Will YOUR next home be PRINTED?

[Massageman]

Mega-size "printers" now extrude patented concrete paste to "print" finished concrete shells for homes. Interiors can be left as is and just painted, or can be finished using traditional building methods for a more conventional finish.

Exterior & interior walls with insulating air gap being "printed" with concrete.

The first "printed concrete" home built by Habitat for Humanity.

[Daniela1982]

That is indeed interesting. I really wonder how much it costs vs. traditional foundation building. The picture looks like it needs to have a rail installed around the house for the printer to ride on. It looks like some concrete footing are needed for that. Then do they just leave the footings for the rail or have to remove it? Seems like you would need lots of room for all this which would make it difficult to set up and use in tight lots.

[Massageman]

A foundation - appropriate to the location (down to frost level plus strong enough to bear the weight)- is still required. In most projects, the rails for the print head are supported only on wide platforms to distribute the weight: not on a poured slab. Yes, if they were building on "city-sized" lots, there would likely be some size issues. The savings comes from having one person watching the machine run, and a couple of drivers bringing in the concrete or running the on-site "mini-plant" that would mix it right there. One of the original uses was to provide (almost) "instant shelter" for the homeless or marginally homeless. They can be "out of the rain" within 3 days, but then the inside has to be trimmed out, unless they want to stare at rippled concrete all day. Of course, the pic I used (for clarity of showing the functionality of the "printer") uses a fairly wide-angle lens, so the distances of the widths appear more than they are in reality (for the same reason, that's why boobs and butts look bigger than life on those selfies the gals shoot- wiiiiide angles).

[Daniela1982]

Just like icing on a cake.

[Massageman]

Very crunchy concrete cake.

[exitseven]

Maybe parts of it will be printed.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[Jltakk]

If my first home is printed, I'm ok with it. I have given up on the joke of a real estate market.

[Massageman]

Thanks for the read.

[007kingifrit]

no. they can't be 2 stories tall and are pretty uniform. plus the cost of moving the printer to different sites is high so it isn't even going to be used in poor countries

[Massageman]

Thanks for reading.

[DiegoO]

I doubt it.

[Massageman]

Thanks for reading.

[strateguy632]

probably too expensive for me.

[Cassie88]

Will they come in A4?

[Bilal420]

Yes i hope so

[Massageman]

Thanks for giving it a look.

[captainggaming]

I doubt it.

[Massageman]

Me. either - thanks for taking a look.

[Anonymous]

Good take.