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by cuttysnark
1381 days ago
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> Are construction methods the bottleneck though? Perhaps when compared to this CAD/CNC approach. In the traditional stick-built house you need wood and other materials, tools of all sorts, and specialized workers who know the steps in order. If some critical material hasn't been delivered yet, workers have to pivot to a different task or simply stop working. With this other method, 100% of the material is cut/delivered to the site, and the workers need only to follow the instructions. Their tools are fewer, too—hammers, nails, hand-crank lift. In the future, anyone who likes putting together IKEA furniture may consider an exciting new career in home construction. I say that half in jest, half in hope. |
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Framing, cladding, and insulating a structure, which is all that is represented here, are the simplest, least tool-intensive tasks involved. Additionally this style of construction can seamlessly cope when a foundation is poured a couple inches out of dimension or a few degrees off square. By comparison I shudder to think what flavor of chaos would kick off on a DIY Ikea house project when the assembly team has to cope with similar issues with only pre-fab components to draw from.
Standard building methods expect all of the material for each phase of construction to be trucked in in one bundle, identical to a pre-fabbed system, but with the added benefit that if any material is found to be sub-standard, or if there are errors with the delivery materials to make up the difference can be trivially sourced from any lumber yard or big box home improvement store.
Long story short, framing a house isn't particularly complicated. Folks that are intimidated by the process don't have enough experience in the industry to know first-hand that there isn't a single task involved that isn't routinely completed by individuals who have little prior experience, are high out of their mind, or both.