I think this gona change the way we build houses is kenya in a big way.

I was at Hongkong Ceramics at Plaza 2000 and saw the wall panels. Made of cement and polystyrene in between; they provide an economical way of building a house.

A panel goes for 2,500.00 for internal walls per piece and 3,000- for external walls. They are light and easily transportable. You need a few fundis; 2 to 4. You can put a whole house in 14 days excluding the floor slab.

A 10ft by 10ft room requires about 25 slabs. Approx 67,000.00. Minus roof and floor. A 10 by 10 mabati room costs almost 40,000.00

NHC has put up a factory for the panels in Mulolongo. I am going there today to have a look.

Just imagine what this can help us achieve. This is what I will use for my City and shags house.

http://www.nhckenya.co.k...mp;id=109&Itemid=68


Watch video here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Npxw3WHO1s

This is from the NHC website - Rink above. Hope it answers you.

"The EPS Factory was established at Mlolongo area - Mavoko of Machakos County in Eastern Province, a short distance from Nairobi, in May 2012 by National Housing Corporation which is wholly owned by the Government of Kenya at a cost of around KES 1 Billion."

"The use of the EPS panels was in fact approved by the Kenya Government as far back as 1996, based on the production of a model house and examinations carried out then."

Please share your findings and pictures: madaraka.apartments@gmail.com

How does this techonology fare in terms of cost comparison to using stones?

What were your findings at EPS??