Thank you for another massively useful video. Within the next year I will begin building my own domes and I will be sure to give you credit and patreon funds for your generosity. Your channel has educated me and given me more helpful advice and instruction than any other web source. Much appreciated!

This is pretty exciting stuff as I'm an old builder of wood frame construction! Nothing like new advances to keep us humans interested! Thanks for sharing Harry!

Happy Thanksgiving Mr. & Mrs. Aircrete! I'm certainly thankful for innovators like you that are open and willing to share. You shorten the learning curve for the rest of us. Thank you ... You are a true visionary.

Love your method! Finally sold my engineering wiz partner on a natural building method.

Your voice just makes me relax man. Appreciate your series of walk-through on your project.

Keep these videos coming!

Awesome work you guys. Love seeing this dome come to life!!

Great idea! look forward to watching your other videos.

Great proof of concept I really like the heated inflatable forum, come up with a trailer with a refillable hopper to load a whole pallet of cement mix in ,a place for a larger air compressor,an scaffolding. A complete tow anywhere dome building kit on a trailer. A 30 ft trailer with every thing you need to build a Air- cret dome would be epic .

Thank you SO MUCH!

New way of building. Great

Mind over matter. I’ve been in construction for 25 years and have been in sketchy situations to get my mission accomplished. I like your ladder scaffolding. Worse case you fall on the dome and have to do a little patching. Respect sir. Well done

Yup you do make it look easy great nice having good help as well

Thank you

Blessings to you & family.

Thanks for a wonderful vid. I've dreamed of this type of construction since the '60s but you made it for real. My (dream) mix was concrete filled w styrene beads and glass fiber over a surplus weather balloon. Talk is easy and cheap but action is the ultimate proof. Congratulations, kudos, and thanks again for an awesome inspirational vid. You rock.

So resourceful you used what you had and made it work. Great work

Informative, clear instructions.

Thank you for this great content

Awesome.

love all your air crete vids! cant wait for part 3!

Super job, harry. I bought my shotcrete nozzle to do exactly what you are doing many years ago. I also plan basalt mesh and basalt fibers in my mix. Tyvek is a great idea as your backer. You really win the A+ for inventive effort stabilising your ladders and spraying suspended scaffold platform. I bought an old manlift myself. Look forwardto ordering your materials and doing likewise. Thanks.

Cool stuff!

Wow man another EPIC perfomance ! Like the tyre beader

Hi Harry, nice job, thank you so much for sharing!

So cool

Great work!

I look forward to working with you one day. You're a revolutionary. Respect!

Very cool!

Keep it up Harry! Awesome stuff! Tires... like modified Earthship type stuff?! This Epic and Aircrete has so much potential!

Brilliant visionary thank you

I don’t know if I said it already or not, but I really like that mesh layer that you put on to strengthen up your structure. Almost acts like fiberglass. Excellent choice sir. Really enjoying your videos sir, keep them coming please. Thanks for sharing your knowledge too.

Looks great! 👍

Genial !!!!! Congratultion!!!!

I would imagine aircrete would flow on top like those acrylic paint pours. Stand on the ladder and have at least a couple friends handing you buckets, and also standing on different sides pouring, if possible. How exciting! I would love to find out how that would work, and also mixing aircrete with the styrofoam that the Japanese use in their dome homes.

Cool man

I was so excited to find your channel! What you are doing is so similar to the ideas I’ve been toying around with, but you’re actually making it happen. I would love to pick your brain regarding land, dome homes, water, solar, off grid living…(I subscribed to your Off-Grid Dome Home channel as well) and in fact, I can’t recall which video mentioned it, but we are scouting land in the Fairplay, and Westcliffe Colorado areas, hoping to purchase and begin our geodesic and dome structure homes sometime in spring 2020. We might end up in your neighborhood! Do you have any insight into the county regulations and codes regarding building structures like this where you are? Your insight is invaluable, and I’m excited to watch your journey continue.

very nice. looking good.

Next time you have to make scaffolding, remember, triangles are the stable shape. If you had used some of your tubing to bolt on as diagonal bracing at the corners you would have given it a lot more stability in the forward/back direction and then you would only need guylines on the sides. Otherwise this looks like an awesome build. I love seeing it come into being layer by layer.

Build a good secure platform about 4X6 with steel under supports that will attach to the front end loader you have. You would be safely lifted into position, to control your application.

It's almost time for Harry to come out of hibernation, I can't wait to see his next project!

Ever think about hoop houses? Use cattle feedlot panels. They do canistoga huts, but I think walls for a dome can be built up by hand as long as you use bird cage wire on the feedlot panels and the job would be done quicker. After walls up cap it with a dome airform and build up the mass.

