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Re:Why hasn't prefab construction taken over? by jnwatson on Monday October 12, 2020 @05:52PM (#24759863)
A coworker had a similar story with his prefab.

After it was delivered (and it comes delivered with sheetrock walls, electrical, and subfloor), my coworker noticed that the the factory forgot a step: the plumbing. The builder had to rip out lots of the sheetrock and install plumbing.

Lots of mistakes occur while building a house. The difference is that when the workers are already in the field, it is generally quite inexpensive to identify and fix any problems. Not so for the prefab stuff.

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Re:Why hasn't prefab construction taken over? by macintux on Monday October 12, 2020 @07:25PM (#24760674)
If a factory “forgets” the plumbing, I question whether it’s valid to call it a factory at all. What a nightmare.
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Re:Why hasn't prefab construction taken over? by ClumsyPilot on Monday October 12, 2020 @08:46PM (#24761187)
Does the factory just wash their hands of it and keep thr money? Is there no accountability ?
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Re:Why hasn't prefab construction taken over? by asdff on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @03:49AM (#24763254)
Development is the industry of graft.
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