Advantages of prefabricated construction

BETTER INSULATION OF PREFABRICATED HOUSES
Prefab houses have exceptionally good thermal insulation, much better than traditional construction for the same thickness of the wall. The facade walls consist of wooden beams with mineral wool insulation between them, enclosed with OSB panels on both sides and additional thermal insulation, usually in the form of "demit" facade made of polystyrene or rock wool, on the exterior side of the wall. Depending on the thickness of the chosen insulation and the width of the wooden beam, manufacturers of prefabricated houses usually offer 3 types of facade walls, from standard, through low-energy to passive level of insulation.
To achieve the level of insulation of a passive house, only about 30 cm of wall is needed, while in standard construction, it is necessary to add about 20 cm of thermal insulation to the block wall, which makes about 45 cm of total wall thickness. In colder climates, such as Canada, all residential construction is exclusively performed using this construction, where it is possible to provide good comfort inside the building with an average wall thickness, even at outdoor temperatures below -30°C.

LARGER USABLE AREA
Due to the mentioned reduced wall thickness, both for external and internal walls within the house, it is possible to increase the usable area inside the house by about 10%, compared to the same gross area of the house built using traditional methods. Partition walls inside the house are also made of wooden construction with mineral wool filling and enclosed with plasterboard panels.

GREATER SPACE ADAPTABILITY
If there is a need for renovation or changes in functional solutions within the house during a longer period of exploitation, it is much easier to do it in prefabricated buildings. The lightweight construction also means easier and faster removal and installation of new partition walls, adaptations, installation of new installations by easily cutting into plasterboard walls, without chiseling and demolition. Prefabricated constructions are more flexible and simpler to modify due to the always present changes in the dynamics of users' lives.

FASTER HEATING
Prefabricated wooden construction represents a light construction that does not have the ability to accumulate heat, so it is possible to achieve quick heating of the interior space. In traditional construction, a much longer period of time is needed for heating the walls, which first accumulate heat and then release it into the interior space. This is also a negative aspect of prefabricated houses in the summer period, but it is a great advantage for buildings that are not used throughout the day or during the entire heating season, such as weekend houses. If you introduce a smart home system into the house, you can increase the heating just before returning home via your mobile phone and reduce it when leaving, thus saving a lot of energy for heating.

SPEED OF PREFABRICATED HOUSE CONSTRUCTION
One of the great advantages of prefabricated construction is speed, which for many users can be crucial. Longevity and problems faced by individual investors during construction often seem like a discouraging factor for embarking on the adventure of building their own house.

Most prefabricated house contractors guarantee the production of assembly elements within 2-3 months after signing the contract and assembly of the house within a few days on the laid foundations, while it is usually planned around 1 - 1.5 months to complete all works according to the "turnkey" system.

It should be noted that in the currently quite unstable industry situation, we can only mention some approximate conditions that contractors offer at the moment, while all concrete deadlines and prices for prefabricated houses should be defined by contract with the selected contractor. Many contractors from Serbia are currently working on projects abroad, some have projects contracted in Serbia up to their full capacity, so they state that timely contracting is necessary if the buyer wants to secure their specific term for construction.

UPFRONT FINANCIAL FUNDS NEEDED FOR CONSTRUCTION
If you want to build a prefabricated house, most of the finances for it will need to be provided in advance, as construction deadlines are short and the dynamics of payment for works are usually clearly defined in advance. Although this seems like a negative aspect of building a prefabricated house for most people in our region, as you cannot leave some jobs for later when you collect additional funds, we classify this category as extremely favorable aspects of this type of construction.
In this way, the investor is forced to carefully consider their priorities, how much space is really needed for the comfortable life of their family, it is necessary to be economical in terms of their finances and think in terms of "less is more", and as a result, they will have a house that will be well insulated, completely finished, and comfortable from the first day of staying in it.

RESISTANCE TO EARTHQUAKES
Prefab houses have better resistance to earthquakes due to the nature of the construction, which is not massive.

POSSIBILITY OF OFF-GRID SYSTEMS
Due to the extremely good thermal insulation properties that prefabricated houses can achieve, a very small amount of energy will be needed for their heating and cooling, especially if a better package than the standard one from the offer is chosen. This opens up a great opportunity for designing systems that can work in the so-called off-grid mode, i.e., independently of the state energy grid. This can be a great advantage for investors who have a desire for this type of lifestyle. In an increasingly uncertain energy market, with increasingly cheaper prices of green forms of energy production, such as solar panels that you can easily install on the roof of your house, this type of thinking becomes more and more popular.