Does anyone have experience with homes built from Grancrete "ceramic concrete" sprayed onto styrofoam? As a geopolymer, Grancrete is functionally similar to shotcrete and gunnite, but it is a phosphate-based magnesium-oxide about twice as strong as Portland cement.
It is sprayed on both the exterior and interior of a styrofoam form. The compressive strength is rated up to 12 kpsi, and it has embedded glass fibers that help resist cracking.
It is a very quick-drying alternative to shotcrete, and it does not absorb moisture. This is
not Portland Cement. Brown Homes in Idaho builds stucco style homes using grancrete:
http://www.brownhomes.org/Grancrete/Grancrete.htmUnited States Patent 7402542:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7402542.htmlArgone Laboratory originally developed this concrete product for the DOE to encapsulate spent nuclear fuel. It is very strong, fire-proof, crack-resistant, non-absorbant, and acid resistant:
http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/Explorer/Fall_2004/honor_newmaterial.htmlIt makes a really nice looking stucco style home as well as countertops, showers, tubs, swimming pools, etc. and it is more reliable than concrete:
http://www.brownhomes.org/Brochures/Brochures_Photos.htmGrancrete is classified a geopolymer and also goes by the name "ceramicrete". I'll be experimenting with this product to repair damaged concrete flooring in the battery plant where I work. I'm a project engineer.