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Re:Startup Builds Houses by Pumping Concrete into Inflatable... by inglor_cz on Friday October 07, 2022 @04:20AM (#33118647)
I was just watching the construction of my new home and they drilled into the brick walls all the time. [0]

None of the walls were empty, all were solid brick with no empty space.

It was quite a mess, though the guys doing the job were very professional and handled the dust disposal very well.

[0] https://imgur.com/a/A3i1ANg

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Re:Startup Builds Houses by Pumping Concrete into Inflatable... by pjerem on Friday October 07, 2022 @08:15AM (#33120192)
wow ! In which country are you ?

I've never seen something like this in France.

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Re:Startup Builds Houses by Pumping Concrete into Inflatable... by inglor_cz on Friday October 07, 2022 @08:27AM (#33120276)
The Czech Republic. I have seen this in all homes under construction that I saw, except for wooden ones.

Granted, it is a small set, N < 10.

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Re:Startup Builds Houses by Pumping Concrete into Inflatable... by pjerem on Friday October 07, 2022 @09:42AM (#33121153)
I didnt noticed that it was a picture of your inner walls. In France, we only use bricks/concrete for the structural walls. The inner walls are almost always "placo" mounted on steel rails. It looks like this : https://www.monsieurpeinture.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/... or https://www.monsieurpeinture.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/...
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Re:Startup Builds Houses by Pumping Concrete into Inflatable... by inglor_cz on Friday October 07, 2022 @09:55AM (#33121360)
Interesting. This is how ceilings are done here, but I haven't seen a private home with walls like that. Offices, yes.

This might be one of the reasons why Czech construction costs are so high. Expensive material everywhere.

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Re:Startup Builds Houses by Pumping Concrete into Inflatable... by toast0 on Friday October 07, 2022 @01:50PM (#33124682)
It looks like 'placo' is what USians call drywall or sheetrock. (pressed gypsum with a paper backing). We'd call those rails studs; low density residential construction is usually wood studs, but I've got a project going with metal studs because with current pricing trends it makes more sense; metal studs also require armoring electrical though, and there's some other issues depending on use case.
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