I am on the Arizona desert and was looking for a machine to make blocks. I was getting really discouraged until I came across your video. Thank you so much for posting this information. This has helped me save a whole lot of frustration and time. 😊
Thank you for finding our video and commenting!😊we are glad that our video was helpful. It is discouraging when nobody sees it. Lol. We posted this video almost 6 months ago and we haven’t had a chance to get our block making going yet. 😅 We hope we get to it soon and make more videos regarding that! Thank you again!
I live in the USA, and my house in Niger, Africa, was built by a contractor with a compressed earth block. I am happy with it. The house is relatively cool during the hot season. I get to your site because I want to order a similar machine in China to ship to my country for my house extension. Thx for sharing
Thank you for finding our video and commenting! I’m glad to hear that your house in Niger is doing well and temp controlled!! That’s what we want. 😊 Importing a big stuff from another country is nerve racking but as long as you have clear communication with the company, it shouldn’t be too complicated. Good luck on your house extension!! A Happy New Year!!
Am also talking the same journey, I got my block machine, sieve, pan mixer, and soil crusher about 2 months ago. Now am saving to buy a piece of land where I can build. I am happy to see folks with the same mindset taking the challenge to should sustainable homes. One thing I saw on you videos that could make your bricks not turn out good is the that, you have the soil too wet. The soils should be a little moist where when you make a ball it holds its shape but when you drop or crush it disintegrates easily… Kudos again. Will Definately subscribe to your channel and follow your progress
We still have to play around with the mixture for sure. If it is too dry it doesn't come out of the mold as a brick it crumbles when we pick it up. I am assuming that it will get better as the first ones we made were just with basically the topsoil. If we dig down a foot, we should have a higher clay content. But again, we will just have to see :) Did you get your place or still looking?
@@leeslivingoutofthenorm Still looking, had a few hiccups but I am getting there... My machine is still in my garage, hoping to buy a 3-phase 480v generator to make some brick samples.
I applaud your efforts. When working with any machine you must stay focused and always think about every move. If you become fatigued, rest and then resume your work. I am sure you will figure things out in time.
Thank you for your nice comment! It is definitely a lot of work even before we get to actual block production. Definitely fatigues cause accidents and we need to be really careful. We hope our block making is successful. Wish us luck!! Have a great day!!
Thank you for finding our video! We are excited about our new adventure. It will be lots of trial and error but we are determined to build our house with this unique machine. Thank you for your comment!
minuto 3:55 Les doy los tips para que el ladrillo salga asi como en el video de Alibaba: tienen que cernir muy bien la tierra, la mezcla de arena y cemento se humedece muy poco porque sino no quedará bien el producto final
Thank you for finding our video and commenting!! We still haven’t had a chance to work with this machine yet but hopefully soon we get to do that!! Have a great evening!!
Fabulous machines! I am so looking forward to seeing you guys are able to build with your blocks!! We will be doing internal walls with our Hydraform Compressed Earth Block machine block.
I just got notice that my machine is ready and I am in the process of filling out my PoA for the importer as it gets ready to start its voyage across the sea. Mine is going to be a bit more money (thanks Biden), but it will still be considerably cheaper than the American machines and a lot more versatile with the interchangeable molds. I am getting the channel molds like you have (I want to be able to run utilities), U molds (for the bond row) and a paver mold (for patios/driveways). I figure I can cut full blocks in half to get the half blocks. I went with a diesel option because the electric option requires 3 phase induction power. So if you think yours may be pulling more power...it probably is. Your dirt looks a bit clumpy. Like you, I only got the press. I did not get a full line with the grinder, the sifter, and the conveyor belts, but I would like to upgrade to a whole line in the future and turn it into a business. I wonder if your bricks might turn out a little better if you could get a finer sift on the dirt? I need to figure out how I am going to do that manually. One step at a time. I'm looking forward to seeing your progress. Feel free to share mistakes so I don't have to make them, LOL.
That is awesome! Yea we will be figuring it out on our own. We were just grabbing whatever dirt was loose so the clay content might be lower but it is something we will play with. As far as the electrical draw it is something I will need to figure out for sure. There will be videos to come. Thank you for the comment and subscribe!
On a side note I’m not sure grinding it finer would make much difference with our soil. But again. We will be testing it out. I also thought about doing it as a business but baby steps.