Great video, thank you for doing this ground breaking work. Keep it up

Great video Harry. Mrs. Aircrete is such a ham, I've seen her shadow in previous videos joking around, that you need to at least have her do a cameo in your videos. Maybe something like Heidi fro 'Tool Time'.

Great job all around, narrating, building..., I love this proses. I would volunteer my help building one with you too Get knowledge hands on So I can build one myself for my self. On land I can Obtain before. Thank you for the great video. 💥❗️

you can try digging a hole then making the dome down in the hole and lifting the entire thing up and filling the hole back up with dirt or make it a basement or water tank ect

you are the man with air crete for sure !!!!have you heard of the stainless steel fabric that is used on paper machine rolls at paper mills ?The fabric would be a forever support. The mesh is a 20 ft wide roll that is available at the scrap dealers for scrap price.Ive used it in fiberglass boat building ,and that is a bullet proof boat .There is a solar refigeration unilt that makes water by cooling the air and collecting it as condensation.have you thought of a straw mix with the aircrete for more insulation and strucure as well as it lightens the mix over your head.carry on mr and mrs harry love it!!in the north of british columbia we have 100ft circle c rings for oil drilling production.they are 2 layer 4 mill plastic sheets that get recycled after use to the shreeder.WHAT COULD YOU DO WITH A 100 FT CIRCLE MR HARRY ?JUST DREAM IT!! I CAN COLLECT THEM FOR FREE!!

Wow, I've never seen anything like this and i find it extremely interesting. One question, could this system be implemented in the construction of a house. I suppose windows and doorways could be cut in with a concrete saw after everything cures. Great job Harry and kudos to you for trying something new.

Mrs. Aircrete ain't no joke. Word.

Epic Sauce

If you start shooting from bottom up allowing to dry enough to continue upward might help....

I definitely didn't like your homemade scaffolding .. lol .. Can't wait to see what comes in the next videos

Aircrete Harry, Wow, a fast practical, low-cost build that meets code. Awesome. I would like to try something pretty similar within the next year or two. Do you consult? - ELB

I've been scratching my head for a couple of years trying to think of a sketchy scaffold system I could build to paint the trim on our second floor. Thanks!

Cool project. Does it stay warm and cool ins

How about adding short fiberglass fibers in the air krete mix like they do for concrete countertops?

All you needed is some plaster A-Frame Scaffolds I used them for many years dong stucco on houses, they come in different sizes with an attachment that will get you 3ft. higher so in total you can reach 14 ft. and they are wide enough so you don't have to tie them off, you would only need 4 of these and could set one set in the middle then do the other set opposite direction to form a tee.

Love the Video! Thinking on the processes of making an off grid home. I an very interested in the Tire Rim Cutter took that was delivered and used at 10:41. It looks like what I need to acquire next. What it is called and who makes it. I know that I do no want to pound tires at an angle with a sledge hammer when I could just cut off the top and tamp it vertically. Keep up the great vids!!!

I've never seen a man more in need of a sky hook...

up here in Canada we stucco lots of houses, i have found typar grabs the concrete better than tyvek. that tyvec is pretty slippery

good job.. dismiss all the scaffolding critics.. fear always beats those guys..

AirCrete is easy to work with, easy to make, lite weight and inexpensive. With just basic skills, you can make AirCrete and get started on building a home, even for under $10,000. 😁

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Awesome. It looks really great. What if you put a layer of mesh on first? Maybe even plastic mesh or dimple mat or fabric? For future scaffold, how about a tripod? It would have to be very tall, but at least it would be self-supporting. Just trying to contribute some ideas.

Just a thought, tyvex is air permeable. If you could flip your form inside out, spray half with latex paint, let dry, then the other quarter starting at the bottom let dry then finally the top and let dry. Then flip the form and no heater unless you can ensure 60-70 degrees. Slower the cure, stronger the cement but you know this, patience bro. Also if you get old burlap feed bags (free) and lay up on the form it will give you something for the epic to grab. I think the tyvex is a great form but it's got no friction and if you hold it up to the sun, you will see the tiny holes that are not your friend (hence the paint idea). Keep up the good work. The Pinky and the Brain, Brain, Brain Brain lol, "Zort"!

Nice work Harry! Where do you get the basalt mesh? How much is it? I can totally see myself doing this!

Harry- would spray foam be a good intermediate layer here? Thanks- tom

Great vide Harry thanks for sharing. Hard job. Any link for your Epic Mix ? I would not use only cement as it is not breathable, but in this country we don t find lime NHL which is a basic healthy building material everywhere else. Also do you think a 30 ft diameter would be realistic with tyvek form ?

Could you use a hopper sprayer instead of a shot crete? Simpler equipment.

Would it be really difficult to have some internal wooden structure that you could attach internal structure to.?

