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Originally Posted by Tvflguy
We golfed at Mickylee yesterday. While waiting for tee off, I was checking out the nearby new house construction.
Many of them were using precast concrete panels for walls. Being craned into place. So interesting.
Few questions….
The windows seemed to be in place/installed already. Must be very efficient and better quality done in the factory rather than on site.
Seems that some houses still were built by block. I assume some models aren’t in the mix for factory built walls.
Does this type of construction allow for modifications by the lot owner? ie moving/changing windows, door, etc location….
Our Designer home, we built in 2013- we were able to move, enlarge etc. nice feature. Overall I love the prebuilt concrete walls. Seems to be great cost savings plus quality.
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Pre-cast homes offer the advantage of "quick build". They lack flexibility (as an Electrician posted earlier) changing plumbing, electrical work, room configurations are all difficult to do. Essentially, when you buy a Pre-Cast (Tilt Up) constructed home, it's always going to be the same home and everything is going to stay where it was when new. Speed is the only advantage in my opinion.
Tilt Up Construction is often used in Commercial applications, where there's no need to modify or hide modifications in the future. In other words, you can have electrical, HVAC, plumbing, etc., visibly run along walls, in chases or in conduit and no one is going to care.