@@leeslivingoutofthenorm You probably already know this, but ensure that you are not using topsoil. The organics in the topsoil will undermine the integrity of your bricks. Fill dirt (the stuff under the topsoil) is supposed to be best.
@@leeslivingoutofthenorm If the two of you are able to build a retaining pond for Monsoon Rains... all the dirt you would need is at the bottom of your pond. We will be getting our material from the base of our mountainside... a lot of good clay to bind the material together. We may have to add sharp sand to cut the clay down.
This is excellent information. Subscribed. As to why more people in the US don't use these? I think overall the US is still so locked into traditional expensive construction. As I mentioned my clay/caliche soil literally creates a 1 inch "platform" under my shoes while walking on my property on a rainy muddy day. I am thinking if you folks were willing you could rent this out when you are not using it to other off-grid folks. Respectfully said as that may not be part of your thoughts and plans. Thanks again for this excellent video.
Thank you Don! We think that earth block making is very time consuming and if you hire contractors to do this, probably it will be very costly. Funny thing is that many people who have seen our machine or blocks, asked us if we are doing this for business. We definitely consider that in the future but we are not quite there yet. We have to make blocks successfully first so we can teach people how to make blocks successfully. We are not on our land full time so our progress is very slow. But we are determined! Wish us luck! Hopefully someday we invite you to check out our machine! Have a great evening!! Looking forward for your next video!!
Imagine the process of baking muffins. You non stick spray or baking sheets. Wishing you guys the best. Im in process of house design in phillipines, id love to build with earth blocks.
I think it had a one year maybe but I wouldn’t see how it would be effective. You would have to ship it. I just figured if something breaks I’ll weld it or glue it or replace it. :). Thanks for the comment!
then; you also need another mold plates with flat edges for exposed corner because your eyes will dislike seeing those grove on each bricks end when you left it exposed
@@rimzalia1362 when the time come, we may decide to buy another one but as of now we will stick with this. And see how much we can get out of it. First we need to learn to make blocks. We haven’t had a chance to do that… 😭Thank you for your comment. Have a good rest of the year!
It is actually possible to use a route and table and cut key-ways of any kind into the block. If you want rebar installed vertically you can use a hole out drill or press to do that as well. A little more work but it is cheaper than purchasing more molds or having to tear down the machine to replace a mold.
That my friend is a loaded question. For the sake of simplicity labor, parts, insurance, and taxes are all higher here. Not to mention the red tape it takes to open a manufacturing facility.
Saludos amigo, estoy viendo tu video y estas cometiendo un error: la mezcla de arena y cemento en la tolva de la maquina está muy humeda, no debe tener mucha agua la mezcla porque sino el labrillo sale como pudiste ver.
Thank you for finding our video and commenting! Yes it is definitely too wet. We will make it less wet next time. We haven’t had a chance to work with our machine lately but we will definitely let you know how things go!
the reason is zone and code enforcement in most regions are insane. I own one of these but not an alibaba one, an older mexico one. Here in Colorado they are very much against people moving here and have code against moving soil.
Thank you for finding our videos and commenting! We are having some issues with the machine but we are still determined to use this machine to make blocks!
Hi, thank you for watching our video! No, we don’t know how. We purchased our machine a few years ago and we haven’t contact them since. Are you building with compressed earth block now?
@@leeslivingoutofthenorm I still dont know I've only made a few small batches. I think the cinva ram should be ok for a small shed and maybe a small house.
Thank you for finding our video and commenting! We definitely used too much water last time. We didn’t show on the video but we sifted our soil with quarter inch mesh screen😊 We hope to get this production going soon. Thank you for your advice. Have a great day!!
Takes over 5000 blocks for a small house. The more expensive machines are automatic. That means high production. This machine was a waste of money. Rammed earth is much faster. Use the same mix in the wall and rammed it down.
You are right. Rammed earth is much faster, and we may be waisting out time. But this is what we decided. I was looking into rammed earth previously. I think at some point we are planning an outdoor shower and doing it rammed earth. Thanks for taking the time to message us. First building we are going to make is the pump house. That will tell us a lot and then we will adjust from there.
