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I curious how good the infrastructure -- the plumbing/electrical/network/appliance hookups -- are in this sort of thing, and how repairable the fixtures are. If
by MilStdJunkie 2y ago
I curious how good the infrastructure -- the plumbing/electrical/network/appliance hookups -- are in this sort of thing, and how repairable the fixtures are. If I have to sledgehammer a wall out to replace a bad outlet, I think that would get pretty old pretty quick. Having built some boats, and having lived in an old abandoned boat through college (somehow getting the thing shipshape on undergrad money, although I took shortcuts that would curl my hair now) I can testify that the hull is the cheapest part of the boat. All the other stuff is the hard part. Houses are sort of like that, but a lot less critical than a boat hull at sea. The walls and roof are just chunks of stuff.
- MattRix 2y agoThis is a good video about a real housing development (ie. not just a single demo house) that explains a lot of those infrastructure details: https://youtu.be/Y-4S7cdo3tY https://youtu.be/Y-4S7cdo3tY
- anfilt 2y agoThe thing is a conventional framed walls go up just as fast, all the other finishing in both styles of building is where all the time is spent. In that video they still are using conventional trusses as well. If you have ever driven by a building site after the foundation is poured and dried. Then drive by in the next day or two often you see pretty much all the walls are framed and standing sometimes even have all their sheathing on the walls. It's the finish work and all the small details where all the time is spent.
- imtringued 2y agoWhen I look at robotics transformers like RT-1 I'm left scratching my head why nobody has tried to build a robot to apply grout/plaster. At some point robotics transformers will be so good that they could learn directly from human demonstrations.