Startup Builds Houses by Pumping Concrete into Inflatable Forms
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Startup Builds Houses by Pumping Concrete into Inflatable Forms
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Re: Startup Builds Houses by Pumping Concrete into Inflatable Forms
#2> Perhaps a more accurate description would be “houses built using giant house-shaped balloon walls that get cement pumped into them.”
Surely it would be better to call these injection moulded homes?
Re: Startup Builds Houses by Pumping Concrete into Inflatable Forms
#3This seems awful. The inflatable form is not reusable.
Re: Startup Builds Houses by Pumping Concrete into Inflatable Forms
#4I wonder how complex the design can be, could it work with a 2 story multi room home?
Re: Startup Builds Houses by Pumping Concrete into Inflatable Forms
#5> Perhaps a more accurate description would be “houses built using giant house-shaped balloon walls that get cement pumped into them.” Surely it would be better to call these injection moulded homes?
Injection molded would probably mean the mold is reusable where in this case, it is not. Maybe injection filled?
Re: Startup Builds Houses by Pumping Concrete into Inflatable Forms
#6This seems awful. The inflatable form is not reusable.
Well concrete is not waterproof (generally) so they are technically also using the form as waterproofing. It's pretty clever IMO but you'd need rebar at the very least for any structure worth building...
Re: Startup Builds Houses by Pumping Concrete into Inflatable Forms
#7> Perhaps a more accurate description would be “houses built using giant house-shaped balloon walls that get cement pumped into them.” Surely it would be better to call these injection moulded homes?
Injection molded would probably mean the mold is reusable where in this case, it is not. Maybe injection filled?
Pneumatic casting?
Re: Startup Builds Houses by Pumping Concrete into Inflatable Forms
#8This seems awful. The inflatable form is not reusable.
Well concrete is not waterproof (generally) so they are technically also using the form as waterproofing. It's pretty clever IMO but you'd need rebar at the very least for any structure worth building...
It seems like a high amount of complexity. Lots that can go wrong.
I’ll take tyvek and wood :)
Re: Startup Builds Houses by Pumping Concrete into Inflatable Forms
#9This seems awful. The inflatable form is not reusable.
Well concrete is not waterproof (generally) so they are technically also using the form as waterproofing. It's pretty clever IMO but you'd need rebar at the very least for any structure worth building...
Insulation might be nice once it gets chilly.
Re: Startup Builds Houses by Pumping Concrete into Inflatable Forms
#10This seems awful. The inflatable form is not reusable.
Well concrete is not waterproof (generally) so they are technically also using the form as waterproofing. It's pretty clever IMO but you'd need rebar at the very least for any structure worth building...
Concrete construction without rebar is more durable and worth bringing back.