Posted on 03/13/2021 5:08:12 AM PST by zeestephen
Barely a month ago, a 3D-printed house was listed for sale to the public for the first time in the U.S. Now, a small, 3D-printed community in Texas is following suit. Another, larger community in California is also in the works. In other words, 3D-printed real estate is taking off in a big way.
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I lived in Austin in the 90’s. When I was there, you stayed away from East Austin. Come to think of it...I’d stay as far away from away Austinistan as I could now.
so what is printed?
Looks like regular stick built to me
farmworkers?
Well, if I had 10 million illegal immigrants streaming across the border, hoping to survive off checks from Uncle Sugar, I would certainly need a quick and easy way to build communities where they could be housed in storage shed units.
“ICON prints the homes on site, using its Vulcan construction system, which spits out a “proprietary extrudable concrete”...
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Calling it a 3D printed house is an exaggeration. Typical for the press. It’s an extruded concrete foundation, which I would have to wonder about its cost-effectiveness compared to the typical form-built foundation. This “3-D” is just hype.
I had to look.. ;'}
VERY simple hollow block and concrete materials
Been going on since the '80's
The first floor walls are also extruded.
These companies are smoke and mirrors. Note that the printed part amounts to just a small portion of the walls for the home and could have just as easily been done with CMUs (concrete masonry units) in lesser or equal time and cost.
Putting up a few walls is only one step in hundreds to build a home, so unless they can print wiring, plumbing, windows, drywall, fixtures, cabinets, trim, etc, etc, it is just a gimmick.
Silicon Valley is all about smoke and mirrors. Pump a company till IPO and make a quick exit before people figure out it’s all BS.
I’d hate to live in one of the middle units. Must be like living in a cave.
Hello, senors and senoritas, welcome to Home Sweet Dumpsters.
This is not an exaggeration. The lower level goes down with very little labor and it goes quickly. Eventually they will certify two story construction, perhaps even roofing. Imagine building a house with three people, someone to run the printer, an electrician and a plumber. Concrete is cheap.
Nice white walls just begging for gang graffiti ...
Looks like updated Soviet construction
with three people, someone to run the printer, an electrician and a plumber.
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Then the process will improve, eliminating the electrician and the plumber.
I think the foundation and the concrete first floor. I’ve seen a 3D printer that prints with concrete.
A company owner told me why we are heading in the direction of automating everything. He ticked off rules and regulations and taxes he had to pay. Add to that paid mandatory grieving leave and paternity time for both parents and paid holidays, etc, and he was forced to charge $150 dollars per hour. Even the moving company that packed and loaded my sister’s house charged $150 per hour. The packers told me they got minimum wage. There’s unemployment “insurance” (a tax on employing people), bonds, medical insurance and fines for the tiniest infraction, like being a bit late on submitting your money to the state in taxes.
Then come things like housing inspectors, who know if they delay in approving your completed project you will go bankrupt so they get money under the table to approve your job. The state is there in ever increasing ways to get money out of you. While on hold with the tax office the helpful recording told me how the local government had done all sorts of things to improve life in the county all without raising homeowner’s taxes. Instead, the raised taxes on rentals. My taxes have double in ten years. I only have one vote and my renters, if they do vote, always vote the wrong way to keep their rents under control.
So, expect more automation and more unemployment as a result. Ain’t government grand?
I grew up in south Florida.
Our hollow block house was built in the 1940s. The roof was trussed into concrete wall slabs.
From the 1940s to the 1970s, I never saw a house blow down or a roof blow off.
Then, the state or county changed the building code.
By 1980, if storm winds gusted to 100 mph, entire neighborhoods would be destroyed.
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