Hello Sandra,
Yesterday we had a first informative conversation with a solid house provider. Of course, we always ask where the respective provider sees HIS advantage compared to other construction methods. He couldn't answer that very precisely yesterday; he rather tried hard to present arguments against prefabricated houses in timber frame construction.
Really bad style; the seller obviously lacks arguments for his own product.
You keep reading that one advantage of the prefabricated house is the dry construction in the hall, but is that actually relativized by the screed again?
Yes and no, equally. The building envelope and interior walls are dry, "only" the screed brings moisture into the house. In the solid house, an additional amount of moisture comes through the mortar in the walls. In this respect, the prefabricated house has less moisture to dry out.
All of this, however, depends entirely on the provider you choose. Here, as in solid house construction, there are reputable and less reputable providers; quality versus cheap. With one, the pipes and windows were already installed in the hall; with another, this is done quite conventionally on the construction site.
Ultimately, the choice of a system is always a pure gut decision. Each construction method has advantages and disadvantages; some aspects were already mentioned in the previous posts. And here too, the choice of provider is decisive for later influence.
I keep hearing the objection "I want a PH because it's finished faster." This attitude should not be decisive for purchasing because it is not true. The lead time of a PH is (due to construction) almost simultaneous with an SH; if things go badly and the order books of the desired partner are full (these days not so rare, in February alone construction sales increased by 26.9%), the SH is already occupied before even the building shell of the PH is erected.
A word about dry screed, which was brought into the discussion. This type of screed has proven itself in renovation, but is rarely used in new construction because the disadvantages outweigh the advantages in this area.
[*]possibly occurring cracking noises of the lead plates when heating up
[*]crack formation with tile coverings
[*]longer heating speed because the underfloor heating is not embedded in the screed
Our partners refuse this form of screed because they assess the possibility of warranty claims to be too high. In such cases, they therefore offer so-called accelerators for drying the screed.
Whatever system you decide on for house construction, do it with full commitment. Because here, as everywhere, the "jack of all trades" does not exist.
Rhenish greetings
