Experience in designing and constructing prefabricated houses

 

Prefabricated houses are gradually becoming popular in construction design, but many investors are still unclear about this type of house. How is this house different from conventional reinforced concrete houses? What are the construction materials used for prefabricated houses? The article below will help you better understand this type of house.

I. What is a general understanding of prefabricated houses?

1. What is a prefabricated house?

Prefabricated steel house is a type of house made of steel structures and manufactured and installed according to pre-specified architectural and technical drawings. The process of creating a complete product (incorporating inspection and quality management steps), whether designing a residential house or a specialized house, the process of creating a complete steel frame house will go through 3 stages: Design, component processing, and erection at the construction site.

2. Advantages and disadvantages of prefabricated houses

Advantages of prefabricated houses:

+  The house has a simple structure, made entirely of steel. Helps save costs.

+ High flexibility, easy to transport, install and maintain.

+ Quick, easy to install and execute in a short period of time. Save time for investors.

+ Easy to expand area and disassemble easily and conveniently.

+ Make the most of the space and land area.

+ Prefabricated steel buildings have good bearing capacity and lighter weight than other materials, so they will help reduce the load during construction.

+ Prefabricated steel frame houses are easy to reuse.

Disadvantages of prefabricated houses:

+ Because the main material is made of steel frame, it is susceptible to rust and corrosion over time. Therefore, before being put into use, steel will be covered with a layer of paint to ensure anti-rust and aesthetic properties for the project.

+ Relative durability: Although it solves many limitations of traditional reinforced concrete houses such as reducing costs, construction time, manpower, and construction load, the durability of steel frame houses is less sturdy than concrete houses.

+ Maintenance costs are quite high: To ensure the durability of steel frame houses, regular maintenance is needed to increase rust resistance and heat resistance, but this cost is relatively high. This is also a major obstacle that limits the application of prefabricated steel structures in civil housing projects.

3. Types of prefabricated houses

+ Civil prefabricated houses: Types of houses used to make houses, restaurants, bars, etc., with diverse designs and quite cheap costs. Besides, the construction process of this type of house is quite quick, saving time.

+ Industrial prefabricated houses: including warehouses, workshops, etc.

+ Commercial prefabricated houses: are grocery stores, convenience stores, or supermarkets, shopping centers,...

+ Military prefabricated houses: the purpose of this type of house is to serve the military such as barracks.