After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 64

After settling the resources, the group soon gathered around to see the draft of the house to study it.

The maximum built area allowed by the system for a level 1 Custom building was 300 square meters. It had no other limitations on the floor area.

She and Eugene had initially considered doing 3 floors with 100 sqm each floor, but later decided against it when they found their systems—and the available materials—could only fight so much gravity.

They had to recalculate a lot of things because they found out the gravity was nearly twice that of Terran!

Their bodies were just strengthened, combined with the stressful situation from the get-go, that they didn’t feel the difference!

In the end, they opted for a house module of 2-storeys, with each floor about 120 sqm in size.

It had two bedrooms per floor, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom.

For single detached houses, each house had its own septic tank that processed the waste to fertilize the front and backyards by the newly studied waste stabilization techniques from Terran.

The sitting toilet was made of carved stone, which was a bit uncomfortable for those who grew up with porcelain toilets, but it was enough for now.

They didn’t even have the most basic ceramics, how could they have porcelain?

The pipes were fine because they could choose system materials—which wasn’t a huge collection—and they could find a decent waterproof stone alternative.

Speaking of, the pipes were all internal within the property. For now, people would still have to get their water from the river or the spring. She simply didn’t have the capability to create the utility infrastructure as of yet.

Each floor would also have its own water tanks, with pipes to the kitchen and bathroom. The waste water from the sink will also be maximized.

After combing through her notes, she had found a plant with similar properties to corn cob, which can be used to purify gray water.

In this way, no water would be wasted at all. Very sustainable. And she was quite proud of that.

They also made the early low-tech versions of a biogas digester for gas. The cooking gas it could produce was limited, but it would be enough for a small team to use every day.

Further, the stones they found were less porous and could be used in this relatively simple construction.

They didn’t want that thing to smell after all.

There were also double walls, high ceilings, and other techniques like provisions for heated floorings and good ventilation.

This was in case of extreme weather changes, whichever direction it was. They added insulation sheets under the roofs, made from local materials, of course.

During the half day drawing of the blueprint, Althea also tested a lot of the plants she hoarded on the way.

One of which was hemp and other plants they could obtain straw from. There were also metamorphic rocks they found that would be a good fire retardant, so they didn’t have to worry about the insulating materials catching fire.

It was similar to asbestos, except the carcinogens were non-existent.

Even if there were carcinogens, she doubted it would cause damage due to their improved physiques.