alt Hacker NewsThey're happy until the long-term effects hit them, as stick frame houses need repairs a lot more often. Nowadays, European companies have developed many modular building techniques that have reduced the labor considerably, from robots that 3D-print concrete walls, to LEGO-like hollow bricks.
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maxerickson • today at 2:04 AM
I am sitting here in a 100+ year old stick frame house. The siding and shingles were replaced 10 years ago. There hasn't been any major structural work for at least 40 years.
What is your definition of "often"?
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> Nowadays, European companies have developed many modular building techniques
It's so fun watching Europeans reinvent the Soviet approach to building that they used to mock and shit on