The process is getting slammed in comments over there with questions about steel reenforcing , electrics, doors, windows and plumbing.
I’ll add that at present the system appears to only be able to do curved outside corners, sharp corners only when internal walls come to a “T”.
The lack of square corners appears to be a limit of the specific extruder design, which is illustrated with trowels only on 2 sides. If construction absolutely must have square corners I can see a fairly simple modification to the extruder that should do the job.
While the design doesn’t appear to work with conventional steel rebar, there are fiber reinforcement methods that should work, some demonstrated on concrete canoes.
The comments raise valid points. The technology will make it quick and easy to make a shell of a house. I don’t know if it can also do some form of roof. Still, there’s a lot of work remaining before that house will be livable. Plumbing, electrical, HVAC, flooring, trim, cabinets and other detailed work take far longer than building the shell of a home.
The process is getting slammed in comments over there with questions about steel reenforcing , electrics, doors, windows and plumbing.
I’ll add that at present the system appears to only be able to do curved outside corners, sharp corners only when internal walls come to a “T”.
The lack of square corners appears to be a limit of the specific extruder design, which is illustrated with trowels only on 2 sides. If construction absolutely must have square corners I can see a fairly simple modification to the extruder that should do the job.
While the design doesn’t appear to work with conventional steel rebar, there are fiber reinforcement methods that should work, some demonstrated on concrete canoes.
The comments raise valid points. The technology will make it quick and easy to make a shell of a house. I don’t know if it can also do some form of roof. Still, there’s a lot of work remaining before that house will be livable. Plumbing, electrical, HVAC, flooring, trim, cabinets and other detailed work take far longer than building the shell of a home.