Re:Thomas Edison's Concrete Houses in Montclair, New Jersey
by Animats on Monday October 30, 2023 @04:47PM
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Yes, you can, but people don't like it. There's classic Wiremold, but put that in a house and the value drops. There is an exposed plumbing as an aesthetic thing, but it's not popular.[1]
[1] https://www.graana.com/blog/concealed-vs-exposed-plumbing-di...
Re:Thomas Edison's Concrete Houses in Montclair, New Jersey
by tomcam on Monday October 30, 2023 @05:02PM
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Didn’t know that was a thing. I love it.
Re:Thomas Edison's Concrete Houses in Montclair, New Jersey
by einpoklum on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @07:55PM
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The link gives me:
"The owner of this website (www.graana.com) has banned the country or region your IP address is in (IL) from accessing this website."
I guess maybe it's a protest against that genocidal war the government here is waging on Gaza.
I'd like to introduce you to a magical invention... it's called "ducts" :-)
You can have them behind walls, above ceilings, between rooms, between housing units etc. Of course, if the building was not build with maintenance in mind, or neglected to consider future potential needs (e.g. HVAC not catered to in buildings from the early 20th century) - then you have to run things on the outside; but even in those cases, new external ducts can often be constructed, using concrete or other materials (e.g. metal frames and whatever you like as cover, e.g. cement-board, sheet metal etc.)