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The walls of a house are already cheap to build with a low skill barrier etc. Land, foundation, windows, doors, roof, plumbing, appliances, yadda yadda add up,
by Retric 1y ago
The walls of a house are already cheap to build with a low skill barrier etc. Land, foundation, windows, doors, roof, plumbing, appliances, yadda yadda add up, but everyone seems to focus on walls.
If you really want to drive down the cost of housing figure out cheap windows or start convincing people they don’t need nearly as many of them.
Don’t believe me? Compare the cost of a large 2 story prefab shed ~10-20$/sf without amenities like plumbing vs a house of similar size.
- UltraSane 1y agoThis is pretty cheap for windows https://www.menards.com/main/doors-windows-millwork/windows/single-hung-windows/doors-windows-millwork/windows/single-hung-windows/performax-trade-tan-vinyl-single-hung-windows-with-nailing-flange/4046802/p-1642874347699506-c-1482327569453.htm https://www.menards.com/main/doors-windows-millwork/windows/...
- Retric 1y agoEven that could run you near 2,000$ on a modest new home ignoring the rebate. But my point was more that price savings are easy to slip into the new construction pipeline for a wide range of homes. Similarly Argon helps r with insulation on day 1, but only lasts ~20 years on a window that may be in use for 100.