The main reason I'm asking this question is because I've noticed a lot of new homes don't have T&G wood flooring anymore and they have fiberglass tubes instead of ceramic tile tub surrounds. Another thing is that disgust me is that the only trim they use is 4" baseboard. What ever happened to crown molding and wainscotting?
2006-07-29 10:44:46 · 9 answers · asked by Freddie 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
I think musicliker misunstood my question.
I was asking why aren't homes built as good as they used to be.
There's nothing wrong with using a Pneumatic nail gun instaed of a hammer and there's nothing wrong with using a miter saw instad of a hand saw.
2006-07-29 11:06:06 · update #1
Having just had a house built less than six months ago, i asked the same question(s). Money is the underlying reason, not taking pride in a product that you produce is also a good one. They slapped this house together I don't have a straight wall in the place. Contractors sub-out their work, and then that sub-contractor sub's out his work, all to the cheapest labor they can find, these people don't give a crap about what they build just about getting to the next house.
2006-07-29 10:53:48 · answer #1 · answered by wag35 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because labor and material costs are very high. Tile isn't cheap to put up and is higher maintenance to clean and keep up, and let's face it; most tastes aren't into crown molding or wide trim. They are a pain to work with and are found only in the most expensive homes. I hated trying to put heating systems in these homes because the wall registers inevitably were in the way of the six to eight inch trim. Wainscoting is a not a feature included in most new houses for the reasons of costs and tastes. Frankly, the last new house I worked on had this, and it looked like a funeral parlor. T&G flooring hasn't been around since the 1960's either.
2006-07-29 11:15:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Concrete is a maximum suitable development textile that has large insulating residences. development concrete systems is what I do for a residing. this isn't any common remember to construct your very own although. Layering concrete over a timber framed homestead could be impracal as concrete,of course, is extremely heavy. you're able to need an engineer to calculate the burden and layout footings to help the form. Concrete ought to be reinforced with metallic. Specalized varieties would desire to be outfitted around the metallic and the concrete is forged in place making use of pumps. For value and reliability, no longer something beats a solid previous formed timber framed shape. while clad in plywood to furnish sheer resistance, it may take just about something nature can dish out and your recommendations for insulating are practicaly endless.
2016-10-01 05:51:56 · answer #3 · answered by rask 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You ever try sawing a board with a handsaw, and driving nails with hammers? Now just how slow would that be? The most common answer is; cost, durability, Governmental codes, and creature comfort. The real question is; Why would anyone want to build a house the way they used to? If by chance you are refering to "they aren't as well made as they used to be" then you must know the bottom line is cost!
2006-07-29 10:54:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We build what people are willing to buy. T&G flooring is expensive and an inefficient use of resources - we mostly use engineered floors now, but old fashioned stuff is still available.
Baseboards, crown molding, and wainscoating are matters of personal preference. If it's something you want, it's a relatively simple DIY project, or you can find someone to install it for you.
2006-07-29 10:52:46 · answer #5 · answered by onebugleon4152 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I lived in an old house. The floors were worped, and the basement was dirt. The support beam was added 20 years after the original construction. Building codes, maybe? That, and the houses you are speaking of were not the majority...that would be like asking, in 50 years, why houses aren't designed like Write's anymore...
2006-07-29 10:56:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other than using particle board instead of regular plywood to sheath the house& low flow toilets,new houses seem pretty decent to me.
2006-07-29 11:06:04 · answer #7 · answered by LightningSlow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too expensive. Besides, planned obsolescence ensures future business for contractors, builders, repairmen and women, banks, etc.
2006-07-29 10:48:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, like he said. Women and banks. Oh my god what an a$$hole!
2006-07-29 10:51:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