ᐅ Swedish Prefabricated Panel House / AB-Elementhus Renovation vs Demolition

Hello everyone,

We have purchased a Swedish prefabricated house from the company AB-Elementhus. It features a solid masonry ground floor, on top of which the prefabricated house is built.
Initially, the plan was to completely demolish the house and replace it with a new cross-laminated timber (CLT) structure of the same size.

While studying the building documents and permits for the AB-Elementhus house, I was positively surprised by the construction.
The wall assembly is (inside to outside) 2cm (0.8 inches) cross-laminated timber, 16cm (6 inches) compressed wood chips, 2cm (0.8 inches) cross-laminated timber, and 0.2mm (0.008 inches) stove-lacquered aluminum.
The planned layout of the new building could be realized within the existing structure, so I am now considering renovating and upgrading instead of demolishing (insulation, interior, windows, etc.).

Does anyone have experience with these houses?

Best regards,
Harv

That sounds interesting – but don’t get discouraged. Since the manufacturer is not well known in Germany, it might take a little while before you find other Elementhus remodelers here.

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Thank you, we will probably have the wood tested for any possible stresses, and then we will decide how to proceed!

In case anyone has a house like this, here are a few pictures showing the wall construction:

What do you want to know? Where is your house located, and what is its year of construction? I have 45 years of experience as a resident and owner, and I have all the documentation. Private message?

Ibsylon

Sorry, I just realized that it’s actually a different manufacturer: mine is from SEH (Swedish prefabricated houses...). I wouldn’t worry much about pollutants; as far as I know, Sweden banned asbestos long before Germany did. But I’m not a construction expert, just wanted to help.... ibsylon