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  • #16
    Re: What about using starch based packing peanuts for insulation instead of vermiculi

    Originally posted by david s View Post
    It still takes tons of fossil fuel energy to heat perlite, vermiculite or expanded clay to the temperatures required in the processing.Straw with just enough slip (liquid clay mixture) is still probably the most sustainable solution.
    Gudday Davids
    You right there.... But in your climate just as mine it just would not work.
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    • #17
      Re: What about using starch based packing peanuts for insulation instead of vermiculi

      To make insulated bricks didnt they use sawdust in the mix and it burns away leaving air pockets?

      or

      http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3529/...e3e7a24e_m.jpg

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      • #18
        Re: What about using starch based packing peanuts for insulation instead of vermiculi

        Thanks for posting that document David. Had not seen it before. Interesting way of testing it on the hotplate. Would be intresting to test more materials that way like airated concrete, superwool, calsil etc. I know by the isolation value's that calsil board is one of the best insulators, but it never tells me if it would be worth the price compared to super cheap airated concrete or the probably even cheaper airated concrete you are making.

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        • #19
          Re: What about using starch based packing peanuts for insulation instead of vermiculi

          Originally posted by nachtwacht View Post
          How about using Expanded clay aggregate. They are a good alternative. On some of the build video's by Italian masters I have seen them use it and here I have a "wood fired oven shop" that also swears by them.
          Like most insulators used in Europe they are poor insulators. Put it in a category with Tuff, sand and grog.

          Yeah, that was me, I use foam all the time. Seems no one else has followed suit with the idea. It's a better insulator than vermicrete and cheaper too. I use it 50/50 with vermicrete now.

          /Users/davespizzaovens/Downloads/foam-concrete-18447.html
          I've tried, nobody in the US will even consider selling me the stuff without selling me a machine first. I'd really like to see what I can do with it.

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          • #20
            Re: What about using starch based packing peanuts for insulation instead of vermiculi

            [QUOTE
            I've tried, nobody in the US will even consider selling me the stuff without selling me a machine first. I'd really like to see what I can do with it.[/QUOTE]

            Yes, I've been through all that too. Tell the sellers that you already have a foam generator. Making your own foam generator is quite simple. Look at the foamcrete thread and you will see how I built mine. It is quite efficient and cheap to make.
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            • #21
              Re: What about using starch based packing peanuts for insulation instead of vermiculi

              Originally posted by cobblerdave View Post
              Gudday Davids
              You right there.... But in your climate just as mine it just would not work.
              Regards Dave
              It works fine, but you need to keep it dry.Ok for dome insulation.But I wouldn't use it under the floor.
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              • #22
                Re: What about using starch based packing peanuts for insulation instead of vermiculi

                Interesting idea. My concern with using foam concrete as insulation would be off-gassing of the chemicals especially in an area under the floor. I would think that would happen even more rapidly during oven use too.
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                • #23
                  Re: What about using starch based packing peanuts for insulation instead of vermiculi

                  In the production of Hebel they use aluminium powder that reacts with the lime to produce hydrogen, which then bubbles through the mix to froth it up. The process is very secretive and access to their factory is really difficult. By the time the product reaches market there is no trace of hydrogen left. I should imagine that foamcrete would be the same. It is the physical properties of the detergent like stuff that creates the foam, the bubbles are filled with air and only a minuscule amount of the concentrate is required. The concentrate makes 1000 times its volume and is itself 75% water. Check the foamcrete thread, the chemical composition of the stuff is there.

                  I toyed around with using cellulose powder in place of cement to make vermicrete, but gave up as it's not economical.Also discovered in researching this stuff that it is widely used in foods. They add the stuff to grated cheese to prevent it from clumping when frozen.It is basically wood fibres.
                  Last edited by david s; 09-26-2013, 03:16 PM.
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                  • #24
                    Re: What about using starch based packing peanuts for insulation instead of vermiculi

                    In eastern ma see griffin greenhouse supply for vermiculite

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                    • #25
                      Re: What about using starch based packing peanuts for insulation instead of vermiculi

                      Back in the olden days ( 1970s) we used to make foam concrete by adding aluminium powder to concrete to make it foam. Regarding the peanut shells has anyone considered charcoal which is way was used in Aladdin thermos flasks

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                      • #26
                        Re: What about using starch based packing peanuts for insulation instead of vermiculi

                        Griffin greenhouse in Tewksbury mass for vermiculite

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