I've had a few post this year about building a house.
One question that I incorrectly answered was: Is my house that's being built by Sumitomo Fudousan Prefab?
I've been answering incorrectly & saying it wasn't.
I realized this week I did not understand what Pre-fab was.
The builders has taken two months to do the base concrete & piping. I live close by so I've been going early in the mornings to record the progress.
But this week was where I found out my home was PreFab & actually what Pre-Fab meant. As they got to the wood framing of the first floor this was the progress.
- Monday 3pm piping was done & the place was a cement base only
- Tuesday was a holiday so no action
- Wednesday I came by around 3pm & the first floor & balcony was completely framed
- Thursday around noon 2nd Floor is all framed, third floor (loft) & most of the roof
- Friday 7am I went by the construction manager was there early & let me look inside. Only the roof wasn't framed. As of this morning Saturday the house is completely.
From seeing them work I realized I thought PreFab meant that your house was completely built in a factory & put together. I saw they had parts of the wood framing already assembled & they put it together with large cranes. That was the extent of being Pre-Fab.
Sumitomo Fudousan belongs to the PreFab association of Japan (I looked it up).
This week I realized Pre-Fab means some part of the house is preassembled to speed up the construction work. That's all. My family is in construction in the US & I gave the photos & videos of the progress to my brother (owner of a construction business). He was impressed.
Some parts of the wood framing was Pre-Fab to reduce weeks to basically 3 to 4 days.
I'm just writing for others who are building a home to know that Pre Fab doesn't mean a cookie cutter house. If your House maker does Pre-Fab it means some parts of your home is done elsewhere to reduce construction time.
by replayjpn