Greetings Aircrete Harry from New Mexico, love your videos. I always thought of doing something similar but with lava rock as the aggregate for the concrete mix. It is light, has air pockets and could be lightly washed for an interesting texture. Have you heard of anything like that?

Did you ever consider using a fiberglass chopping gun? I'm thinking it would stick well to the dome right after the concrete spray. It may be quicker than the mesh and may be stronger. (Or a combo of the 2) For a dome like this ..I'm thinking you need all the structural stability you can get. Kudos to you for thinking outside the box.

Hey there, I've watched them shot Crete pools that have a radius and they shoot it from the bottom up so it slumps into it's self. Is there a reason you shoot it from the top down?

Super love your videos. Do you know anyone in AZ that will Build this for me ? I'm ready. Got my land etc

What shotcrete pump did you use? What size, spec, brand, model any info would help. I saw it but that is all. Did you rent it or buy? Thanks

I would think any shape could be created. You could use reusable inflatable house forms. Kind of like those inflatable kid jump houses Once inflated put a covering over it so the cement doesn’t stick to it.

Cool! Did you know that the SKY is a massive dome, and that the earth is flat and at rest? Not a "planet" lost in "space!"

Could the Tyvek balloon form bags be replaced with a special made Tyvek bag where you create right angles? I know my idea is counter productive according to your building techniques. An altered Tyvek bag form. Too bad Mylar is not a strong enough material to alter the initial forms...But cut panels can be melted together by making sealed seams with heat. In my past, I made 3-D models for amusement park rides. They made sprayed cement structures using the models as a visual prototype. The models were foam cut and sculpted to a 1/2" scale. They represented cavernous rooms for a ride. I never saw the end result since I was stuck in an office building making models. My superior saw all the construction and end results. I do remember following an architects blue prints and discovering a scale mistake...After the concrete cavern had been made. They sweat bricks the day I discovered it. Fortunately, that person did not loose their job. However, there was lots of demolition and construction to correct the problem. If I was back in Ancient Greece when I discovered this, I may have been killed. Just kidding. The Bearer of bad news. Yikes.

Great video. Thanks. How much is it costing you to build the dome?

Intrepid scaffold system, but so that we can get future videos of you building rather than in a hospital bed you could make 4 tall tripods from lumber, roping the base of the legs together to stop them spreading out and join the tops with beams, then you can span the beams with an ally ladder covered by a board anywhere to get to any section of the dome

Thanks you I have a question how Long Should You Wait to Remove Concrete domes Formwork ?

OSHA Inspectors heads are exploding as they watch this video.....

Thanks Harry! Is there a conflict in heat and cold expansion problems that would cause cracking in the different types of concrete mixes when they are next to each other. Like ...a thin layer of epic mix shot Crete and then a thick layer of aircrete? Does it matter if the mesh is imbedd in the outer layer of the aircrete and then plain shot on top of the aircrete without actually touching the mesh?

I wonder if you couldn't make an arch on wheels that would fit over the dome that worked as a track for the shotcrete nozzle. Just rotate the arch to cover the whole dome.

Will ac really work for our needs? Layer, upon layer, upon layer? Is that what we will have to do? 😮

I would have just stood in the bucket or got forks for the tractor and use a pallet, nice work though

This is the first vid of your I have watched so forgive me if the answer to my question is in another video. How many layers of EPIC mix are sprayed and cured till you can turn off the air that inflates the dome?

how thick did the first coat end up being. could drill a hole and see. i would be interested in knowing when you could walk on it maybe at 3 inches thick..

how would this structure hold up if buried underground as an earth shelter? I'm curious given your choice to not use rebar.

How did you make the air-filled form?

Cool shit man! I always called this spray crete not air crete however. So I was expecting you to make the dome out of air crete rather than spraying it so I was suprised to see how you actually did it. Very fun. What's the cost of a building like this?

Do you have an estimate on how much the material cost is on this project?

Im interested

where did you order your basalt mesh from and what was the cost ???I ask cause I want to do the same as you..

you could have sprayed the top from the tractor bucket and or from the top of your rv..

Love your work Harry! Signed up for your Patreon, but there doesn't seem to be much there yet. Perhaps you could boost your Patreon sign-ups by doing one or both of the following: a) Put a percentage of your videos on Patreon as a supporter exclusive. b) Put your videos on Patreon at first, then release them to KZfaq a month or two afterward. That way, your content on KZfaq can still build your audience eventually, but your financial supporters get a perk.

Any framing which video?? Thanks

Why don’t you a fireproofing equipment I think that would help you out

я может где-то пропустил: мягкий купол, как собираешься убирать, часто ли собираешься его использовать, как опалубку, или одноразовой опалубкой будет?

hey ! the chinese have this wire mesh replacement made from basalt . its cheap and is a second grade graphite plastic