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Originally Posted by BrianL99
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.
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Speed is not the only advantage. Poured concrete walls will not be affected by termites and is probably the best wind resistant construction. A property owner can feel a lot more safe and opt out of buying windstorm(hurricane) coverage on their property. Beets the heck out of stick/frame construction with particle board wood walls.