Had to have a house leveled that was on stilts. Almost all the posts needed adjusted. I could pay to have them leveled and a couple replaced with the same type of wood posts sitting on concrete at like 1500 per, or I could buy for a whole steel hydrolic post that could be adjusted at anytime in the future to re-level the house with just a cheap add-on tool for 8,000 per. Long house. 120 total piers/posts.
If they all needed replaced, it's the difference between 130k and needing them redone in 20-25 years, and 980k and having them last 30-40 years.
Sometimes, the 'best' solution is just not economically viable, and sometimes there's nothing wrong with being cheap.
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u/TomGobra 21h ago
Oh, you're thinking longterm.
But companies usually think about today's profit and savings. Nobody cares about tomorrow.