ᐅ Ventilated Facade: Advantages and Disadvantages? Pest Issues?
Created on: 12 May 2021 23:55
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We are currently searching for a provider for a single-family house and will decide on one in the next few weeks after receiving the remaining offers.
We have a favorite who is the only timber construction company offering a ventilated cladding system, either wood or plastered. We would choose plaster, but of course, we wondered why they are the only ones using this wall construction. The rest of the wall is similar to others, with gypsum board, wood panel, timber frame with insulation, wood fiberboard – only then with battens and cladding instead of plaster on the wood fiberboard.
What are the advantages or disadvantages of this type of facade, if any, aside from the design flexibility and better recyclability, especially regarding insulation, soundproofing, heat protection, and vapor permeability?
Another question we have is whether such facades cause problems with pests or even small mammals potentially nesting in the ventilation gap, or worse, burrowing into the (effectively “exposed”) insulation and making themselves comfortable there?
We have a favorite who is the only timber construction company offering a ventilated cladding system, either wood or plastered. We would choose plaster, but of course, we wondered why they are the only ones using this wall construction. The rest of the wall is similar to others, with gypsum board, wood panel, timber frame with insulation, wood fiberboard – only then with battens and cladding instead of plaster on the wood fiberboard.
What are the advantages or disadvantages of this type of facade, if any, aside from the design flexibility and better recyclability, especially regarding insulation, soundproofing, heat protection, and vapor permeability?
Another question we have is whether such facades cause problems with pests or even small mammals potentially nesting in the ventilation gap, or worse, burrowing into the (effectively “exposed”) insulation and making themselves comfortable there?
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Daniel-Sp23 May 2021 15:40Even just choosing different facade materials can make this much of a difference. Even among ventilated facades, there are "Dacia," Mercedes, and Ferrari options...
Then windows and fall protection come into play. No one here knows both offers in detail. Only true experts can tell you whether the quoted extra cost is justified for your region.
Then windows and fall protection come into play. No one here knows both offers in detail. Only true experts can tell you whether the quoted extra cost is justified for your region.
My gut feeling is that the 30K surcharge for the listed extras is fair. It’s neither overpriced nor a bargain. In our case, just switching from regular plaster to a plastered curtain wall would have cost about 100 EUR per square meter (10.7 USD per square foot), with other materials being somewhat to significantly more expensive.
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