tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19709251.post114366669769625008..comments2022-08-16T16:29:24.059-05:00Comments on Building Big Easy: Our "Prefab" HouseKinchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10311285176547688008noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19709251.post-1152701223865672652006-07-12T05:47:00.000-05:002006-07-12T05:47:00.000-05:00Prefab - "Fab" or not - always has a hard time wit...Prefab - "Fab" or not - always has a hard time with traction. I like the new post-modern attempts like the one in your post, but traditional neighborhoods have trouble with them.<BR/><BR/>I think incremental success with prefab comes from big builders utilizing some mass-production methods - aka panelization, SIPs, etc. They will creep into the market without most of the population knowing that they are getting something that was (in-part) prefabbed.<BR/><BR/>I agree with your take on involving "local knowledge", but we'll see what happens. If you're lucky, you'll get a design that cosmetically fits the area. It would be a miracle for the design to take full advantage of an area at many levels. Heck, you can't convince people to properly site/position a house on a lot - small steps, eh?jhauschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14812152616873547275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19709251.post-1143806224493838162006-03-31T05:57:00.000-06:002006-03-31T05:57:00.000-06:00I don't have an email for you, so I will drop this...I don't have an email for you, so I will drop this note here. I've urged the dozen or so NOLA bloggers I have emails for to go back to my old post (and yours and Venustas et Veritas) and consider writing about Katrina cottages. The statistics I see on Wet Bank Guide show a tremendous interest. Here's my entry pages. I'm not sure of sitemeter's timeline, but given my daily counts, I'm presuming this is just yesterday's.<BR/><BR/> 56 http://wetbankguide.blogspot.com/ <BR/> 26 http://wetbankguide.blogspot.com/2006/02/katrina-cottages.html <BR/><BR/>I think its possible to create a groundswell of support for something like this to replace FEMA trailers. <BR/><BR/>As an Capitol Hill veteran, I think somebody needs to drag a Katrina Cottage and a FEMA Trailer up to Capitol Hill and park them there for a couple of days, then drag the Congresscritters and their staffs out to see them, and to understand that they are cost competitive, and that a Katrina cottage would hold up better to a repeat storm.<BR/><BR/>They also need to understand that people will be living in these temporary quarters for a year or more and the rate things are moving.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again to you (and the author of V et V) for calling these out.<BR/><BR/>markfolseATrocketmailDOTcomMark Folsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813261450396857232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19709251.post-1143670374604762232006-03-29T16:12:00.000-06:002006-03-29T16:12:00.000-06:00kinch:FYI: Over the past few days a two story pre...kinch:<BR/><BR/>FYI: Over the past few days a two story prefab house was put in on Oak Street between Fern and Burdette . . .Seymour D. Fairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12114272399342667832noreply@blogger.com