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Re:A house 3D printed from raw earth by kube-system on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @09:16AM (#26955412)
The structure also has to accommodate those features. They’re not wholly independent.
Re:A house 3D printed from raw earth by dcolkitt on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @09:35AM (#26955616)
With pex plumbing and high velocity HVAC, you only need to run small, flexible tubes through the framing. It should be relatively easy to print small, flexible holes for tubing. Agree that traditional ductwork and copper pipping would be hard to accommodate.
Re:A house 3D printed from raw earth by kube-system on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @09:55AM (#26955843)
Drainage is the hard part. The pipes are larger and require you to cooperate with gravity.
Re:A house 3D printed from raw earth by JAlexoid on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @01:33PM (#26958986)
Sewage is absolutely NOT a problem for a single story houses. No large sewage pipes are installed in the walls of all single story houses.
Re:A house 3D printed from raw earth by kube-system on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @01:41PM (#26959066)
Sometimes they are. My house is single story and has sewage pipes in the walls. Regardless of whether that is a requirement, the pipes have to go through some part of the structure to get to the outside, regardless of whether that's a wall, floor, foundation, etc.
Re:A house 3D printed from raw earth by throwaway316943 on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @02:05PM (#26959325)
It’s possible but only done for convenience where it makes sense to, not a requirement for new construction since you just put the pipes in before the pad gets poured.
Re:A house 3D printed from raw earth by quickthrowman on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @05:58PM (#26962263)
Your toilet pipes are inside a wall? That’s pretty strange, toilet drain pipe is usually 3” dia. Are there 90 degree bends? I don’t understand how or why you’d put a toilet drain pipe in a wall when the drain pipe is in the middle of a bathroom floor, not in a wall.

Are you sure you aren’t thinking of sink drains?

Re:A house 3D printed from raw earth by throwawayboise on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @03:59PM (#26960746)
Yes but GP said large pipes, e.g. for a toilet or the main pipe that connects to the municipal sewer. In a single-story house these would be under the floor. Pipes in the walls of a single-story house would be sink drains or vent pipes, and are narrower.