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Post by NigelMoore on Mar 20, 2018 10:43:38 GMT
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Post by bargemast on Mar 20, 2018 10:52:10 GMT
I saw that video a while ago, and I was most impressed about all the possibilities that this new 3D Printer technology offers. Cheap housing like that is a dream, as the house may be cheap but the obstruction will be in a country like the UK the price of the land to build it on. Still it's very clever, and would open many possibilities in places where the ground to build on is still (more) affordable. Peter. |
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Post by kris on Mar 20, 2018 10:53:53 GMT
Thanks for that, very interesting. Obviously the day doesn't include the foundations. But still very clever.
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Post by JohnV on Mar 20, 2018 15:45:36 GMT
Very interesting !!! could solve a lot of problems !!! (on the other hand I bet it comes with it's own set of problems ...... new solutions always seem to  ) |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2018 16:07:09 GMT
Is it actually cheaper than prefabricated units? Sounds interesting but I can't help feeling its a technothing at the end of the day.
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Post by NigelMoore on Mar 20, 2018 16:24:49 GMT
Well the website suggests the cost of the first approved house was about $10,000, the company just anticipated getting it down to $4,000. Plus, apart from foundations, it does not include the roof [nor does it say anything about integral services]. presumably also, there will be limitations on where the technique could be employed - cannot see how you would squeeze it between buildings in a terrace, or on an awkward sloped site, etc, etc.
It is still intriguing though, and though not a cure-all could certainly fit the bill for enough places to be an exciting alternative.
I am still wondering whether anybody has thought of/tried out building boats at this scale or less.
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Post by lollygagger on Mar 21, 2018 9:19:59 GMT
Excellent, go to a place already poverty stricken and put the builders out of work. Building the house a day faster should solve the local housing shortage because the problem isn't lack of cash is it? Building it with special cement and an expensive machine is bound to be cheaper than a fellow on $1 a week and a trowel?
Isn't the problem lack of money? Won't it pain locals seeing a house like this go up without employing as much local labour as it could? Knowing they could have built more houses with the same money, with tradditional techniques, employing more local people instead of some geeks and a machine that only does the easy bit must be annoying.
Another machine taking the place of some human endeavour.
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