Odessa foam house is made to last, builder says
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- Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2020
- KHP Homes, based out of Wesley Chapel, is building a custom, waterfront home in Odessa. They're doing with a material that looks like something we've all pulled out of a delivered package. It's an expanded polystyrene product, also known as plastic foam.
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It would be nice to see an update to this story now that it is 19 months later.
The Steel Structure with the Super Insulating Foam,
is a Great Idea.
Warehouses, garages, pharmaceutical factories have been using this material for years, in EU Cyprus we call it sandwich panel
wait a minute. you're telling me that polystyrene is 100% recyclable? since WHEN? you're saying that all those McDonald's cups and Fazoli's to-go boxes are recyclable? FOR REAL?
Probably turn into houses
Yes it is recyclable but most dont bother because of impurities
I am going to need a yearly update on this
They’re literally building a Walk In Fridge Cooler 👍😂
Steel-skinned SIPs are hands-down, the best solution for homes built below the permafrost belt. It's too bad regulatory issues are holding it back. Most jurisdictions require engineer's cerified/sealed plans to build with this material... imparting significant delay and cost between the concept-to-construction phase. Given how much easier and faster it is to build with these panels, states should really be developing code standard contractor outlines for their use, if they have any interest at all in addressing energy efficient housing, and residential development times.
I was reading polystyrene is banned in US to be used as food containers does this also apply for prefab housing?
Makes a lot of sense!
No termites ... 👍
Anyone remember “Amhome” home builder in Wesley chapel they did the same construction.
1:37
Steel costs a lot of more? WHERE IS THE SAVINGS?
1:40 ??? 3 or 4 dollars more?
You DON'T HAVE ANY SAVINGS.
*THIS HOUSES SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED ON FLORIDA WITH ALL THE NASTY HURRICANES.
PERIOD.
Steel framed structures secured with screw fasteners vs wood frames held together with nails, are MUCH stronger. There's a reason large modern ships are made from steel and NOT wood.
Good luck with that. This is not new. Maybe this time will be different? It might be more cost effective if they just limited to using it on the roof???
More expensive than wood, think about how expensive it is already to build a home.
Great concept. Now how about windows to even slightly match up with the build.
🔥 I just googled polystyrene fire rating and every top answers from reliable sources said it is combustibl not like this person says in video.🔥
I think the reason for this claim is that the EPS is sealed inside of a steel casing. There's no oxygen for the EPS to combust and it would never be directly exposed to flames. It would likely only melt. And since nothing else in this structure is combustible, the fire would be fueled by something like furniture or a Christmas tree, something that wouldn't burn long or hot enough to do any real damage to steel. This short news clip didn't have time to explain any of this.
Need a foam garage.
1:20 the internet says it’s not recyclable.
I’m ! Staying with wood
So what are they covering it with??? Concrete???
No thats a company in arizona or florida but they do a concrete layer and actually cost less than a regular not like this guy that says it more expensive and based on alot of accounts ive seen they are juast as great and reduced by 50% in electricity bill
i cant wait for someone jumping thru a house and yelling "OH YEEEAHHHHH!" becomes a reality. I've been waiting my whole life, really.
You can do that with conventional stick construction.
Nice. However, unless you will be living in the home for at least a decade it wont be worth the additional cost you pay for it. the first quarter of 2019, homeowners who sold their homes had owned them an average of 8.05 years, down slightly from a record high of 8.17 in the fourth quarter of 2018, reports real estate research firm ATTOM Data Solution. Florida's energy prices are on the high side. Residents pay an average monthly electricity bill of $126.44, based on information from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). That's 13% higher the national average of $111.67.
Wow, we're in Louisiana and our electric bill runs 426.00-500.00 a month
In Tampa 126/mo would be a dream electric bill for most.
Mine is $130.00 a month for a one bedroom apartment in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.
Everyone should research styrene.
I would be concerned about fire risk
Bought a cup of coffee at McDonalds this morning.... in a paper cup.
Ask New Zealanders what they think of polystyrene houses. They have been using it for decades. 20 year life before rot sets in?
what rot buddy?
it's made from organic chemistry but the final product is essentially inorganic, how can it rot? it's also vapor permeable.
you should be asking that question to your american-style houses made out of unfinished timber that is then covered in drywall which is not breathable (not vapor permeable) making it so all the moisture gets absorbed by the wood.
@@matheusfaria7230
unfortunately I was taken to see it with my own eyes in Auckland when on a business trip about 15 years ago. What I saw was definitely polystyrene and rotting.
@@gregculverwell
What was there was not rot, maybe fungus allodged on the microscopic spaces it has (since it's breathable).
Even then, that's not the material's fault, that was failed planning. It probably was way worse on the side that was resting against the wall than on the inside face.
If you build a house with vapor barriers (which I find to be an atrocity unless it's a bunker) and then you place a breathable material in a damp enviroment resting against the vapor barrier all the water vapor will try to escape through the breathable material, which will then meet the vapor barrier (the wall) and accumulate in that in-between space.
@@matheusfaria7230
It's a long time ago now, but from what I remember the damage was on the exterior of several walls and particularly a south facing wall. The material was crumbling and I was told that it was due to moisture penetration. I was told that it was a common problem after about 20 years.
Given that the person who was showing me this issue was the owner of a building supplies company, I suspect that he knew what he was talking about.
@@gregculverwell
Well that's it then.
Polystyrene just like most polymers is not UV stable (which means that it degrades/breaks down under sunlight).
It must've been exposed for at least quite some time. If that was not the case the only other explanation possible would be for whatever was making contact with it to be made of metal and by getting overheated over and over again because of some unplanned exposure it softened the polystyrene making it weaker and weaker overtime (conventional polystyrene products are injection molded at just 60 Celsius even though it just melts at 200+).
Non combustible materials but yet toxic during a fire. I don't see why this Styrofoam steel coated sandwich house can withstand a hurricane or lightning strikes.
Everything is toxic during a fire bro
no termites..
feeds fire.
Steel will rust.
So these are what they use building house an selling the house from mid 300
hey shoot a 2X4 at it travel 220 mph. what happens?
More expensive doesnt jive with me 😭
Is styrofoam nonflammable? HMMMMM
There goes my 45lb family portrait.
Anyone who lives in a styrofoam house will tell you they fail in a short time in elements of heat and/or water. Google Brad Pitt’s utter failure in New Orleans. Thanks for stopping by Brad, wish you’d never have come to save us!
Since when is wood not sustainable?
As if homes arnt unaffordable as is
I like my video freezes her face at the end of the video.😱👀
its combustible. anyone who tells you anything different is a liar.
The Demons cratas are going to be really mad. I'm 💯. Sure
🤣 what a joke
Toxic
Still need fossil fuels to create the foam...
Cheap home builder making excuses for their cheapness is all I hear lol