Comparison Between Container Houses And Prefabricated Houses

Many consumers will compare container houses with prefabricated houses, but these consumers still feel that container houses have no advantages, so the editor will conduct a comparative evaluation from eight aspects such as performance, foundation, installation, and transportation.
1. Performance comparison
Container house: Level 8, wind resistance level 11, service life up to 30 years, and recyclable.
Prefab house: Level 7, wind resistance level 9, service life only 8 years.
2. Basic comparison
Container House: The required foundation can be either a strip type or a pier type foundation. It can even be placed directly on the ground without a foundation. The indoor ground does not need to be leveled.
Prefabricated house: The foundation treatment is more troublesome. A concrete foundation needs to be poured and the foundation cannot be reused.
3. Installation comparison
Container houses: The installation and construction period is short. Four workers can complete the installation of a single container in half a day. The whole container can be used after being checked on-site and connected to water and electricity.
Prefab house: Installation requires a concrete foundation, main body, color steel plate installation, ceiling hanging, water and electricity installation, etc. The installation period is 20-30 days.
4. Transportation comparison
Container houses: can be transported in a variety of ways through flattening, compression, or full container transportation, saving long-distance transportation costs.
Prefabricated house: after disassembly and assembly, the materials are scattered and more troublesome to transport.
5. Application comparison
Container houses: can be used in camps, commerce, the military, tourism, etc., and are displayed in the form of temporary office buildings, B&B hotels, supermarket kiosks, etc., which improve the comfort of living and use and meet the needs of life and entertainment.
Prefab houses: only used for temporary construction sites.
6. Structural comparison
Container house: The welded structure adopts galvanizing technology, and the wall panels and other modules are manufactured in the factory and transported to the site for assembly.
Prefab house: It is a house with light steel as the skeleton and sandwich panels as the wall panel material. It is easy to collapse when the foundation is not solid, typhoons, earthquakes, etc.
7. Design Comparison
Container houses: Introduce modern design elements and provide customized services according to product categories and customer needs. Container houses can be stacked up and down, stretched and shortened left and right, to create a large space and personalized house. The adjustable house base can also adapt to different ground requirements.
Prefabricated house: designed to be installed on-site using steel, plates, and other raw materials as units, and has poor sealing, sound insulation, heat insulation, and other properties.
8. Comparison of energy saving and environmental protection
Container houses: Adopting the "factory prefabrication + on-site installation" model, no construction waste is generated at the construction site. After the project is demolished, there will be no construction waste and no damage to the local environment.
Prefabricated house: On-site installation will cause damage to the environment of the site, and there will be a lot of construction waste during the transfer.