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Re:Thomas Edison's Concrete Houses in Montclair, New Jersey by throw0101c on Monday October 30, 2023 @11:04AM (#38070322)
> there are a lot of benefits to

One disadvantage: much harder to do changes / remodelling down the road.

Cinder block may be better for later flexibility than poured concrete:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_block

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Re:Thomas Edison's Concrete Houses in Montclair, New Jersey by samtho on Monday October 30, 2023 @11:31AM (#38070717)
Most of the time, rebar and concrete is placed and poured in the vertical column created by laying the block effectively turning into a vertical slab. It’s so much easier to build a wood-frame dummy wall on the inside to house utilities.
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