Michael Holigan: Bill, it saws pretty easy. What is it?
Demonstrator (Bill Abbate of Hebel Aerated Concrete 800-354-3235): It's basically 80 percent air, 20 percent concrete. It has woodworking properties, although it is a concrete product, and what you see here is a complete construction system. You can build every part of the structure of the walls, floors, roofs, the entire structure out of one material.
M.H.: And it looks like you're building a castle, with big blocks?
Demonstrator: Yes. Various sized blocks from this size all the way up to a jumbo block, which is inside there. The panel systems are used for standing like floors and roofs systems.
M.H.: Okay. If it's 80 percent air, how much strength does it have for high winds?
Demonstrator: It's very, very good. A typical 8, 10 foot wall's going to support 5,000 pounds a running foot, no problem. Much more than you would typically have in residential construction. One of the neat things about the system is it's a very, very highly energy efficient system. Also, bug proof, termite proof, fire proof, very, very sound resistant. Has a lot of properties that's different, a variety of different materials rolled in to one material.
M.H.: And you said very energy efficient. I take it that's because of all the air that's trapped in it? It's actually an insulator.
Demonstrator: Yeah, nonmoving trapped air is a very, very good insulator. In addition to that, you have thermal masks with this material and you can see you have nowhere for air to infiltrate the product so you also wind up with a very air tight home.
Contacts:
Hebel Aerated Concrete
William Abbate
800-354-3235
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