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To: garjog

So who puts in the electrical, plumbing, heat/AC, doors, windows, etc? I am imagining electric wires strung on hooks across all the walls. And concrete floors.... ouch! What will anchor it to the ground? Will it begin to slide when the ground around it turns to mud in a storm? Will the roof be concrete too?

That 24-hour-house will still need months of work to be livable.


33 posted on 01/09/2014 3:26:28 AM PST by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie)
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To: Apple Pan Dowdy

Yep, won’t be long and the construction trades will be a thing of the past thanks to technology. More people unemployed. But then, it will take one or two people to operate the new equipment.


35 posted on 01/09/2014 3:31:23 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: Apple Pan Dowdy

The concrete walls are hollow with an insulating filler. It would probably be possible to put the wiring and plumbing in there during construction. You simply put an aluminium utility run, with an access panel, in the wall, and and the printer prints over it.
The technology is not mature, but it is interesting and has a lot of potential. The houses in the pictures were butt-ugly, though.


41 posted on 01/09/2014 5:36:05 AM PST by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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