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I wonder if something like this could be done today with prefabricated panels (e.g structural insulated panels) and some sufficiently bulletproof joint system t
by 0xcde4c3db 3y ago
I wonder if something like this could be done today with prefabricated panels (e.g structural insulated panels) and some sufficiently bulletproof joint system to meet modern safety and efficiency standards without requiring a bunch of training. You'd presumably still want licensed professionals to do the actual utility hookups (and some jurisdictions would probably want them to do the interior wiring/plumbing as well), but at first glance I feel like it ought to be viable.
- thghtihadanacct 3y agoYou can buy 'tiny homes' at home depot now ... there was some on here not long ago.
- stevehawk 3y agomenards sells plans/supplies
- hotpotamus 3y agoHabitat For Humanity is able to do it with a good amount of untrained volunteer labor.
- aurizon 3y agoA few factory made home startups have come and gone. Sadly the standards/codes vary state by state = hard to automate. I can see a large market for 9 foot panels 4 feet wide with a pre-wired plug as an option to have a wire to an attic wire set.Some 2" thick, 4", 6" Some with windows, thicker for exterior insulation foamed in option. There would be some with closet door kits, front door kits etc - buy your own door or buy theirs. There may be someone doing this out there now.
- throwway120385 3y agoIt already is, and in great quantity, done with prefabricated panels. I worked for one of Quadrant Homes' builders in the PNW about 12 years ago and our framing came out pre-assembled on trucks. We would then nail it all together. They even boomed up the bottom and middle floors pre-assembled and nailed them together on-site.