New giant 3D printer can build a house in 24 hours

NDTV Gadgets ^ | January 13, 2014

[DocJhn]

No plumbing electrical or havc????

[DocJhn]

Hvac!

[UB355]

Exactly

[Political Junkie Too]

I’d like to look at straw bale building...

That reminds me of the SNL parody commercial of the new car called The Adobe.

-PJ

[Captainpaintball]

Do you have pics of this? I’m trying to imagine it in my head.

[null and void]

Fiber reinforced concrete can be quite strong.

[blackdog]

No I do not. The entire neighborhood had houses made from concrete walls, floors, and roof. Every house was the same. The forms for pouring the houses were steel, lifted by cranes. Then the roof was lowered and pinned in place. The wiring, plumbing, and heating ducts were in the poured floor. The windows were all metal framed crank open types which were mortared in and caulked. No overhead lighting. Just lamps from conduit run exposed up the wall on the interior.

Ugly and bunker looking, but they will still be standing in 2,000 years. Very utilitarian, or usonian as Frank Lloyd Wright would say. I say just Spartan.

[kjam22]

That’s a pretty lousy floor plan there.

[kjam22]

We’ve learned over time that heat and air ducts in the floor weren’t really such a good idea.....

[sheana]

I don’t know. Would have to see where each room is. Of course I hate the floor plans for most houses. They could be made much more liveable. I seem to always find something wrong with them.

[blackdog]

I prefer the piping of boiler water thru schedule 80 stainless piping with aluminum fins spaced 10" apart in the slab. It works fantastic.

In the summer, use a chiller to pipe the same water thru the pipes. Just not so cold as to make the floor sweat.