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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The funny part about this is that everyone is assuming that homes are actually built properly.  They aren't.

99% of contractors don't look at, care about, know how to read, or apply specifications.

The next big house bubble will be in 8-15 years when all of these house were thrown up over the past few years start to fail.   You are going to have full neighborhoods of several hundred homes and a bunch of close in neighborhoods with unhabitual homes that people will walk away from and mortgage companies will not be able unload them.[/quote]

Yeah, but there's no reason to believe that concrete houses will be built any differently. [/quote]

Sure there is.  Far fewer penetrations, joints, seams.  Harder to hide issues, most issues would be very apparent.

Everyone uses zip wall sheathing, hardly any contractor does it correctly and that is something that is utilized everyday everywhere.[/quote]

You ever worked with concrete? Once it's poured there's no way short of coring or xraying to tell it was done properly. [/quote]

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