I know enough about construction to know that a foundation needs at least 2 weeks to cure enough to be built on, yet in the show, they manage to tear down and rebuild an entire house in 7 days? How did they do this? Most of the framing would be modular/prefab so that would be easy to build inside of a wee,.but how do they overcome the obvious issues such as the concrete needing at least two weeks to cure, plus having the city/county/state inspectors inspect each aspect of the build? Or is it more likely that the house takes a month or two to build and with the magic of editing they make it appear that it only took one week.
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My wife volunteered to work on one of those homes. She said it was a shitshow with shoddy work done by amateurs like herself. Paint was sprayed in such a thin layer it would wipe off with your finger. She described it as slapdash. Things were put up fast, out of plumb, and using shoddy materials. She thinks the owners would end up being very unhappy once the cameras left.
Another issue with many of the homes is that the renovations created houses out of place for the neighborhoods with additions and odd exteriors.
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