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 25" thick pumicecrete is fireproof termite proof rust rot and mold proof non toxic 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 Take care Ray
Wow. Fantastic idea. Looks great. However it's lining with plastics! Sunday Show last year highlighted incredibly high VOC gases in New builds. Essentially toxic NZ homes full of harmful plastics causing high asthma rates etc.. can see this product lining well ventilated work spaces, garages, etc
From a distance it looks alright with a textured/speckled finish if thats what you're going for, but I'd hate to have wall linings with KFC boxes still visible so hopefully a lot of labelling gets more hidden/shredded. Will be interesting to see with its like for alterations, stud finding etc, especially for other trades. Talking as a sparky myself, I imagine it will bind up on gibsaws?
Love the video mate, thanks for going through the effort. It's a good looking product. Sadly, I think the cost will be a killer. Maybe if there is legislation passed saying that a certain percentage of building materials in construction must be recycled/reclaimed materials, there might be a way into the mainstream. As an Aussie, I think our government doesn't have the balls to try this sort of thing but you lot in nz might be more lucky.
Build off-site, not "modular homes", but regular framing. Windows, siding even plumbing and electrical can be done off-site in a factory and be put on a subfloor on site.
Before the Helen Clark Labour government introduced the Plastic Milk bottle, which eventually led to the introduction of Everything in plastic, perhaps they should have thought about WHAT to do with the Waste!!!
The fire hazard risk that is probably associated with this product is a concern. Lining a building with paper, wax and plastic... What could possibly go wrong.
@@wainivanua Paper, wax and plastic are certainly more flammable than gib board even though gib board is lined with cardboard, and they are even more flammable than most woods. There is also an issue of toxicity of burning plastic. Additionally, you might recall the deaths in London a few years back when the plastic cladding of a high rise apartment building caught fire. I understand that plastic exterior cladding is no longer permitted in England and might not be here (in New Zealand) either.
