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Seems like there'd be a market opportunity to automate or at least create an assembly line for constructing the most at-risk parts of buildings. Or to make sys
by bradfa 7y ago
Seems like there'd be a market opportunity to automate or at least create an assembly line for constructing the most at-risk parts of buildings. Or to make systems which might cost more in materials but assemble correctly with low skilled labor quickly.
I'm sure there's lots of this already going on. New houses built recently near me have all the walls delivered on a truck preassembled, but the skill and quality of the assembly teams from house to house has been interesting to watch from afar.
- Gravityloss 7y agoThere is some interest at least here to avoid composites (combining different materials) and instead make for example the wall out of one material, just make it thicker so it can handle strength, insulation, sound proofing, breathing and other demands. An alternative is to make sure that all materials are breathable and dryable. But even things like glues can be problematic. I have seen houses that have been almost completely made out of pure timber (no glue!), nails, wool, clay and chalk. Some steel joiners. No glue. They don't even have regular paint in the rooms, it's clay with a hemp mesh inside and then chalk on top, or some such. I don't know how the bathroom was handled.