I am on the Arizona desert and was looking for a machine to make blocks. I was getting really discouraged until I came across your video. Thank you so much for posting this information. This has helped me save a whole lot of frustration and time. 😊
Thank you for finding our video and commenting!😊we are glad that our video was helpful. It is discouraging when nobody sees it. Lol. We posted this video almost 6 months ago and we haven’t had a chance to get our block making going yet. 😅 We hope we get to it soon and make more videos regarding that! Thank you again!
I live in the USA, and my house in Niger, Africa, was built by a contractor with a compressed earth block. I am happy with it. The house is relatively cool during the hot season. I get to your site because I want to order a similar machine in China to ship to my country for my house extension. Thx for sharing
Thank you for finding our video and commenting! I’m glad to hear that your house in Niger is doing well and temp controlled!! That’s what we want. 😊 Importing a big stuff from another country is nerve racking but as long as you have clear communication with the company, it shouldn’t be too complicated. Good luck on your house extension!! A Happy New Year!!
Am also talking the same journey, I got my block machine, sieve, pan mixer, and soil crusher about 2 months ago. Now am saving to buy a piece of land where I can build. I am happy to see folks with the same mindset taking the challenge to should sustainable homes. One thing I saw on you videos that could make your bricks not turn out good is the that, you have the soil too wet. The soils should be a little moist where when you make a ball it holds its shape but when you drop or crush it disintegrates easily… Kudos again. Will Definately subscribe to your channel and follow your progress
We still have to play around with the mixture for sure. If it is too dry it doesn't come out of the mold as a brick it crumbles when we pick it up. I am assuming that it will get better as the first ones we made were just with basically the topsoil. If we dig down a foot, we should have a higher clay content. But again, we will just have to see :) Did you get your place or still looking?
I am not an expert but saw making compressed earth blocks, I can say your mix is a bit too wet
Then you know the drill - moist but not wet! I hope you build comes out just the way you desired as well!! Congratulations!
wow, is it simple ? I am interested in buying some machine for my garden , is it possible to buy them ?
@@leeslivingoutofthenorm Still looking, had a few hiccups but I am getting there... My machine is still in my garage, hoping to buy a 3-phase 480v generator to make some brick samples.
I applaud your efforts. When working with any machine you must stay focused and always think about every move. If you become fatigued, rest and then resume your work. I am sure you will figure things out in time.
Thank you for your nice comment! It is definitely a lot of work even before we get to actual block production. Definitely fatigues cause accidents and we need to be really careful. We hope our block making is successful. Wish us luck!! Have a great day!!
Awesome so glad this content popped up! Wife has told me about natural earth materials to build a house. 👍🏼
Thank you for finding our video! We are excited about our new adventure. It will be lots of trial and error but we are determined to build our house with this unique machine. Thank you for your comment!
minuto 3:55
Les doy los tips para que el ladrillo salga asi como en el video de Alibaba: tienen que cernir muy bien la tierra, la mezcla de arena y cemento se humedece muy poco porque sino no quedará bien el producto final
Thank you for making and posting this!
Thank you for finding our video and commenting!! We still haven’t had a chance to work with this machine yet but hopefully soon we get to do that!! Have a great evening!!
Fabulous machines! I am so looking forward to seeing you guys are able to build with your blocks!! We will be doing internal walls with our Hydraform Compressed Earth Block machine block.
Thank you for finding our video and commenting! You are on the same journey as us! That’s encouraging!! Good luck to both of us!!
I just got notice that my machine is ready and I am in the process of filling out my PoA for the importer as it gets ready to start its voyage across the sea. Mine is going to be a bit more money (thanks Biden), but it will still be considerably cheaper than the American machines and a lot more versatile with the interchangeable molds. I am getting the channel molds like you have (I want to be able to run utilities), U molds (for the bond row) and a paver mold (for patios/driveways). I figure I can cut full blocks in half to get the half blocks. I went with a diesel option because the electric option requires 3 phase induction power. So if you think yours may be pulling more power...it probably is.
Your dirt looks a bit clumpy. Like you, I only got the press. I did not get a full line with the grinder, the sifter, and the conveyor belts, but I would like to upgrade to a whole line in the future and turn it into a business. I wonder if your bricks might turn out a little better if you could get a finer sift on the dirt? I need to figure out how I am going to do that manually. One step at a time. I'm looking forward to seeing your progress. Feel free to share mistakes so I don't have to make them, LOL.
