Pro solid house
Sound insulation and wind tightness
Sure, our prefabricated house is drafty. The sound insulation and wind tightness is the same in a prefabricated house as in a solid house, if done properly.
Balanced indoor climate
What is a balanced indoor climate, and why should it be different in a prefabricated house?
freely customizable
Our prefabricated house was completely freely customizable. Nothing that wasn’t possible for money.
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Construction costs and time (including drying time)
Pro prefabricated house
prior viewing of show house
A solid house can also be visited as a show house.
short construction time
Short construction time/assembly time yes, but the house is finished inside and must dry just like a solid house. Usually, you can move in 3 months after assembly. BUT, waiting times are longer with prefabricated houses. While construction on a solid house usually starts after 6 months, with a prefab house you often wait 12 months before the house is even delivered. The only time advantage: you don’t have to watch the shell assembly for long.
lower costs
Nonsense again. A good prefabricated house costs the same or even more than a solid house.
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Limitation in materials
If the material is good, you don’t need a wide selection.
Limitation in planning
Already mentioned, there is no limitation. The only limitation is that you are often not allowed to do anything yourself on the exterior shell of the house. So neither doors nor windows as your own work.
Air tightness
Modern solid constructions are also airtight. That’s why you almost have to plan a ventilation system with heat recovery (WRL). Or open windows often.
In winter, that is actually a big advantage. The heat stays where it is… you just have to take care of the humidity.
dry indoor climate
See air tightness
I am for prefabricated houses… and would do it again..
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Solid or prefab houses are equal when speaking of the same quality level. It also comes down to a gut feeling.
At first, I was opposed to a wooden house with cardboard walls. Today, I know there is nothing greater than walls you can just screw a wood screw into… no drilling, no plugs.
I am 100% convinced of our prefabricated house. And friends who don’t immediately find out it’s a prefab house are surprised when you tell them and they see the house.
Without a WRL it wouldn’t work in that house anyway, it’s just too airtight.
For us, it was decisive that the assembly went quickly, and that I didn’t have to spend much time on site, since we got house and child delivered at the same time. Also, our gut feeling was 100% right. That is actually the most important aspect. We also found it reassuring that the house was pre-assembled in a dry hall. And that a QA was already done there.