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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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All these hurricanes might kick off a new modular house trend. (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 3 months ago by someguy3 to c/showerthoughts

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I don't mean double-wides, I mean quality modular houses.

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[–] someguy3 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Buh? Site has a ton of on site construction: woodwork, running wires, pipes, fucking everything. Prebuilt in a factory can get way more efficiency.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

All that is done in the factory too. Done in much the same way.

Site built just brings the factory to the site and gets semilar efficiencies.

[–] someguy3 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Factory has the capacity to be far more efficient. Assembly line style.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

People hate it when all houses are the same and that limits what eificience you can get.

[–] someguy3 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just like different car models you can have different house models if the market is big enough.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

shipping a complete house is expensive. site construction is very efficient and well setup for quick building with minimal people. And because you don't have to design for what can fit on roads ends up almost as cheap while being more flexible-

i'm not arguing that site built is just as cheap only that it isn't much more expensive and the other benifits make it worth it.

[–] someguy3 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Site construction is not efficient at all. Like at all. It's horribly inefficient. It's pretty much the worst industry I can think of. There's a reason why factories exist. I don't think we're going to see eye to eye on that, so we don't need to keep saying the same thing back and forth.

Yes shipping is an issue. That's why regionality is important. If hurricanes keep hitting the same area, that will create regional demand.

*Also, it's not shipping a complete[d] house (which yes can be done too), it's a modular house. That's the whole point of the post.