All these hurricanes might kick off a new modular house trend.

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• grandel@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I was hoping for a trend in less green house gases but this sounds like the next best idea.

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• Blaster_M@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If you can make modulars out of concrete instead of balsa wood that would be great. Otherwise, bring on the shipping container houses…

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  • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Shipping container houses are terrible ideas. You want insulation, windows, plumbing, etc. They don’t work well in those small steel containers.

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    • Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      “It is possible to insulate the outside of a shipping container instead of the inside.

      This method of insulation is known as “over-cladding” or “external insulation” and involves adding a layer of insulation to the outside of the container before covering it with cladding or other weather-resistant materials”

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• ultranaut@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  People have been trying to make modular housing work for awhile, with limited success. For various reasons, it’s a lot more challenging than it seems like it should be. One of the problems is that the US doesn’t really have a single national regulatory regime for building codes, they are mostly local and regional. You can’t really design a house that works everywhere so the economics are a lot different than selling something like a car or a washing machine.

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  • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think a large part of it is demand, and that just be regional because of the size and shipping of the final product. Hurricanez solve that to some extent.

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• reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Modular would be more popular if it didn’t cost as much as standard construction. It’s bizarre how expensive it is.

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  • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Lots of processes need to be sorted out. Need steady demand. It’s an interesting business.

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• ashok36@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Modular or not, when there’s 10-12’ of storm surge and/or river flooding, it doesn’t matter. Houses built today generally handle cat 3 and even cat 4 storm winds without much problem. It’s the flooding that’s the killer.

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  • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Huh? I’m talking about reconstruction afterwards.

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    • whoisearth@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      We are entering peak America. Disposable homes! Lol

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• ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There really outts be a hurricane-proof trend, like dome houses, and for the coastline, domes on stilts.

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  • Cuttlefish1111@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The coast should be empty

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Pensacola Beach, FL. It’s survived loads of hurricanes since the 60s.

    www.atlasobscura.com/…/pensacola-futuro-house

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    • acchariya@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      South Florida is full of these small cinder block houses because everything else gets wrecked and these survive. Sure, they might need some new roof sections, and maybe the drywall cut 4ft from the floor, but porcelain tiles on a concrete slab with cinder block walls is going to last until the rebar rots.

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  • db2@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    How about don’t live where hurricanes keep happening? Crazy thought, I know.

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    • Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You act like there are hurricanes every year and they don’t offer insurance anymore.

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    • superkret@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That excludes where half the US population lives.

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think they were onto something when they built the pyramids. Like, what’s wrong with making smaller home sized pyramids? The big ones sure as hell proved to stand the test of time.

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    • WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You are literally suggesting living in a tomb.

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    • Mac@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Usable space.

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    • superkret@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The inhabitants is the pyramids all died, though.

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