All these hurricanes might kick off a new modular house trend.
All these hurricanes might kick off a new modular house trend.
I don't mean double-wides, I mean quality modular houses.
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Why? there isn't much difference in cost possible as site built is mostly using pre cut materials as well.they go up faster but don't save that much when you demand quality. They also are very limited in floorplans. Anyone actually in construction understands where the real problems are and they are not things modular can solve.
Buh? Site has a ton of on site construction: woodwork, running wires, pipes, fucking everything. Prebuilt in a factory can get way more efficiency.
All that is done in the factory too. Done in much the same way.
Site built just brings the factory to the site and gets semilar efficiencies.
Factory has the capacity to be far more efficient. Assembly line style.
People hate it when all houses are the same and that limits what eificience you can get.
Just like different car models you can have different house models if the market is big enough.
shipping a complete house is expensive. site construction is very efficient and well setup for quick building with minimal people. And because you don't have to design for what can fit on roads ends up almost as cheap while being more flexible-
i'm not arguing that site built is just as cheap only that it isn't much more expensive and the other benifits make it worth it.
Site construction is not efficient at all. Like at all. It's horribly inefficient. It's pretty much the worst industry I can think of. There's a reason why factories exist. I don't think we're going to see eye to eye on that, so we don't need to keep saying the same thing back and forth.
Yes shipping is an issue. That's why regionality is important. If hurricanes keep hitting the same area, that will create regional demand.
*Also, it's not shipping a complete[d] house (which yes can be done too), it's a modular house. That's the whole point of the post.