ᐅ Best Wall Construction for Prefabricated Houses

Created on: 20 Mar 2021 15:07
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Karold91
Hello everyone,

We are currently looking for a prefab home manufacturer to build our shell-and-core house and are a bit unsure at the moment, so we have a question for you in the forum.

Which manufacturer offers the highest quality, particularly regarding wall construction?
We already have some offers, but they are all within the same range, so we want to focus on quality and ecological aspects.
The candidates are

- Rubner
- Sonnleitner
- Ziegler
- Kurz
- Keitel-Haus

It’s worth mentioning that we are building a semi-detached house with a granny flat, totaling 250sqm (2,690 sq ft) over two floors.
We place great value on natural wall construction and ecological materials.

Does anyone have detailed experience with these companies or know more about them?
Thanks for your support!

Best regards
tomtom7922 Mar 2021 19:17
Search for construction bloggers and Schwörerhaus. We got to know the building owners through Schwörerhaus; they built ecologically on purpose at that time and even received several awards for it.
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WilderSueden
22 Mar 2021 20:19
Every manufacturer will promise that their wall system is the best and most environmentally friendly. In the end, most just use mineral wool batts. So, there’s no substitute for going through catalogs and doing your own research. What we personally liked a lot, but unfortunately was well over budget, was Held Haus from the Black Forest with their fully wood fiber insulation.
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Nordlys
22 Mar 2021 20:38
What exactly is wrong with mineral wool? It cannot really break apart inside a wall. It is quite affordable and provides good insulation. So, what is the problem? Some conspiracy theory?
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hampshire
22 Mar 2021 22:03
Karold91 schrieb:

What exactly is that – it’s timber framing, right, or am I misunderstanding something?
Ligno Trend constructs the wall using cross-laminated timber panels. So, it’s solid.

We used blown-in cellulose insulation. It’s recycled material, has a low carbon footprint, makes the walls a bit thicker, and provides better sound insulation.
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Karold91
22 Mar 2021 22:47
hampshire schrieb:

Go to a carpenter who uses LignoTrend solid wood construction. Very impressive build quality – the extra cost for solid wood was a bit high for us, but we still went with the carpenter.

Ah, cool – very interesting. Is the house already finished? Any experience?
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Karold91
22 Mar 2021 22:49
WilderSueden schrieb:

Every manufacturer will promise that their wall construction is the best and most environmentally friendly. In the end, most of them just use mineral wool mats inside. So there’s no substitute for going through catalogs and doing your own research. What we personally liked a lot, but unfortunately was well beyond our budget, was Held Haus from the Black Forest with their fully wood fiber insulation.
I think our choice already builds to a very high standard, but unfortunately I can hardly find any user experiences from others about the respective builders.