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i ddnt know i could watch a videos for 40 minutes with alot of work on the table. its such an insiring journey and hope to roll out on this kind of challenge
In a video of your building in San Antonio, your block laying man is using a pancake mix slurry in the joints rather than mortar joints. Because the slurry is the same material as the blocks the slurry acts as a glue and melts the blocks together (are at least that is what I have heard). In other videos, including this one, you are laying the blocks with mortar joints. I kind of understand doing mortar joints with brick or cinder block but not CEB. Are you doing mortar joints for aesthetics or for some other construction purpose?
Very cool product. What would happen long term if you didn't apply the hydrophobic sealant? Even with the sealant, do the pavers still act like a pervious surface because of the sand joints?
Hey Ryan! I love your content and would like your advice on if a compressed stabilized interlocking brick can be produced with 100% cement? Please let me know and have a blessed day!
Can ceb be used as a part of a slab foundation? Basically either bellow the pour level where places tend to pour several inches of rock or even in the pour area to act as large lumps in the same line of thought as to why we insert rebar. I may be totally wrong there im just trying to understand all the usecases for this product. I know how electric and plubing lines are run in a wood frame home, but what should we do with a ceb structure? Concrete can be patched, and even bricks you can buy those thin blocks to patch. How do we cut out or patch ceb walls to allow pipes and wires? Also how would you insolate such a structure? From my understanding interior insolation could lead to condensation issues on solid mason walls and insolation cavities between two wall segments also has issues with water retention. I want to believe in this building material but i duno how to work it. Any advice would sincearly be appreciated.
I am just trying to learn so bear with me.... Can you do 10% stabilization? Can you play with different ratios of cement, lime, and pozzolan? I know they use these different items in stabilization of rammed earth. And I know cseb construction is faster, but is the overall strength equal to a monolithic stabilized rammed earth wall? Also, what about larger block sizes and thicknesses? What is the most affordable auto block machine for the average working man? Love what y'all do. Hi from NC!
Would love to come help you guys out via some volunteer work - be an extra pair of hands doing whatever you say. I really believe in what you are doing and hope to some day soon afford my own machine and get this thing going in southern CO.
Rice water and ground rice or cooked rice as well mixed with lime and dirt I'm told is a very extensively durable mortar it's like what they use in the Wall of China. But just think of it like this how hard does rice get if you leave it stuck to the side of the pan. Hopefully next year when I start building mine I will post some videos of the mixes I come out with but lime is definitely on the top 10 list of best materials to mix with dirt for me.
Same. From some other videos they made it seem as though if you don’t use cement your block will disintegrate, cement is a new product so what were our ancestors using and how then are their buildings still up if cement is the only way? To my mind, the fact that lime can breathe so to speak was the deciding factor for me. I must find myself land before I build, have fun on your build!
@@ChiannaNycole yes indeed the ancients did do it better. That's always been my approach to a lot of things from natural medicine to much more. I'm down here in the Mayan territory and I have to say they have the places where they played their Mayan ball. It is the smoothest whitest cement I've ever seen in my life and it's awesome I'm guessing at least bare minimum 3 thousands years old.
