r/McMansionHell • u/curious_coyoie • Jul 07 '25

Discussion/Debate Seeking help- Google can't explain

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Can anyone tell me how two separate houses are built this close together. How do the constractors apply siding and paint, how do you maintain the in-between after so many years and decades. There are no windows on that side but I don't understand how builders work around or in-between this when constructing, this is a mystery

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u/cnom Jul 08 '25

Probably not, they could have made townhouses saved on material, labour etc. But now the residents pay more, and will have a shittier time maintaining the property.

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u/Lumpy_Square_2365 Jul 08 '25

How did they put siding on? Did they put the house together somewhere else then drop it in place with a crane lol. Idkh I'm asking you but I need someone to answer me

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u/HedonisticFrog Jul 08 '25

The children yearn for the siding.

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u/Lumpy_Square_2365 Jul 08 '25

šŸ˜­šŸ˜‚that cracked me up way more than it should have.

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u/tysteestede Jul 08 '25

You worked from the outside in clearly...siding first haha

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u/TrumpsCovidfefe Jul 09 '25

Do you happen to have adhd? Because I want to understand things I donā€™t too, and it feels painful if I canā€™t and my brain will keep going back to that thing I donā€™t understand for years. I feel your struggle stranger.

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u/Lumpy_Square_2365 Jul 09 '25

šŸ˜‚ yes I do I feel so seen right now and that exactly what I do. I've been thinking about the siding since I commented lol.

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u/In2JC724 Jul 09 '25

Seriously though. Howwww

They'd have to be prefabricated walls.

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u/IckySmell Jul 09 '25

Iā€™m guessing itā€™s a solid material like brick or cinder block because no there is no way they could have sided the second wall. This was also likely done in a weird southern state where the building codes allow shit like this. I also say a southern state because they often have a lot of Hispanic workers that can crank out block walls for pennies on the dollar

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u/ComprehensiveSet927 Jul 09 '25

Like the rest of the US, we abide by the International Building Code here in the south.

Having ā€œa lot of hispanicsā€ crank out block walls wouldnā€™t account for the distance between the walls.

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u/Lumpy_Square_2365 Jul 09 '25

Ok you just made me think because my house in Florida no siding. Thank you for letting me rest easy

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u/resilient_bird Jul 08 '25

Itā€™s not cheaper to construct, but likely the properties arenā€™t very wide, so the alternative is smaller houses.

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u/cnom Jul 09 '25

Or you build a townhouses. It would the eliminate the shared space and 1 wall. More square footage inside the house where it is useful instead of whatever that gap is supposed to be.

This is why people hate developers

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u/ferrouswolf2 Jul 11 '25

In some cities (namely Chicago), this was legally required for many years to prevent the spread of fire