Jun 25, 2019 A monolithic dome house are constructed following a method that requires a tough, inflatable Airform, steel-reinforced concrete, and a polyurethane foam insulation. In addition to houses, the domes are used as churches, schools, gyms, arenas, and bulk storage facilities.
It offers good thermal and acoustic insulation. It will not rot, warp, or corrode. Unlike concrete which is hard, heavy, cold and difficult to work with, AirCrete is easy to work with. It dries overnight and can be cut, carved, drilled and shaped with wood-working tools. It accepts nails and screws and is easily repaired. It had good compressive strength to make excellent foundations, subfloors, building blocks, poured walls, domes or whatever.
It can be molded or formed into practically any shape.' - DomeGaiaThe key to AirCrete is in the, which works to suspend tiny air bubbles in the cement mixture, and a small piece of equipment, a continuous foam generator, which disperses a mix of the foaming agent (which can be as simple as an all-natural 'high foaming' dish detergent) into the cement mixture to be mixed together. DomeGaia sells a readymade foam generator unit, the, and has plans and parts for building your own, as well as selling a Foam-Injection AirCrete mixer.DomeGaia also has building plans for sale for AirCrete domes, and offers 10-day building workshops in Mexico and the Philippines, as well as information and answers to FAQs,. I came across about building with aircrete recently, and then found a UK organization called the, but it seems to be referring to a different material than the version.