Jul 3, 2004 13:24
20 yrs ago
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English term
Patheja
pre-fab
English
Other
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Any tenant of organisation moving from a house to a flat, maisonette or low demand bungalow or PRE-FAB will be awarded points.
What is intended by pre-fab. Thank you.
What is intended by pre-fab. Thank you.
Responses
| 4 +15 | prefabricated |
awilliams
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| 4 +13 | pre-fabricated housing |
RHELLER
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| 3 +6 | prefabricated |
Nik-On/Off
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Change log
Apr 21, 2005 21:56: awilliams changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Responses
+15
3 mins
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prefabricated
It means that the parts are made in sections that are easy to assemble and ship.
pre·fab ( P ) Pronunciation Key (prfb) Informal
adj.
Prefabricated.
n.
Something prefabricated, especially a building or section of a building.
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These are examples of pre-fab homes:
http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=pre-fab home&ie=UTF-8&hl...
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Note added at 8 mins (2004-07-03 13:33:41 GMT)
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(well, some of them are; others are random pieces of wood!)
Pre-fab houses were often put up to address housing shortages after the war.
The emphasis is on ease of putting the house up, cost (not expensive) and simplicity of design.
pre·fab ( P ) Pronunciation Key (prfb) Informal
adj.
Prefabricated.
n.
Something prefabricated, especially a building or section of a building.
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Note added at 5 mins (2004-07-03 13:30:08 GMT)
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These are examples of pre-fab homes:
http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=pre-fab home&ie=UTF-8&hl...
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Note added at 8 mins (2004-07-03 13:33:41 GMT)
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(well, some of them are; others are random pieces of wood!)
Pre-fab houses were often put up to address housing shortages after the war.
The emphasis is on ease of putting the house up, cost (not expensive) and simplicity of design.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Elena Petelos
1 min
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| agree |
Gareth McMillan
: Your last note is bang on in UKE. A pre-fab is an everyday term for exactly these low cost house put up after the war. It is not used to describe modern modular constructed houses.
34 mins
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| agree |
Graciela Carlyle
36 mins
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| agree |
Craft.Content
49 mins
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| agree |
Nanny Wintjens
54 mins
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| agree |
Kpy
: I agree with Gareth. In this context pre-fab refers to prefabricated housing erected as a short-term measure immediately post world War II. Some of them survive to this day.
1 hr
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| agree |
Madeleine MacRae Klintebo
: Agree with Gareth and Kpy.
1 hr
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| agree |
LJC (X)
: agree with Gareth and Kpy too
4 hrs
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| agree |
DGK T-I
: agree (UK) last note & Gareth - the classic British postwar prefab (which is what people mean in the UK by 'prefabs') is pictured in:http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/interesting/prefabs/p... (usually rented from local councils/housing assoc.)
7 hrs
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| agree |
Jörgen Slet
9 hrs
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| agree |
Eva Karpouzi
11 hrs
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| agree |
Asghar Bhatti
15 hrs
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| agree |
airmailrpl
: -
23 hrs
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| agree |
Will Matter
: good initial explanation.
1 day 10 hrs
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| agree |
Alfa Trans (X)
2 days 53 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to all of you. I was talking about UK."
+6
2 mins
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prefabricated
Panelized (prefab, pre-fab, pre-fabricated, prefabricated, panelised) home
http://www.postbeam.com/1dealership.html
http://www.postbeam.com/1dealership.html
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Elena Petelos
1 min
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thanks
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| agree |
Nanny Wintjens
55 mins
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| agree |
Madeleine MacRae Klintebo
1 hr
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| agree |
Eva Karpouzi
11 hrs
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| agree |
airmailrpl
: -
23 hrs
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| agree |
Will Matter
1 day 10 hrs
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+13
2 mins
pre-fabricated housing
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also called modular homes
Pre-Fabricated Homes at Modular-usa.com. Pre-fabricated homes information presented at Modular-usa.com. Pre-fabricated homes sources by clicking above. ...
www.modular-usa.com/pre-fabricated_homes_n.html
population. Most of the pre-fabricated houses are not well designed,
as some of them have no kitchen facilities, latrines or showers. ...
www.who.int/disasters/repo/13428.pdf
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Note added at 6 mins (2004-07-03 13:30:58 GMT)
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also called modular homes
Pre-Fabricated Homes at Modular-usa.com. Pre-fabricated homes information presented at Modular-usa.com. Pre-fabricated homes sources by clicking above. ...
www.modular-usa.com/pre-fabricated_homes_n.html
population. Most of the pre-fabricated houses are not well designed,
as some of them have no kitchen facilities, latrines or showers. ...
www.who.int/disasters/repo/13428.pdf
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Elena Petelos
2 mins
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| agree |
Jérôme Haushalter
3 mins
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| agree |
Vicky Papaprodromou
5 mins
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| agree |
awilliams
6 mins
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| neutral |
Gareth McMillan
: In UKE this has a specific colloquial meaning only IMO. Please see my comment on Amy's answer.
36 mins
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| agree |
Graciela Carlyle
37 mins
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| agree |
Nanny Wintjens
55 mins
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| neutral |
Kpy
: Not just any pre-fabricated housing in this context. I agree with Gareth.
1 hr
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| agree |
Madeleine MacRae Klintebo
: even though I agree with Gareth and Kpy, Associated with post 2nd WW housing.
1 hr
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| agree |
Aleksandra Gjoreska
7 hrs
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| agree |
Rosemary Schmid
: Modular homes in the USA have evolved over many years. The early ones were shabbily built. Nowadays, there have been wonderful improvements. They're still less expensive than "stick-built" homes.
8 hrs
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| agree |
Eva Karpouzi
11 hrs
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| agree |
airmailrpl
: -
23 hrs
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| agree |
Will Matter
1 day 10 hrs
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| agree |
Alfa Trans (X)
2 days 53 mins
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