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  Anonymous

  13 years ago

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  I have wondered about this, specifically for additions and remodels. I think I may know the answer but I have wondered why a second floor or expansion of an existing home couldn't be either completely built or at least delivered as subassemblies (walls with window openings, maybe even frames; floor, with wiring/plumbing conduit and connections, etc).
  
  I expect it's due to the fact that [ahem] houses are rarely square or true and it would be a trick to mate the new stuff to the old.
  
  I don't know. It seems like measuring technologies are pretty good these days. And I would guess that building in a warehouse would allow for better efficiency and more pleasant conditions, no blowing warmth into your fingers or feeling rain run down your neck all day long. Plus the client isn't living in a building site for anything like as long: gotta like that. A week or so of "installation" versus 6-8 or more of demolition and then construction can't be fun.

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  monty

  13 years ago

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  I laughed when I read this. I remember working construction while going to school and experiencing the same thing. But now that I'm a designer and a good portion of my time is sitting behind a desk; I often look out the window at the guys working outside and miss it, even the days that were rainy and snowy.
  Just tell Julian he's building a ton of character (... and cheap but comfortable motels), he'll appreciate it once he's behind a desk.

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