrete doesn't catch fire, last time I checked. And the house is completely encased in it. ANY house has a risk of fire....only that wood is FAR WORSE when it gets going. Foam? It just melts, assuming it ever gets that hot...very unlikely. The concrete disperses the heat because sand (silica) is a semi-conductor. Science.
We are testing in California now for code compliance. It has passed all tests so far and we are very encouraged and hopeful that it will pass all required.
@@dandwyer3526 Thanks Dan. This looks incredible and I hope it takes off in California and elsewhere. With the system primarily consisting of polystyrene I do have some environmental concerns about the material itself. But the efficiency in the build and energy consumption looks great.
