Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoThe cement that could turn your house into a giant batterywww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down18
arrow-up170arrow-down1external-linkThe cement that could turn your house into a giant batterywww.bbc.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareFiveMacs@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·5 months ago20yrs later you need a new foundation…probably. I didn’t read the article at all
minus-squareBombOmOm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoYeah, a friend had their basement cement cut and repaired to fix a sewage line. I can’t imagine how much more expensive that would be if they had to worry about the entire basement floor immolating when cut.
minus-squareOsaErisXero@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoI would imagine a production version of this would have predefined cut lines to pull a chunk out for working on stuff in or under the foundation
20yrs later you need a new foundation…probably. I didn’t read the article at all
Yeah, a friend had their basement cement cut and repaired to fix a sewage line. I can’t imagine how much more expensive that would be if they had to worry about the entire basement floor immolating when cut.
I would imagine a production version of this would have predefined cut lines to pull a chunk out for working on stuff in or under the foundation