Rotating House!

[jedi]

Everingham Rotating House - Home

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

I dig it!

But I think living in the old Jail in Crawfordsville would be more cool.

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[Scutter01]

Cool house! I wish they went into more detail about the plumbing and electrical linkages. I don't want to see a picture of their freaking piano. Show me how the house WORKS!

 

[jedi]

From the website it said that the plumbing is on the INSIDE of the house witin a core which appears not to come. So it looks like they have a smaller "inner core" circle an an outer one. don't think u can build that here in IN with all the COLD.

 

[Scutter01]

From the website it said that the plumbing is on the INSIDE of the house within a core which appears not to come. So it looks like they have a smaller "inner core" circle an an outer one. don't think u can build that here in IN with all the COLD.

That's why I want to see more of the construction. At some point the rotating part has to interact with the non-rotating part in such a way as to allow you to still flush the toilets.

As for the cold, I don't see how it would be any different than building a regular house here in Indiana.

 

[ATM]

I dig it!

But I think living in the old Jail in Crawfordsville would be more cool.

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-J-

The old rotating jail is cool but I think of jails in general as places to just visit.

 

[rambone]

Maybe the plumbing is part of the inner core that doesn't rotate.

 

[Scutter01]

Maybe the plumbing is part of the inner core that doesn't rotate.

That's what the website says, but again, it has to interact with the rotating part at some point, otherwise you either have to locate all gas and water on the interior wall (which means your kitchen and bathrooms aren't included in the rotating part) or you have a way to maintain the connection through a rotation. That's why I'd like to see details.

The Eagle's Nest in downtown Indy works this way. The outer section with the tables for seating rotates but in the inner section with the kitchens is fixed in place.

 

[hornadylnl]

They make swivel air fittings so I don't know why drains couldn't be done in the same way. Especially since drains aren't presurized. The electric would be easy. Copper rings and fingers.

 

[MyGlockRocks19]

I can't build a rotating house, but I CAN make a revolving room...!

 

[Archbishop]

This intrigued me so I did a quick search and found these two short videos.
Start watching either of them at about 3 1/2 minutes to see more about the mechanics, but neither vid is really that detailed.

YouTube - Everingham Rotating house Discovery Channel

YouTube - Everingham Rotating house Better homes and gardens

EDIT: watch this video even though it glossed over the mechanics, it made it more clear for me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrm59kO5B60&NR=1