Stick Building

• Stick building is a term that refers to the traditional method of building a house on site using individual pieces of lumber that are assembled into walls, floors and roofs from the ground up. Stick-built houses anchor to a permanent foundation and are not intended to be moved or disassembled. Advantages of stick building include a generally higher quality of construction than that of prefabricated homes. Disadvantages include long construction times, weather-related delays, more mistakes during construction and potential damage to materials while the building remains unfinished and exposed to the elements.