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This workshop you will learn how aircrete is made, block pouring, building techniques, meshing, arch form construction, dome design, and more!
No building experience necessary, go home feeling confident that you could build your own dome.
After the workshop you will have access to online video tutorials and you will always be able to contact us for help with any questions you may have while you build your own dome.
Centre of Applied Permaculture at Crystal Waters
The Centre of Applied Permaculture provides the skills we need to adapt to climate events. We design and build resilient systems using locally available materials in all terrain and climate.
Learn all this from our range of hands-on courses and events
Aircrete is aerated cement; a mix of cement, water, and dishwashing liquid.
The complicated explanation is that aircrete is a lightweight cementitious material that contains stable air cells uniformly distributed throughout the mixture. It is a concrete which utilizes a stable air cell rather than traditional aggregate. It is also called cellular concrete, foam concrete, light weight concrete, aerated concrete, etc.
A 20kg bag of cement produces 70-80 litres of Aircrete
There are many benefits to Aircrete in the appropriate application. It is inexpensive to produce, it has good compressive strength, it bonds well, is easy to work with, self compacting, self leveling, uses less material, offers enhanced sound and heat insulating properties. Aircrete is very easy to clean up and can be removed with only hand tools.
• Precast Blocks and Panels
• Floor Slabs
• Poured Insulated Roof and Floor Decks
• Underground Pipe Insulation
• Acoustic Floor Underlayments and Shock Absorption
• Load Reducing Fill over Underground Structures
• Fill for Abandoned tanks, mines and pipelines
• Replacement for Unstable Soils
• Bridge Approach Fills
• Land Fills
Check with your local building department for specifics. Sunshine Coast Council has approved an aircrete dome home at Flaxton, owner built!