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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They arrange permits well in advance and pre-fab as much as possible. They get the city/neighborhood onboard. City permits cover both the build and the filming. The event affects the whole neighborhood. I went to one of the build sites once and got to high-five Ty Pennington. They had barriers and there must have been 50+ people loitering in that otherwise quiet neighborhood waiting to catch a glimpse. It was not pleasant for the neighbors.
It became less exciting for the builders over time as the show started pressuring companies to help families pay off existing mortgages and increased property taxes on the new, giant house. Smaller, local contractors got squeezed and taken advantage of.
The construction quality suffered. They didn’t delay for weather, which impacted quality of everything before the house got to a weather-tight stage. As far as the show was concerned, when you get a free house, it’s on you to fix it. Sometimes things weren’t to code. Sometimes the light switches were just for show. When you rely heavily on volunteer and unskilled labor, quality suffers.
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