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Building concrete slab houses.
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Previously:
Architecture of American houses - photo
Chinese mall rooftop houses - photo
Holdout houses compilation - GIF
Moving houses in San Francisco in the 1970s - photo
Stump houses - photos
Easy when you don't need to heat in the winter. Southern China they usually don't have heating. Even though its about as far south as Brownsville Texas. The Sea does make up for some of it. But it get really cold with the high humidity like around coastal Washington State.
Mark
Are the walls insulated? Ineresting but plastering the walls is a slow process.
I guess they used stranded wire for the ease of running it through conduit, I like the way they terminate the connections (not being an electrician or really any training on that stuff)...
I'd like to see more about how they terminate the wiring.
Great concept for here in Tornado country, Texas, but only if the concrete was made correctly. As previously mentioned, the interior walls would need to be finished out or you'd feel like being in a "prison" with windows. Not sure if this construction would sell that well.
I do not see how the walls or the slab is fastened down I think a srong wind could blow it down!
Gravity is a long term solution. It doesn't deteriorate with time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ralphxyz
if you're referring to the "bootlace ferrule" they used to terminate, I've been told by my sparkies not to use them in power applications, just instrumentation applications. Apparently the thinner walls of the bootlace ferrules will creep, unlike the proper crimp terminals used in power applications.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ralphxyz
Not to worry... the crimped ferrules were depressed by the connector screws, thusly, eliminating creep.Quote:
Originally Posted by desbromilow