Organic Coating vs Foam Insulation?
Let’s get to the roof! Specifically, let’s discuss what we used to protect the roof and what choices we had: organic coating Vs. foam insulation. Grant settled on the roof with coating specialist to benefit from his technical expertise on this topic. By definition, roofs get exposed to everything nature can possibly throw at. Sun, […]
Finishing Details on Entrance
“Welcome home”! That’s what we will say…once we will be done with the Pods’ entrance. We’re not there yet, but we are definitely making great progress so it should come sooner than later. We are now working on the center dock, or in other words, what will become the porch of your future home. Specifically, […]
Smart Ring Testing
In a fairytale, you say ABRACADABRA, and magic happens. In our Pods, you have the NFC Ring Control! With the help of this ring, you have control of the smart home systems, appliances, and payment processes within a single convenient solution. At Ocean Builders, we love technology as much as we love sustainable living innovation. […]
Astro Autonomous Service Drone Initial Set up and testing
You know that time where you dreamed of having the batmobile you were playing with? It sure was Grant’s dream and his tenacity in getting Ocean Builders together made it come true as we are testing the The ASTRO (Autonomous Surface Transport & Recycling Operations) ASV(Autonomous Surface Vessel) This floating Batmobile-looking drone will be in […]
Making the Cabinets
While Ocean Builders is advocating for minimalism as a way to embrace a more sustainable lifestyle, we all need storage! Thus, we are designing and building all the Pods cabinetry in-house to ensure the best fit.The tiny house movement is very popular around the world as a way to reduce our possessions, and our Pods […]
Semi Finished Seating Area for the Wazebo
It’s “Crunch” time for the wazebo benches! We are very excited to put the final touch on these key elements of our Pods for one of their most important uses: relaxing. But for now, we only have a few days left before launch on the water! If you follow our promising progress, you know that […]
Bedroom In Construction on the water
A night at sea is nearly a reality as we are making great progress in the bedroom’s construction. Soon, we will launch it in the water and we are all hoping that Grant will let us enjoy a night in the Pod!Do you remember when around that time last year we were taking you on […]
Installing the Flooring
An important feature of every home is the flooring. We don’t often realize that because it is just there, but you know how we realize how important our toes are once we break them? That’s why we put so much care into installing the Pod’s flooring carefully. We had experience in installing this type of […]
Organic Coral Concrete???
August 2021: a team of visionary Ocean Builders achieved a major milestone by putting in the water the test tripod frame that will be supporting our futuristic floating homes. We then took it for a spin! A little bit more than a year later, we pulled it out for inspection. Spoiler alert, we are thrilled […]
Pulling the TriPod out of the water
Important steps are following each other for everyone here at Ocean Builders to get closer to the first Pod to hit the water. Today, we want to check how the steel structure evolved since we submerged it a little more than a year ago. It’s a heavy-lifting day for Ocean Builder as we are pulling […]
Skylight Controller
By now, you understand that Ocean Builders’ seapods follow a very important motto: design and practicality, all of which coupled with topnotch technology. This is with that mindset that the rooftop’ stunning skylight will be automated. The sunroof design has been a core part of the Pods engineering because we wanted to offer every guest […]
Making a Dock – Part 2
We are making some good progress on the dock and Grant is back to tell us a little bit about it. This dock is pretty big, at about 3×8 meters. The structure of the dock is concrete but the buoyancy comes from the core which will be mostly foam. We have a large steel mold […]
Moving the First SeaPod Eco onto the Water
Today is the big day! It’s time to finally put the SeaPod Eco on the water. This is not an easy job and requires a bit of teamwork but that’s nothing new for the Ocean Builders crew. We only get one chance to do this right so we are going to take our time and […]
New Concrete Division – Making a Dock
We have a quick update from Richard about the progress on our concrete dock. The crew is mixing all of the concrete by hand and then pouring and smoothing everything out. This concrete mix has four additives that provide different advantages over normal concrete so that it will last longer and be stronger. You can […]
Installing the Patio Doors
Now that the sliding windows are installed, it’s time to get the flat patio windows installed on the EcoPod prototype. These windows will be the door that goes between the kitchen area and the back patio and they will slide open to create a large open-air room. This is the first time that we have […]
First Test of the Smart Ring
Our Pod homes have tons of technology packed into them and one of the most intriguing is our smart ring system. This truly is “The One Ring to Rule The Pod” and it has lots of cool uses.The ring uses NFC technology just like contactless payment systems that you use on a credit card machine. […]
Installing the Windows
The crew has been working on getting the first of the EcoPod windows installed. We recently got the window frames installed and we couldn’t wait to get the first panes in place. These windows match the curvature of the home and slide open to provide fresh air, great views, and a very open feeling to […]
Launching the TriPod on the Water
The big day is finally here! It’s time to launch the floating TriPod base into the water. This is quite a complex task but we have a great team and a great lift operator to make it all happen.We started out by finishing up the last small details and getting the base strapped into the […]
Last minute preparations before installing the Pod on the water
The EcoPod is all painted and ready to go. We have the window frames installed and now it is time to get it mounted on the TriPod base that we put into the water. Today we are taking care of a few things that we want to do before the Pod goes on the water.Once […]
Rudy Talking about protecting the weld line
Rüdiger Koch Construction
It was a big moment for the Ocean Builders’ team when we pulled out the Pod’ spar structure from the water. How did the steel structure withstood one year in sea water?From being anxious about the outcome, we became very happy about how the outcome as the “organic concrete” (as we call the calcium carbonate […]