re: DR Horton new construction framing finds by home inspector

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You can build a home in 2024 that will have life longer than your home it is just a matter of being willing to pay for it and find the right architect, engineer, GC, and subs to do the work.

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I’d imagine the percentage of people actually doing this is very low. It’s all about throwing stuff together as fast as possible with prefabricated materials and low iq labor who simply don’t give a shite about what they are doing.

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You can build a home in 2024 that will have life longer than your home it is just a matter of being willing to pay for it and find the right architect, engineer, GC, and subs to do the work.

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It is not necessary to hire ANY of the professionals above IF you are competent to do the work yourself....but good luck with that. Most localities will make it nearly impossible. I am developing our "forever" home as we speak....and the county will permit it BUT I can't sell it or rent it for 24 months. Not that I intend to but the only reason this is a thing is people like DB Horton whined for years about the competition....not about quality of work or anything of the like, they simply did not like competing with individuals building spec houses. Folks have been building shite themselves for far longer than states have been licensing people to do it....


One of the biggest issues is the actual lumber used in that 1922 built home. It was, most likely, built from green lumber that was milled locally of local species, whatever that species is. The IBC has only existed 24 years. Lumber grade makes started in 1923 and was not codified until the early 70s. While the mechanical systems are no doubt antiquated that green lumber is as sound 102 years later as it was the day some old boy walked into the woods with a saw and fell the tree that produced it. The difference today is it would most likely be cut in the PNW, rough cut, kiln dried , which does nothing but make it easier to mill (all wood eventually equilibriates) and shipped across the country. At some point in time an employee of the mill that produces it "inspects" in and a grade stamp is applied....and that magical stamp is the ONLY difference between it and what it was when it was rough cut....but local authorities insist on that magical stamp. It is silly, but it is required almost universally.