That is awesome! Yea we will be figuring it out on our own. We were just grabbing whatever dirt was loose so the clay content might be lower but it is something we will play with. As far as the electrical draw it is something I will need to figure out for sure. There will be videos to come. Thank you for the comment and subscribe!
On a side note I’m not sure grinding it finer would make much difference with our soil. But again. We will be testing it out. I also thought about doing it as a business but baby steps.
@@leeslivingoutofthenorm You probably already know this, but ensure that you are not using topsoil. The organics in the topsoil will undermine the integrity of your bricks. Fill dirt (the stuff under the topsoil) is supposed to be best.
@@byronlaw6724 Yes, we are planning to dig at least 2ft down. 😎
@@leeslivingoutofthenorm If the two of you are able to build a retaining pond for Monsoon Rains... all the dirt you would need is at the bottom of your pond. We will be getting our material from the base of our mountainside... a lot of good clay to bind the material together. We may have to add sharp sand to cut the clay down.
This is excellent information. Subscribed. As to why more people in the US don't use these? I think overall the US is still so locked into traditional expensive construction. As I mentioned my clay/caliche soil literally creates a 1 inch "platform" under my shoes while walking on my property on a rainy muddy day. I am thinking if you folks were willing you could rent this out when you are not using it to other off-grid folks. Respectfully said as that may not be part of your thoughts and plans. Thanks again for this excellent video.
Thank you Don! We think that earth block making is very time consuming and if you hire contractors to do this, probably it will be very costly. Funny thing is that many people who have seen our machine or blocks, asked us if we are doing this for business. We definitely consider that in the future but we are not quite there yet. We have to make blocks successfully first so we can teach people how to make blocks successfully. We are not on our land full time so our progress is very slow. But we are determined! Wish us luck! Hopefully someday we invite you to check out our machine! Have a great evening!! Looking forward for your next video!!
i am interested to see how this works... i looked into buying one of these a while back...
We are too! Lol! We haven’t had a chance to go out to our place to work with it! But hopefully soon! Thank you for watching and commenting!
Keep up the good work! Hopefully starting in Thailand next year doing the same.
Outstanding. Have you tested the soils and figured out your steps in the workflow yet?
Did not test yet but I do know the steps. I will use cavity walls for the bedrooms to make sure they keep longer cool at night using aircon.
Maybe...it might be better just to buy those bricks there ua-cam.com/video/FfkI2r95uJM/v-deo.htmlsi=Jhx9-Ai0eWDMmb9O
While blocks cur in machine using the oil can help dry out block when you pull it out
Not sure what you mean but I’m interested. :). We use compression and then they cure outside of the machine. Thanks for the comment!
Imagine the process of baking muffins. You non stick spray or baking sheets. Wishing you guys the best. Im in process of house design in phillipines, id love to build with earth blocks.
Thank you! We will try that! Good luck on your build as well!
Warranty?
I think it had a one year maybe but I wouldn’t see how it would be effective. You would have to ship it. I just figured if something breaks I’ll weld it or glue it or replace it. :). Thanks for the comment!
Since the mould is part of the machine; you need to buy another one that make U brick for water pipe, electrical and rebar.
The plate on the top and bottom can be switched so we do have the mold for doing the u brick
then; you also need another mold plates with flat edges for exposed corner because your eyes will dislike seeing those grove on each bricks end when you left it exposed
@@rimzalia1362 when the time come, we may decide to buy another one but as of now we will stick with this. And see how much we can get out of it. First we need to learn to make blocks. We haven’t had a chance to do that… 😭Thank you for your comment. Have a good rest of the year!
It is actually possible to use a route and table and cut key-ways of any kind into the block. If you want rebar installed vertically you can use a hole out drill or press to do that as well. A little more work but it is cheaper than purchasing more molds or having to tear down the machine to replace a mold.
Thank you for sharing your experience. Do you know why the American machines are more expensive?
That my friend is a loaded question. For the sake of simplicity labor, parts, insurance, and taxes are all higher here. Not to mention the red tape it takes to open a manufacturing facility.
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Saludos amigo, estoy viendo tu video y estas cometiendo un error: la mezcla de arena y cemento en la tolva de la maquina está muy humeda, no debe tener mucha agua la mezcla porque sino el labrillo sale como pudiste ver.
