CEB

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Steps

  • Lay small concrete blocks or pads along the exterior perimeter of the building; use waterproof sealing compound to ensure zero water penetration underneath these blocks/pads
  • Ready the dirt site for loading desirable dirt by clearing away the topsoil.
  • Position the CEB Press such that its output can be carried by rollers to the area where the next wall will be constructed.
  • Start mixing batches of slurry to be used for adhering the CEBs together.
  • Operate the CEB Press, loading and unloading dirt into its hopper.
  • Apply slurry at the top face of the existing CEB wall (if none, apply on the concrete); also slurry side faces on the existing wall that can be contacted by the next block to be laid.
  • Lay a block on the slurried surface and position it evenly with contact on the slurried side face.
  • Keep operating the CEB Press, mixing batches of slurry, and laying blocks until the wall is complete.
  • Reposition the CEB Press for further wall construction.
  • Rework the dirt extraction site if the piles of usable dirt are dwindling.