Risk of water damage in wood stud/prefabricated construction?

Hello,

Any statements like: "Wooden houses are not weather/moisture resistant" are a gimmick of stone construction companies,
who (rightly) fear that customers will run away from them!

That is at most a stupid statement from salespeople who in my opinion shouldn’t even hold this title!

And on the subject of "dry"....
Our house is so tight and insulated that the wet screed took a whole 3 days to dry and that without construction heaters!

That, on the other hand, cannot be true; maybe superficially, but under no circumstances will the screed have dried through in this time. Not even with massive addition of chemicals.

Rhenish greetings

Hello,

In a not far away place, there has been the problem for a few years that residents’ cellars have filled with water because the nearby mine was shut down and its groundwater pumps were switched off. The groundwater level rose and the cellars filled up. At the time the houses were built, however, a waterproof concrete basement was not considered necessary.

Not so uncommon, but I dare say that these former homeowners are to blame for their own suffering.

Especially in NRW, there are many regions where open-cast mining pumps out groundwater and thus a seemingly “constant” groundwater level can be found. However, in all building permits, there is a corresponding note in the textual conditions that it cannot be ruled out that the groundwater level can rise again. The operators of the open-cast mines are not stupid and have protected themselves against any risks; at all times. Whoever then trusts to save money by not using a waterproof basement wall construction cannot be helped or advised.

You are mixing two fundamental things here. First, a prefab house is by no means worse than a solidly built house – in the end it is always an intuitive decision for a proven system. And second, as a builder you must not be resistant to advice. If your planner/provider informs you about the geological conditions of the building ground, he will usually also make recommendations. If you ignore these – with regard to changes in the supposedly distant future – you cannot be helped or advised either.

Rhenish regards