I work for several builders, this is something I personally wouldn’t even consider.
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Why can't we build houses more efficiently?
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At the end of WWII millions of service men and women were coming home from war to build one of the greatest countries in the world. And they needed housing. We had factories all set up to prefab aluminum to make fighters and bombers. What a great idea!
Enter, the Dymaxion House...
https://www.thehenryford.org/visit/henry-ford-museum/exhibits/dymaxion-house/
Enter, the Dymaxion House...
https://www.thehenryford.org/visit/henry-ford-museum/exhibits/dymaxion-house/
No but I will find out next time I ride by and post it. Maybe get a couple of pics as well
it seems we have made some headway on being more effiecent, but it has not lowered housing pricing that I can see.
Housing prices get much higher its going to be out of reach.
A starter home around here is very close to 200k that is move in read or a little over. (1500 sq foot or less and no land).
That seems high cost of entry for the avg person trying to get a first home 25-30 years old.
Housing prices get much higher its going to be out of reach.
A starter home around here is very close to 200k that is move in read or a little over. (1500 sq foot or less and no land).
That seems high cost of entry for the avg person trying to get a first home 25-30 years old.
money? how many industries are going to shrink if this were the case?
I have seen housing in metal framing along with other conservation features. That home was much more expensive than any other home in the subdivision. And yes I bought a starter home in 1988 for $78k, 1400 sq ft up and down. Still live in the house. And I'm ashamed to tell what these houses go for now....
I remember a house I watched being built in East Cobb just of Johnson Ferry Rd. being built out of the steel studs used primarily in commercial buildings. This was in the 90s IIRC....it's still there today. Just the regular steel studs with pre-punched holes for BX cable and plumbing. Sheetrock just gets screwed to it with self-drilling screws.... I recently paid $7.04 for a 2X4 stud at HD I had to have for something; I'm guessing these u-channel studs have gotten very competitive with wood now.
