Precast Housing: Where Efficiency Meets Durability.

Did you know you can build your residential house in only 2 to 3 weeks? Yes, indeed. Welcome to the world of precast housing where efficiency and durability are the order of the day.

Precast concrete houses have a shorter timeline because the building components like walls, footing pads, beams, columns, and ceilings are already manufactured in pre-cast housing companies and waiting for purchase, delivery, and assembly on site. This precast mode of construction is referred to as on-site manufacturing.

 If you want to customize the components, then you have to make a pre-order (which takes utmost 4 weeks) as you prepare your site. This mode of precast construction is referred to as off-site manufacturing. 

The precast concrete model has also been widely used in the construction of infrastructure (bridges, roads), commercial buildings, factories, and storage units.

Advantages of Precast Concrete Housing 

1. Quick construction timeline: The 2 to 3-week timeline helps you bypass challenges like inflated labour costs, hiking of material costs, weather disruption e.g. heavy rains/ floods, and logistical challenges like material delivery delays.

2. Quality Control: Since the building components are manufactured in the factory environment, you are guaranteed high quality and precision.

3. Durability: Precast structures are highly resistant to weather, fire, and corrosion.

4. Eco-friendly: With precast, on-site waste is minimized as fewer materials are used and recycled.

5. Design Flexibility: Pre-cast concrete housing allows for the customization of various precast elements like walls to various shapes, sizes, and finishes.

6. Cost-effective: Precast concrete housing is cheaper by roughly 15 to 30% as compared to traditional housing or container houses.

Disadvantages of Precast Concrete Housing

1. Transportation challenges: The process of transporting precast elements from the industry to your site can be daunting, costly, and logistically complex.

2. Skilled labour requirement: You must involve specialized workmanship for the assembly of the components. You can't handpick anyone to assemble your elements lest they mess up. 

3. High Initial Capital: You need high capital for the purchase of the precast components, unlike traditional housing where you have the option of 'lipa mdogo mdogo' (gradually purchasing materials).

Would you consider constructing a precast concrete house? Let me know in the comment section.