WikiHouse – Open source, modular, wood based, zero carbon housing

Re:WikiHouse – Open source, modular, wood based, zero carbon... by sigstoat on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @01:15PM (#32753374)

> If a house is pre-planned, you can use a machine that cuts each board to length, and join the ends of each board using basic joinery processes that aren't practical when building a site-built home. You can pre-fabricate things like trusses and wall segments

aren't prefab trusses readily available these days? i feel like i've seen plenty of trailers hauling stacks of 10 timber trusses down the road.

we've also got prefab homes (not mobile/trailer/whatever homes), with modules assembled in factories and brought together at the site. unfortunately they seem to carry class connotations here in the US.

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Re:WikiHouse – Open source, modular, wood based, zero carbon... by kristov on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @04:57PM (#32756749)

A mate of mine used to work in a place that manufactured segments of regular wood framed houses. They had painted outlines on the floor, so they could cut and assemble 2x4 frames at great speed. I think you would need to make a truly massive number of these before a robot would be more cost effective. I also think that 2x4 construction would create less waste than parts CNC cut from ply sheet.

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Re:WikiHouse – Open source, modular, wood based, zero carbon... by bombcar on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @06:48PM (#32758187)

They exist and they can be designed to take advantage of things like making sure each room is designed to use full board lengths, no cuts (8 foot stud walls, for example).

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Re:WikiHouse – Open source, modular, wood based, zero carbon... by monknomo on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @03:33PM (#32755511)

yeah, prefrab trusses, prefab sip panels, modular houses, trailers and prefab houses divided up into rooms that can be trailered and joined onsite all exist

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