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I always have to wonder if these 3d printed homes are insulated enough. I guess you could design some dead space and print some insulation in it, something like
by greesil 5y ago
I always have to wonder if these 3d printed homes are insulated enough. I guess you could design some dead space and print some insulation in it, something like a dual extruder setup.
- Turing_Machine 5y agoJust the dead air space might be good enough, in this case. This is southeastern Mexico, not Manitoba. You could always just blow the wall cavity full of foam or pellets, if you really needed the insulation.
- kragen 5y agoOr shredded phone books, newspaper, dandelion seeds, straw, scraps from cutting clothing, fiberglass, foamed sodium silicate, wadded-up aluminum foil, crushed lightweight firebrick, charcoal, sawdust, concrete foamed with detergent, LECA, pumice, vermiculite, perlite, rockwool, wood chips, palo borracho pod silk, cottonwood cotton, dry leaves, etc. Some of these would need to be treated with fire retardant, though being encased in concrete would cut down on the fire risk.
- acd 5y agoYou can always make air spaced insulation layers and fill the airgap with rockwool. Considering global warming this would probably be a good idea. Houses in Mexico are tradionally made of rock/concrete and act like a heat battery. Ie houses caputure heat during day and cold air during night traps that in rock like heat battery. Houses in Mexico from the 70s are surprisingly cool yet requieres no air conditioning. Mexico needs some home insulation during coldest winter months.
- mdp2021 5y agoMore precisely, how much the material acts as a thermal bridge. The issue is not with the gaps - they are the manageable part -, but with the printed parts conductive and close enough to the external.