Hemp construction (photos)

Hemp can be used in the construction both as a building material and thermal insulation. Bonfire - natural and non-toxic material that has a mass of potential application areas. Mostly used in construction for the production of thermal insulation materials and as a filler for materials with improved thermal performance.

There is evidence, according to which the thickness of the walls at 400 mm with insulation from hemp fires for heating of 100 m2 must be in the winter season only 3 kW / h of electricity. The most widely used fire for the construction of private homes and cottages with wooden frame.

Stages dome housing with the help of hemp fires

Wireframe and domed building construction

Frame house with hemp fires

Hemp is used as fire insulation and sound insulation: floors, walls, roofs.

Building elements (walls)

Roof

Floor

HEMPCRETE, lightweight concrete, kind of arbolita using as organic filler hemp fires. Made from a mixture of fires binder (typically cement), inorganic filler (sand) and water; for mineralization fires and accelerate hardening mixture it is administered calcium chloride, sulphate of alumina, together with hydrated lime or other additives.

HEMPCRETE bulk density of 400 to 700 kg / m³. The material has a low heat and sound conductivity, easy to handle, not podverzhengnieniyu is a hostile environment for rodents and insects. To build a house with an area of ​​120 square meters. m. 1 hectare is enough that for the 14 weeks to grow to 4.5 meters. During this time, the plant absorbs a huge amount of carbon dioxide and did not require pesticides or herbicides.

Interior fittings

HEMPCRETE has a lot of potential applications, for example, replacement of wooden partitions to upgrade insulation. The material used for many years in Europe, for the construction of residential houses, commercial buildings or warehouse building.

Benefits of using HEMPCRETE really numerous. Although he never rests load bearing material adds strength to the entire frame of the building, which increases with time until the substance is gradually solidified.

Pretty low density makes it HEMPCRETE and extremely easy. It also possesses the properties of insulation, whereby the heating costs are reduced almost twice. Breathable material, which is why there is a natural ventilation and humidity regulation, which prevents the growth of mold and bacteria.

Hemp bricks

HEMPCRETE unlike bricks, has a wide range of opportunities for treatment in the process of construction and use:

• easily sawed, chopped, drilled, allowing you to quickly and easily customize the units to the desired size;

• allows you to drive nails and screws are used, making home improvement simple as a wooden structure;

• provides excellent connections with various finishing materials, plaster is held firmly on the wall surfaces without reinforcing mesh;

• able to operate at in excess of the maximum bending stresses (vibrations in the building due to shrinkage), and then to easily recover its shape, whereas all the bricks and similar materials are subjected to cracking.

Benefits of using fire in the building of houses

Increased resistance. Indicator resilience of these homes at times exceeds that of traditional buildings;

Low cost. It has been calculated that to build a house from hemp is much cheaper than, for example, brick or concrete;

The biological activity of the material. The unique properties of plants have a curative effect on the human body and depressing - to the representatives of all classes of fungi and insects;

Improved thermal stability. Another property of hemp, helping to maintain a higher level relatively constant temperature while periodically varying heat gain.

Benefits HEMPCRETE front brick

HEMPCRETE have a bearing properties of up to 3 floors - 600 kg / m3 (it belongs to the group of lightweight concrete), block sizes - 500h300h200mm (0.03 m3). In brick, with the same structural features - 1500-2000kg / m3, standard size - 250h120h65mm (volume of 0.00195 m3). Accordingly, the weight of a brick is at least 2.5-3.5 times greater than a similar amount HEMPCRETE. And given the differences in the thermal properties - the required weight of bricks to build a house of similar quality has to be 10-15 times higher. That is, even alone the cost of transporting the material does have a brick house is much more expensive. Because such an important distinction brick houses projects involve the use of a much more serious, so - and more expensive foundation.

When using HEMPCRETE obtain the following advantages over the use of bricks:

- Less weight and volume of the necessary materials;

- Lower costs for shipping and storage of materials;

- High ecological and biological stability;

- High heat insulation with less material;

- High seismic stability and strength;

- Simplification of finishing work and interior design.