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That site visit to a job site in Tampa last Tuesday got me thinking about prefab vs. stick framing
I was down in Tampa last week checking out a 40-unit apartment build. The framing crew was doing everything on site, nailing studs one by one in the humid heat. Then I drove 20 minutes to another project using prefab wall panels that went up in like two days. So here's the debate: are we all too stuck in our ways with stick framing, or does prefab still have too many quality control issues to be the go-to? Anyone here had a prefab panel fail on delivery or find it saved them money?
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nora7358d ago
Watched a prefab panel delivery one time where the truck driver asked the crane operator if he wanted it "left or right side up." That went about as well as you'd expect. The humidity in Tampa alone makes me wonder how they store those things between the factory and the site without warping everything into potato chips.
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felix4788d ago
4M boards sit flat on kiln-dried lumber with perfect airflow, they're actually stable enough that humidity barely matters.
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