ᐅ Swedish Prefabricated Panel House / AB-Elementhus Renovation vs Demolition
Created on: 12 Jun 2019 17:51
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HarvSpec
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
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
Hello Peter,
if you search for your house (AB Elementhus) on the well-known search engine, you will find a Medium article. There you can find the relevant drawings.
I have no details for the bathroom. It was built like the rest of the house, see also my first illustrated posts here.
Best regards
if you search for your house (AB Elementhus) on the well-known search engine, you will find a Medium article. There you can find the relevant drawings.
I have no details for the bathroom. It was built like the rest of the house, see also my first illustrated posts here.
Best regards
Hello everyone,
We have just purchased a Borgholm in the postal code area 539.. A big help in making our decision was this thread. So thanks to all contributors and the original poster @HarvSpec!
To start with, I have a possibly silly question: How did you remove the wallpaper? With steam or wallpaper remover despite the wooden walls, or just dry using a scraper?
Best regards,
Christoph
We have just purchased a Borgholm in the postal code area 539.. A big help in making our decision was this thread. So thanks to all contributors and the original poster @HarvSpec!
To start with, I have a possibly silly question: How did you remove the wallpaper? With steam or wallpaper remover despite the wooden walls, or just dry using a scraper?
Best regards,
Christoph
Hello,
I am very familiar with this problem. In our case, the wallpaper was still very firmly glued, and at the joints between two wall panels, the mesh was often damaged or pulled off with the putty knife. Overall, we managed by using the putty knife and dampening the walls slightly. It was not a pleasant job. ;-)
Since then, we have almost entirely covered the walls with Fermacell Greenline boards and applied plaster on them.
I am very familiar with this problem. In our case, the wallpaper was still very firmly glued, and at the joints between two wall panels, the mesh was often damaged or pulled off with the putty knife. Overall, we managed by using the putty knife and dampening the walls slightly. It was not a pleasant job. ;-)
Since then, we have almost entirely covered the walls with Fermacell Greenline boards and applied plaster on them.
We are currently facing a different "problem." We wanted to have a solar system installed and had a discussion with the structural engineer. He told us that the unusually large rafter spacing of 120cm (47 inches) is very uncommon and could potentially cause issues.
However, we are still in the discussion phase. Has anyone here installed a solar system on their roof or experienced problems due to a rafter spacing of 120cm (47 inches)? I believe this dimension might be standard in Ängelholm.
However, we are still in the discussion phase. Has anyone here installed a solar system on their roof or experienced problems due to a rafter spacing of 120cm (47 inches)? I believe this dimension might be standard in Ängelholm.
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