Moduler homes

WheelieKing

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120703875#Comment_120703875

What's the problem? Someone else just gets the house/apartment.

riclad

Prefabs used in schools are different eg no one's sleeping there ,they are used maybe 10 hours a day 5 days a week. There's some houses in ballymun that were built mostly of wood 40 years old ,I'm not an expert but houses built now are subject to high build regulations re energy efficiency quality of materials than say ones built in 2008

I think many people would be happy to buy a modular home if they could live in santry rathmines etc close to work for 160k versus 220k for a standard house eg in 60 years if you have no kids and are aged 40 you'll probably not be alive

It's better than paying 1000 rent for a small flat for 20 years and you have no security of tenure

Markcheese

Theres no reason that you couldnt have 2 boxs made of reinforced concrete - say 12 or 14 foot wide and up to 45/ 50 foot long ,

Made in a factory , fitted out as 2 or 3 bedrooms , delivered by truck, and joined together on site , 3 or 4 high ,hooked up to services , externally insulated ,fit balconies and stair cases, that would probably last longer than any current homes , ( theres 2 apartment blocks near me, that look like that, no dramas ..

But a lot depends on what you want from them , do you want something to be moved in 5 or 10 years ? Do you want permanent modular structures .

Bluefoam

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120708940#Comment_120708940

You don't see a problem with moving 45 foot long x 12 foot wide reinforced concrete on the back of a truck? The solutions are not that simple...

Markcheese

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120709055#Comment_120709055

Is it the size , weight or structure that's the problem ,?

Bring in a precast kitchen/ bathroom unit ,and build the rest out of precast hollow concrete panels , ?

Bracken81

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120705280#Comment_120705280

Ahhh they're in bits.................not maintained once by the looks of them

DownByTheGarden

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120705267#Comment_120705267

I was in the local school doing xome volunteer work last year. Little did I know there would be extra volunteer work in cleaning the rat sh!t and the blocking up holes where the were getting in in the freezing cold prefabs.

Emblematic

They can obviously be poorly made and historically prefabs were cheaply made temporary structures, but there's nothing in principal making large panels in advance and transporting them to the site in advance thereby saving time and labour.

My only worry, this being Ireland, is that we'll find some way of making them poorly, taking ages, and racking up cost. Then, of course, blame the idea rather than the execution of it.

https://www.granddesignsmagazine.com/grand-designs-houses/grand-designs-tunbridge-wells/