Better Than Television – Cemento-Vision

Today was a great mileStone (forgive the pun).  We mixed concrete to fill in the block wall on our East end.

 

pastedGraphic.pdfIt all started with a mix of Portland Cement, sand, 3/8” gravel, and ground up polystyrene foam  (scraps from our forming material). This blend created a lightweight concrete mix that is a little easier to handle and uses up a byproduct of our building process.

 

pastedGraphic_1.pdfJeff commented on how mesmerizing it was to watch the concrete spin in the mixer. pastedGraphic_2.pdf

 

You can just make out the white bits of foam in the mix.  To make the pellets of styrofoam, I boxed in an area with the blocks large enough to hold an electric lawn mower. pastedGraphic_3.pdfpastedGraphic_4.pdfpastedGraphic_5.pdfpastedGraphic_6.pdf

 

I then covered the bin with a cloth and ran the lawnmower which produced a pile of little pellets. After sifting them through hardware cloth into a stock tank,  we ended up with the fourth ingredient for our lightweight concrete. Or is it a big barrel of cottage cheese?

 

3 comments

Anonymous
If it is a barrel of cottage cheese, did you put ketchup in it as i know you like that combo.
Monday, May 23, 2011 – 12:42 PM
Steve
My secret is out.
Monday, May 23, 2011 – 05:38 PM
looking good
looking good,’ I hope too build soon I have a ridge feeled with tree it go’s stright UP ….I would like a under ground home…I will keep comeing back to your ”dragonflyhill”  love it…Good Luck
Thursday, May 26, 2011 – 05:23 PM

 

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