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aerohead 03-16-2019 01:57 PM

3D-printed house for under $4,000 (US)
 
There's an Austin,Texas,USA company using a 3D printer to build houses for as little as under $4,000 (US).
CBS Evening News did a short piece on it the other night.I just GOOGLED it,and there's a few YouTube videos available.
Maybe that 800-million tons of plastic going into the Pacific Ocean each year could be diverted.

cRiPpLe_rOoStEr 03-17-2019 10:47 PM

Seems like bureaucracy will become the highest cost involved in construction.

rmay635703 04-10-2019 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr (Post 593887)
Seems like bureaucracy will become the highest cost involved in construction.

10-100k for bureaucracy

samwichse 04-10-2019 09:06 AM

That's probably the cost for the structure.

Now add electrical, plumbing, windows, flooring, drywall, doors, cabinetry, etc...

Shaneajanderson 04-10-2019 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr (Post 593887)
Seems like bureaucracy will become the highest cost involved in construction.

In much of America, it already is.

freebeard 04-13-2019 01:03 PM

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I just GOOGLED it,and there's a few YouTube videos available.
What search terms did you use?
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That's probably the cost for the structure.

Now add electrical, plumbing, windows, flooring, drywall, doors, cabinetry, etc...
Cost/sq ft is more significant. I'm experimenting with 3D printing for a (model) tiny house. The estimating I use is 1/3 for the shell. 1/3 for the foundation and floor and 1/3 for the fenestration and utilities.

Shaneajanderson 04-14-2019 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by freebeard (Post 595975)
fenestration

I love seeing words like this used correctly

jamesqf 04-14-2019 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by samwichse (Post 595639)
That's probably the cost for the structure.

Now add electrical, plumbing, windows, flooring, drywall, doors, cabinetry, etc...

Not to mention the land, which in some areas is going to cost a good deal more than the house itself. FTM, you can buy a tiny house-sized travel trailer for $12K or so.

freebeard 04-14-2019 11:11 PM

When I was in college the rule of thumb was (for a suburban lot) 1/6th for the land 5/6ths for the structure. I don't know that that's still valid.

The tiny house would need a $2400 lot. Maybe rural Arizona?

cRiPpLe_rOoStEr 04-15-2019 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by samwichse (Post 595639)
That's probably the cost for the structure.

Well, most likely...


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Now add electrical, plumbing, windows, flooring, drywall, doors, cabinetry, etc...
Makes me wonder if pressed circuits could eventually make its way into the electricals of a modular house.


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