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Rotating house (Tom Scott) (www.youtube.com)
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[-] Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wow, that's actually some really clever engineering that went into making a hub for the utilities where the lines can all rotate together. I'd hate to be the one who has to fix it when something goes wrong though, it looks like a lot of that is probably bespoke, and replacing anything must be big $$$. Also it's hard to imagine that the sewage system is problem-free. I wonder if they have a masticator in the line somewhere.

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, he designed it himself, there's probably no documentation on it but the original one, and fixing it mean have to get the part made for it.

[-] okawari@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I figure if you buy that house in that location, the cost of having it fixed isnt even on your radar.

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Not the cost, but the wait time.

But yeah they will just live in their other house at the mean time

[-] okawari@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

For sure. Though, the sensors will pick up when the first of two seals break, you could potentially use the system while a replacement seal is being worked on. If you're feeling adventurous that is. ;)

[-] MeepMorp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I think I saw he has some patents on it in the video. You could probably use existing hardware and those patents to reconstruct as needed.

[-] giant_smeeg@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah that bespoke seal/rotating valve system looks like a large piece of metal that's custom machined to tight tolerances. That ain't going to be cheap.

[-] Magiwarriorx@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Does anyone have a good explanation for why sewer is above drinking water? Wouldn't it be safer to do it the other way?

[-] pm_me_your_trash@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I thought the exact same thing. But if it leaks you have more problems then sewage in your clean water...

[-] TheNakedFoot@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Natural gas and water in-lines are usually pressurized so it'd mostly be the other way around.

[-] AletheCrow@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

This house popped up on my YouTube last night.

It’s such a cool house, the engineering for the piping to also rotate via seal rings is really impressive. I think he also said it’s just a 1.5 HP motor.

[-] ProfThadBach@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

This guy as more money than sense.

[-] grissee@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

cmon, he's not hurting anyone

[-] joneskind@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As a former architecture teacher, all I have to say about those rotating house is that they’re dumb AF, costing a fortune in energy spending.

The landscape moves. So does your head on your neck, and your eyeballs in your skull, and your ass on your legs.

Pure stupidity.

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

They have played us for absolute fools.

[-] damnYouSun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Is it of the point about being in architect to design somewhat dumb things.

Architects always keep trying to reinvent bridge just so they don't have to make the same bridge twice. The best design for a house is a cube made out of concrete, but we don't build like that.

[-] thunderbird32@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago

costing a fortune in energy spending.

I'm curious where the energy waste comes in. The owner says it only takes a 1HP motor to move the building, so I can't imagine its very power hungry. What am I missing?

[-] crypticthree@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Horsepower doesn't measure the total energy needed to rotate the house because it doesn't capture the amount of time the motor runs for.

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