Al Gore's $25mil contest- We Can Win!!

Rance DeWitt competes to win from Ellensburg Washington with recycled styrofoam concrete mix that is waterproof-fireproof and thermal

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• recycle
• solar
• strawbale
• insulation
• green
• building

[rancepd]

THANK YOU MIKE!!!!!!!.........GREETINGS.

GO TO EMERALD CAFE ELLENSBURG AND SEE THE PAGE.

It is the cafe across from CWU and Tea Party Headquarters to take back America.

Habitat for Humanity was the first application for old-style strawbale construction.

Now, after 5 years of research I believe I have perfected the process with my large capacity pressurized gunniite machine and the RECYCLE STYROFOAM process that makes a 36,000lb mortar - strawbricks just like mortar bricks but 100-R.

[bernie018]

I was looking in another youtube site for monolithic domes. They mixed 3 buckets of sand and three buckets of styrofoam and one bucket of cement. They were able to apply the mixture by hand or with a sprayer. Would you recommend this mixture being used on a roof of an A-frame house.? It would be great to have a waterproof and insulated roof all in one applcation.

[rancepd]

@bernie018

Bernie,

No. My experience with styrofoam is this: the styrofoam must bond with the cement to make a chemical/physical bond. If you add other elements- sand/perlite etc.....it prevents good bonding....if you want a high volume of styrofoam.

Do some experiments yourself.

Go to a cement company and ask them questions about cement curing.

Good luck,

It works.

Rance

[rancepd]

Hi,

There are a lot of applications. I developed the idea from a large capacity (2-yard) cement (stucco) mixer and sprayer I found to experiment in coating strawbales. Styrofoam was just a logial additive.

What line of work are you in?

Rance

[bernie018]

@rancepd I live in the dominican Republic . A type of ferro cement is used to cover the block walls the haitians use to build with here,. I would like to build geodesic domes from wood . Your product seem perfect to apply to the domes. These domes would be forepoof ,hurricane proof, insect proof and best of all earthquake proof I hope you won

[rancepd]

@bernie018 Bernie,

Thank you for the vote of confidence. Unfortunately, I never heard back from the Gore Contest after my application. Probably too much politics. You do not want other peoples TAX DOLLARS. Earn it yourself.

Find a texture pump. Or a hopper gun. Make a chipper with an old lawnmower to recycle the styrofoam in a drum.

Mix it with regular cement and spray it on thin.

Be resourceful. The days of the Great American Give Away have come to a close.

Think for yourself. Good luck.

[mikesglider]

Hey Rance! "great minds think alike"...or, you should be very concerned!!! Lol! I'm very close to your area (Columbia Gorge...) tried to get some acreage but too many $s! I've been getting a lot of strawbale info. but haven't seen anything like this before! I love the potential uses...what is your opinion of using a lime/clay render with the styrofoam as far as bonding? thanks for any info! Mike

[mikesglider]

Hey Rance! "great minds think alike"...or, you should be very concerned!!! Lol! I'm very close to your area (Columbia Gorge...) tried to get some acreage but too many $s! I've been getting a lot of strawbale info. but haven't seen anything like this before! I love the potential uses...what is your opinion of using a lime/clay render with the styrofoam as far as bonding? thanks for any info! Mike

[SensiBleu]

it's been really hard to find any more information regarding this process. know any updates? I can think of many projects this would be perfect for.