Hello everyone,
My wife and I are just starting to take the first steps toward building a house. We have purchased the plot of land and roughly set the budget. Initial discussions with architects have also taken place.
As a layperson, I obviously can’t take on the planner’s job and have to trust, to some extent, that I am being properly advised. But I would like to understand and consider as much as possible myself.
What I’m currently wondering: Why are houses still being built conventionally "brick by brick" when you can have prefabricated concrete elements delivered and assembled in a few days? The only concrete disadvantage I’ve found so far is the increased planning effort, since these components leave little room for modifications afterward (openings, wiring, etc.). In contrast, the advantages like saving time and probably higher quality due to standardized workflows seem to clearly outweigh this.
Still, these prefabricated elements (for custom-designed houses) remain a niche. Why is that?
Thank you very much!
My wife and I are just starting to take the first steps toward building a house. We have purchased the plot of land and roughly set the budget. Initial discussions with architects have also taken place.
As a layperson, I obviously can’t take on the planner’s job and have to trust, to some extent, that I am being properly advised. But I would like to understand and consider as much as possible myself.
What I’m currently wondering: Why are houses still being built conventionally "brick by brick" when you can have prefabricated concrete elements delivered and assembled in a few days? The only concrete disadvantage I’ve found so far is the increased planning effort, since these components leave little room for modifications afterward (openings, wiring, etc.). In contrast, the advantages like saving time and probably higher quality due to standardized workflows seem to clearly outweigh this.
Still, these prefabricated elements (for custom-designed houses) remain a niche. Why is that?
Thank you very much!
Bauexperte schrieb:
If you’re interested in this system, there is a supplier who constructs exterior and interior walls using expanded polystyrene (EPS) and then fills them with concrete on site. Is that the supplier whose name starts with K and is somewhat related to the inside of apples?