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Construction industry seems to still be short everything, doors ,windows all those parts needed to build a house.

by info781 4y ago

jpster 4y ago
Seems doubtful this will last, given the rapidly decelerating housing market.
deelowe 4y ago
When is the last time you checked? Lumber tanked over a month ago.
- coding123 4y ago
  Oh the HN crowd that is building check daily.
  - system2 4y ago
    I personally check lumber prices daily.
markdown 4y ago
What a strange sentence. What does your construction industry do if not "construct" those things? Have they devolved to just being lego builders that glue together the work of others?
- henryteeare 4y ago
  Are you of the “if you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe” persuasion?
  - coding123 4y ago
    Not that far, but I would need to buy an apple tree from someone and wheat seeds
- dylan604 4y ago
  um, yes? Home building construction crews are not the ones making doors, or windows, or tubs/faucets/etc. They buy them as parts to be assembled into a whole. What did you think that the crews are pouring glass on site into windows, or firing up ceramic glazing ovens to cure the toilets and sinks?
  - markdown 4y ago
    In my country and most others, construction crews make windows and doors just like they make walls and roofs.
- inglor_cz 4y ago
  What a strange comment on the Hacker News, where everyone uses IDEs, debuggers, toolchains, profilers and other higher-level instruments to build products. When have you written your own hardware driver? How many programmers do the low-level work on the "doors and windows" stuff? A tiny minority.
- MichaelCollins 4y ago
  "It's one banana Michael, how much could it cost? Ten dollars?"
- bpodgursky 4y ago
  For enough money, you could certainly buy a custom house where all the wooden parts were crafted by hand... contractors have a price for everything. The house will suck and you'll never be able to fix anything, but I'm sure you can get it.
- deleted 4y ago
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- ilyt 4y ago
  > Have they devolved to just being lego builders that glue together the work of others? Uh, Lego comes literally from idea of using pre-made things to build a house. Lego was made from how construction industry worked. Ever heard of BRICKS? Where you think Lego got the idea for it from ?

Construction industry seems to still be short everything, doors ,windows all those parts needed to build a house.

jpster 4y ago

Seems doubtful this will last, given the rapidly decelerating housing market.

deelowe 4y ago

When is the last time you checked? Lumber tanked over a month ago.

coding123 4y ago
Oh the HN crowd that is building check daily.
- system2 4y ago
  I personally check lumber prices daily.

markdown 4y ago

What a strange sentence. What does your construction industry do if not "construct" those things? Have they devolved to just being lego builders that glue together the work of others?

henryteeare 4y ago
Are you of the “if you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe” persuasion?
- coding123 4y ago
  Not that far, but I would need to buy an apple tree from someone and wheat seeds
dylan604 4y ago
um, yes? Home building construction crews are not the ones making doors, or windows, or tubs/faucets/etc. They buy them as parts to be assembled into a whole. What did you think that the crews are pouring glass on site into windows, or firing up ceramic glazing ovens to cure the toilets and sinks?
- markdown 4y ago
  In my country and most others, construction crews make windows and doors just like they make walls and roofs.
inglor_cz 4y ago
What a strange comment on the Hacker News, where everyone uses IDEs, debuggers, toolchains, profilers and other higher-level instruments to build products. When have you written your own hardware driver? How many programmers do the low-level work on the "doors and windows" stuff? A tiny minority.
MichaelCollins 4y ago
"It's one banana Michael, how much could it cost? Ten dollars?"
bpodgursky 4y ago
For enough money, you could certainly buy a custom house where all the wooden parts were crafted by hand... contractors have a price for everything. The house will suck and you'll never be able to fix anything, but I'm sure you can get it.
deleted 4y ago
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ilyt 4y ago
> Have they devolved to just being lego builders that glue together the work of others? Uh, Lego comes literally from idea of using pre-made things to build a house. Lego was made from how construction industry worked. Ever heard of BRICKS? Where you think Lego got the idea for it from ?