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I found this prefab house approach shown on This Old House feels much better. Still made of wood but made in modular pieces in the factory that can be quickly i

• redfalcon6 6y ago
  I have one of these houses. Just built it and moved in. Save time and increase quality. Dried in with insulated walls / windows in 4 days! Price is still an issue. Part of the reason is that we pay no penalty for crappy energy hog homes. You can build with prefab panels and get airtight really quickly. So all the extra $$$ goes into better build and overhead for the factory.
  • throw0101a 6y ago
    > Part of the reason is that we pay no penalty for crappy energy hog homes. You pay higher heating and cooling costs over the lifetime of the building. It's just the penalty is a 'death of a thousand cuts' that may be less noticeable than a proverbial broadsword to the face of paying for some extra insulation and proper house wrap upfront. Just improving airtightness and mandating blower door tests in building codes would probably go a long way towards more efficient homes. Once you're more airtight you then of course have to ventilate right: HRV/ERV for refreshing of the air and stand alone dehumidification units.