Manufactured homes are the new star that is asking for a step in real estate. Price, efficiency and its construction time are some of the advantages that they have compared to traditional homes. But, Are prefab houses safe? The key to this question is in industrialization.
For Fernando Agudo, CEO of Atlántida Homes, the answer is a resounding “yes”. “Building in the factory ensures a greater quality control of construction and it minimizes the margin of error, something that in traditional construction is less controlled ”, the manager comments to idealista / news.
And it is that, when building in factories, external factors such as weather do not affect and the accidents are minimized. It could be compared to car assembly lines. “Our manufactured homes have strict quality and safety programs, as well as independent testing and inspection protocols that ensure a superior quality of construction in each process ”, explains Agudo.
Like traditional homes, the elements that make them safe are the structure and fences that make up the housing envelope. In the case of Atlántida Homes, the foundation is the same as that of traditional construction and the structure is with reinforced concrete floors and powerful steel pillars, as is used in other constructions such as skyscrapers. For its part, the enclosures can use different construction systems.
Further, the impact over time suffered by prefabricated houses is minimal. “I have lived in one of these houses for 20 years and I have aged and the house has not,” he jokes. Santiago Muelas, ABS director.
Which is safer, brick or precast?
Agudo calls for caution in response to this and specifies that Can not generalize, since they depend on the qualities of the materials used in construction, but that “as a general rule, quality prefabricated houses are safer, since they use technologically more advanced materials than traditional. They are generally more resistant houses because each module is developed to withstand additional stresses such as transport, hoisting and unloading ”.
Furthermore, many of the prefabricated houses on the market are designed to withstand natural disasters such as floods or earthquakes. For example, the home you manufacture Piramid-All, which is 100% sustainable and highly earthquake resistant.
Expert opinion
“Industrialized construction is the evolution of traditional construction, and improvement. In fact, the large Spanish developers are already betting on prefabricated construction. But you have to be careful, since there are many types of precast. A very cheap house will never have the same benefits as houses that use higher quality materials and cutting-edge construction systems, ”concludes Fernando Agudo.
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