WikiHouse – Open source, modular, wood based, zero carbon housing

Re:WikiHouse – Open source, modular, wood based, zero carbon... by kashkhan on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @11:54AM (#32752305)

For envelope (floor, walls roof) key metric is $ per sq ft. Its possible to do <$10 per sq ft in most of USA. So for a 100 sq ft room it works out to 6 sq ft envelope per sq ft of floor so $60 per sq ft of floor area.

for a 500 sq ft studio that works out to $30k.

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Re:WikiHouse – Open source, modular, wood based, zero carbon... by bombcar on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @07:03PM (#32758352)

You can work out the estimates but it's often the finish stuff that drives the cost per square way up.

Build a post-frame "barn" and get a massive space with no interior walls and get it for quite cheap.

In a 2000 sq foot house, a $2k tub costs a dollar a square. That's a significant part of the total price!

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Re:WikiHouse – Open source, modular, wood based, zero carbon... by throwaway4aday on Thursday September 08, 2022 @06:06PM (#32772690)

This is accurate, I've built something that size and it came out to about that.

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