Healthy House Made with Hemp You Should Know
We want to be healthy and
maintain the planet, but what typically trumps that desire is our greed (and
sometimes need) for cheaper products. Soon we might have the best of
both worlds. As people are becoming more educated on cannabis, laws are
starting to relax.
This is huge, and it’s not just opening the doors for getting high. A change in law will mean we can start using industrial hemp to replace ANYTHING made with plastic…and it’s cheap. Hemp grows fast and doesn’t require much work (not even pesticides).
This is huge, and it’s not just opening the doors for getting high. A change in law will mean we can start using industrial hemp to replace ANYTHING made with plastic…and it’s cheap. Hemp grows fast and doesn’t require much work (not even pesticides).
Hempcrete is made by mixing
together hemp hurds, lime and water. If you’re imagining a crumbly, weak
material — think again. Although it doesn’t bear the
structural weight of a house (if you were to drop a block of hempcrete into a
bucket of water, it would float), it provides well-insulated walls and
foundations. The material is durable, easy to work with, and cheap. It’s nearly
a third of the price of lumber, according to The Daily Good. To top it all off,
hempcrete boasts a great resistance to mold, insects and fire. It naturally
regulates temperature, so people with hemp homes rarely ever need to turn on
heaters or air conditioners.
A new home currently under
construction in Texas is taking advantage of all the good perks of building
with hempcrete. The owner of the property and designer of the home, Yoseff
Ben-Yehuda, originally imagined the house being built with more mainstreamÂ
materials. However, after much research he found hemp to be even more
affordable…and it will continue to be cheaper forever as he saves on heating
and cooling year-round.
Hemp has been used for centuries
Dating as far back as the 6th
Century C.E., hemp has been discovered in antique bridges and clothing, along
with other materials. The history of hemp is a powerful expression of the
versatility of this amazing plant. Today there are over 30,000 uses for hemp;
from eco-friendly textiles to fuel that doesn’t pollute the air.
Unfortunately building with hemp
materials is only readily available to people who live in states with relaxed
cannabis laws. There is no chance for abuse when it comes to hemp since it does
not contain any psychoactive ingredients; but it was grouped together with
marijuana in the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937.
It’s a only a matter of time
until hemp materials can be freely used in the United States, springing us
towards a cleaner environment.
This article originally appeared
on MadeByHemp