Thank you for finding our video and commenting! Yes it is definitely too wet. We will make it less wet next time. We haven’t had a chance to work with our machine lately but we will definitely let you know how things go!
Red soil also use
the reason is zone and code enforcement in most regions are insane. I own one of these but not an alibaba one, an older mexico one. Here in Colorado they are very much against people moving here and have code against moving soil.
Thanks for the comment. That is crazy, are shovels illegal? I’m just kidding. We’ll see how it goes. A lot of earth building going on in this area.
i for one think that is awesome. bricks are epensive.
Thank you! Hopefully we can create thousands of blocks with fractions of the cost.
Excellent video thanks 🤠👍💕
Thank you so much!! 😊💕
Excellent video! :)
Thank you for finding our videos and commenting! We are having some issues with the machine but we are still determined to use this machine to make blocks!
What is the Psi strength of this brick
We are not sure yet. I have seen different numbers but won’t know until we start making more.
Can you send me the info on how to order this from alibaba?
I have to pull it up and see what manufacturer we got it from. I have bad memory.
Subscribed. Thank you.
Welcome aboard!
I think you put most water on the mix
We haven’t had a chance to experiment different mix yet but many told us we should put less water. Thank you for your advice!😊
Is anyone planning to get this in Texas? Would be nice to pitch together and get the machines. As we all can end up building one after the other
Good luck to you!
Can you cook them in kiln?
I’m not sure. I have not looked into doing it.
How much is a hydraulic press machine.
Thank you for finding our video. It was around 6k a few years ago. Have a great day!
Love it
Thank you!
Is this a alibaba purchase?
Yes it is
Do you know how to buy moulds? I tried contacting them and got nothing back?
Hi, thank you for watching our video! No, we don’t know how. We purchased our machine a few years ago and we haven’t contact them since. Are you building with compressed earth block now?
@@leeslivingoutofthenorm I'm not currently building with Compressed Earth Blocks but I bought a small cinva ram and plan to start with a small shed.
@@Tamales21 How is that? How many blocks can you make in an hour? We have no idea how our block production would be. We wish you a best of luck!!
@@leeslivingoutofthenorm I still dont know I've only made a few small batches. I think the cinva ram should be ok for a small shed and maybe a small house.
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La mezcla tiene demasiada agua..... Muchisima
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Thank you for finding our video and commenting from Owerri! It must be a beautiful country!💓
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Thank you🎈
The material is too wet
We agree. We think it’s too wet. We hope we go out there next month and get more things worked out! Thank you for finding our video and commenting!!😊
Your dosage is not optimal , too much water and you need to sift the soil .
Thank you for finding our video and commenting! We definitely used too much water last time. We didn’t show on the video but we sifted our soil with quarter inch mesh screen😊 We hope to get this production going soon. Thank you for your advice. Have a great day!!
that dirt looks way too wet
its a learning process. Last time we had an electric issue that we are still working through.
Brick
We are trying to call it earth “block” because they are not baked like bricks but we go back and forth on calling it brick. Haha .
Tomato tamaaaaato!
One of the selling points is the blocks are bullet proof. What have we become?
I don’t need it to be. Just a way of saying it is strong.
Takes over 5000 blocks for a small house. The more expensive machines are automatic. That means high production. This machine was a waste of money. Rammed earth is much faster. Use the same mix in the wall and rammed it down.
You are right. Rammed earth is much faster, and we may be waisting out time. But this is what we decided. I was looking into rammed earth previously. I think at some point we are planning an outdoor shower and doing it rammed earth. Thanks for taking the time to message us. First building we are going to make is the pump house. That will tell us a lot and then we will adjust from there.
Rammed earth walls are nice but you have to buy a lot of wood for the forms.
@@shesoutthere387
4 pieces of plywood. 16 2x6s. 16 bar clamps. This is reusable for the whole project.
nah rammed earth is not much faster,you need strength and endurance,no one made rammed earth kingdom even when humanity were still so poor back then
@@leeslivingoutofthenorm Perfect way to learn how to build with the block. Keep it small and you will succeed to bigger projects!
😂😂 You are USING IT WRONG 😂😂 you ARE MISSING the NET to remove the small rocks and other soils
Yup we pre-strained the dirt. We used 1/4 inch fence to do it. Thanks for the comment