Orin Raichart I'm not sure of the weight or the R value but I do know the R value is fairly significant. I have seen guys put a propane torch to it for several minutes, like 10 to 15 minutes on 2 or 3 in. peace and still not feel the heat. I do not have an accurate way to measure other than bathroom scales and measuring cup an I like to keep things quick and simple. The main thing I'm concerned with when I make my sub floor with aircrete, other than being structural
enough to hold the weight of a 1 or 2 inch hard concrete floor is to have enough insulation to give a good thermal break from the earth below. It would also use a little less Portland than a solid concrete floor and then with solid concrete you would have to put insulation under for a thermal break. How toxic is it to make that blue foam, plus I figure it is at least half the cost of The blue foam.I may even consider trying a cob floor on top of the aircrete subfloor.
R Scott, interesting concept, cob-foam or aircob. I may try some experiments with that. maybe even add a small amount of cement to help stabilize it, or plaster of paris or hydrocal. Crap here I go spending more money on experimentation.
Thanks for watching guys.