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Harry, I think this has a future. Nothing is quicker/stronger/cheaper. For a larger shop or home, the membrane would have to hold more pressure and would be expensive but could be reusable. A specialized truck could contiguously mix resin concrete, a large computerized are could spray the concrete and you could coat a 3000 square foot building in 2-3 days with 2-3 workers. The resin concrete and mesh would be very expensive, but nothing else would be needed on the exterior. I'm thinking a true dome would be stronger and safer, but wastes living space, but has lots or storage space around the low sides.

Finish it Harry make it look good. I wish I were a little younger I would be trying g this. Keep going! Dan S. Michigan & Texas

Interesting Harry-I love experimenting.

Turn out nice.

Greetings from the LooseNatural farm in Andalusia Spain

Nice job my friend! As you said, concrete needs to be kept moist during the curing process in order to reach full strength. If it dries out then the curing stops and cannot be re-started by watering it down again, the mix you show here is probably 5000psi (1 square inch of fully cured concrete that will hold 5000 pounds before collapsing/crushing) If you were just to build this and let the concrete dry it would only be about half as strong as it could be if you kept sprinklers going on it for 28 days.... Even at that strength you could probably park a car on the top without it breaking....

This is a very interesting build. Thanks for making this.

Just discovered your channel and it's a wealth of valuable info. I'm considering building dome housing in the Bahamas at some point. Was researching superadobe but I don't think the soil there will have clay. So aircrete and your methods could be a great option there. Especially considering hurricanes (wind resistance and disaster relief). Are you planning to run anymore workshops?

It's a really cool construction design

I was thinking that this dome would make an awesome chicken coop! With inflation it might be a smart move for you to get some.

....onya Harry, way to go!😁....

Love it! I want an entire house made like this!

I would like to see you put a plaster coat on the Tyvek first and then the cement. The plaster being the inside coat...

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Very nice home if you finish it!

Imagine doing one under ground... I think for a backyard shed, you could use canvas in place of the basalt mesh...

Love the way this came out.. I also totally agree with you about building these structures completely made with aircrete.. Although I really like the look of the aircrete dome made with aircrete blocks.. I have always worried about those structures not being strong enough structurally.. building the domes this way, gives you a hard structural shell, and if you choose to use the aircrete you will have those awesome insulating factors that aircrete provides.. as well as knowing that your structure is going to be more than strong enough to handle any of the elements that mother nature is going to dish out..

At video speed 1.5 these videos much faster. Click bottom right spoked wheel icon, below the video. *Not that your videos should be "made to go fast", keep them going as usual, please. And you are a genius, humanitarian and very good video producer!

I love your idee ,is perfect system ¡¡¡¡ Congrqtulqtion¡¡¡

Can you reuse the Inside Tyvek form for another dome? Good info Harry! Don’t Give Up!

Did the 8 hours include making the air form.

Hi Harry. I've been following your work for a while. I love and appreciate what you do and I am strongly considering building a dome home in the future. Does your course have any information about how one could perhaps add windows to a dome like this? also what is your opinion on having more than one door on a dome?

I’m thinking of building a earth home like the hobbit can I use this system to do that.

Wow

I saw a video (I think it was one of yours from a few years ago) of making aircrete panels on the ground to be assembled into sheds or similar, and that just made me think of aircrete octagons and polygons(?) which can be made in molds at ground level and them easily asembled into dome structures and cemented together, and a few could be left open as windows. I guess for a taller structure you could use square panels and then the shapes to add a domed roof

Try putting the print on the inside of the air form. You might have less transfer onto the dome.

Hello this is very nice only we need to see the begin to make the structure The frame floor and walls.Thanks

you say if you put cement that it won't be grounded... but I've heard of other builders say that you can apply an earthen floor on top of a cement slab and have it grounded. i want to do this in my house but i don't know what those builders where doing to ground an earthen floor on top of cement. for my house since it has a brick exterior i was thinking where the weep holes are at the bottom of the brick walls that I'd just fish some copper wire thru each of the weep holes thru the wall and then down onto the cement floor... i was also thinking about taking either copper or aluminum foil tape and taping a line on the cement before i applied the earthen floor... i'd position the tape to come out from where ever my wire is and place the wire on top of the copper or aluminum wire and tape the wire in a couple spots to make sure the earthen floor doesn't get between the wire and the foil. but the earthen floor does have a section or 2 of wire it is exposed to. the tape would just be run from the outer wall of my house straight until it hit another wall. the wire on the outside of the wall as it is coming out of the weep hole. I'd just dig a hole as deep as i could/thought was enough, and tie it to rock or something so it can't easily get pulled up and then barry all of it. well... that's the plan anyways... i have no idea how those earthing people grounded and earthen floor... i just figured if grounding mats work with a thin wire getting connected to them... and they are connected to just a foot long stake in the ground... then..... a beefy copper wire barried should work too.

The air form is a one and done right? It looked like you cut it out.

Have you thought about putting another tyvek tent around it and pumping in aircrete to finish it up? I know it would defeat the idea of making the dome super thin, but it would make for a great build method. You could even make a dome of basalt mesh to go in the space between and add another layer of mesh to strengthen it even further. Also you could paint the inside with a base coat to infil all the cracks and cover up the tyvek print. I would also like to see how you could add plumbing and electrical to a dome like this.

Absolutely a family job. I so appreciate your commentary on build options Maybe I missed it but how are you getting the pattern for the dome. Is there a software program? Thanks for this series of build videos.

What do you prefer basalt or fiberglass????

Hi Harry, thanks for your videos. Do you think we can use aircrete to insulate the outside of a shipping container? it wouldn't hold any weight, other than the material itself. Thanks

Please put links to the ceramic bead supplier and the cost of the Basalt mesh and supplier too

What is/are the ceramic bead coating ? is it for looks or does it have another use, other than thickening the final coat. I have in my imagination that the ceramic beads make it look nice. ? ?

Where do you source your besalt mesh from?

Be sure and put in a fresh air vent in the dome.

Hi Harry, From a log time I am looking your works and I am very interested in it. I am also looking for the materials and the tools I need and want to begin this kind of work as an house for poor people than as business. I would need a big foaming machine and the posibility to buy airforms. Could you help me in this way please? Best regards from Europe!

Will it hold up to heavy snow

They have a chemical that prevents heat cracking that they used on my inlaws patio..

I'd be curious to see a 20lb sledge hammer taken to a couple of spots on it. Sort of like something blown against in a tornado. How long does the form take to make?

If you did an outer dome outside of the aircrete bricks/blocks insulation, you wouldn't even need to mortar the insulation bricks. Just stack them tight, then an outer mortar/reinforced shell.

Turn that dome into a shower room for your workshops

Why use aircrete bricks? Why not just spray the aircrete over that dome? I want a smooth, monolithic dome, without shaving/shaping bricks. I could wait four weeks before spraying aircrete. Am I missing something here?

How to get the air form done. Any place or link where you can buy such airform.

The tyveck is ink from air form removed ? ⬅️Yes Or that materials is so thin..? ⬅️No

There is only one problem, in my area where I live in Pennsylvania we have crazy building codes, you would never get away with this structure

Hello Harry, I'm a long time fan, but I've never commented till now. I live in Arkansas where we get a lot of tornado's and straight line winds. As you know much of the danger posed by a tornado/straight line winds is not the wind but the debris picked up by said wind. I was wondering if you ever tested one of your domes using the system the Texas Tech University, National Wind Institute, Debris Impact Facility developed? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gNVogtiCusnUd6M.html