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Indeed. The UK had all-concrete "prefab" houses made of reinforced concrete slabs joined together. They had two critical problems: firstly, if water gets into the reinforcement it rots from the inside out and cannot be fixed without demolishing the house. This can make them impossible to mortgage and insure. Secondly, due to single skin they leak heat very badly. Some have been retrofitted with brick second skins for this reason.


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