On: Why hasn't prefab construction taken over?

[jnwatson]

A coworker had a similar story with his prefab.

After it was delivered (and it comes delivered with sheetrock walls, electrical, and subfloor), my coworker noticed that the the factory forgot a step: the plumbing. The builder had to rip out lots of the sheetrock and install plumbing.

Lots of mistakes occur while building a house. The difference is that when the workers are already in the field, it is generally quite inexpensive to identify and fix any problems. Not so for the prefab stuff.

[macintux → jnwatson]

If a factory “forgets” the plumbing, I question whether it’s valid to call it a factory at all. What a nightmare.

[ClumsyPilot → jnwatson]

Does the factory just wash their hands of it and keep thr money? Is there no accountability ?

[asdff → ClumsyPilot]

Development is the industry of graft.