ᐅ Experiences with timber frame or brick infill construction?
Created on: 12 Jun 2025 22:57
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Hello everyone,
I’d like to hear your opinions. We currently have two offers and both are very similar in terms of content and price. When we compare service to service, both include the same elements and meet the same technical standards. Concrete slab, windows, roof, doors, flooring, painting quality, etc., are identical and can be disregarded. Both use an air-to-water heat pump, underfloor heating, parquet flooring, identical sanitary fittings, and so on.
The biggest difference between the two companies is the wall and ceiling construction, so I’m interested in your experiences in either area. Even though it’s almost a philosophical question, I want to ask it:
What have you noticed after years in houses with wood frame construction or brick construction? What should we pay attention to in the scope of work description? Are there any tips in this regard?
Provider 1: Wood frame construction, wood fiber insulation, wood panels, no expanded polystyrene (EPS) or similar. Wall thickness 30cm (12 inches), very good U-values. Ceilings and interior walls 15cm (6 inches) with the same structure, but without wood fiber insulation—using Knauf insulation instead. The house is described as vapor permeable (diffusion-open).
Provider 2: Bricks filled with rock wool insulation, 36.5cm (14 inches). Concrete ceilings between floors. Interior walls made of solid gypsum, 10cm (4 inches) thick.
We have requested all values regarding sound insulation, U-values, etc., from both companies and on paper, the wood house is superior. Currently, there is nothing speaking in favor of the brick house, but they make such a good impression that it is still considered in the final round.
Has anyone faced a similar decision or has experience with brick-and-rock wool walls or wood frame construction? Your experiences and opinions would be very helpful for our decision.
Good luck
I’d like to hear your opinions. We currently have two offers and both are very similar in terms of content and price. When we compare service to service, both include the same elements and meet the same technical standards. Concrete slab, windows, roof, doors, flooring, painting quality, etc., are identical and can be disregarded. Both use an air-to-water heat pump, underfloor heating, parquet flooring, identical sanitary fittings, and so on.
The biggest difference between the two companies is the wall and ceiling construction, so I’m interested in your experiences in either area. Even though it’s almost a philosophical question, I want to ask it:
What have you noticed after years in houses with wood frame construction or brick construction? What should we pay attention to in the scope of work description? Are there any tips in this regard?
Provider 1: Wood frame construction, wood fiber insulation, wood panels, no expanded polystyrene (EPS) or similar. Wall thickness 30cm (12 inches), very good U-values. Ceilings and interior walls 15cm (6 inches) with the same structure, but without wood fiber insulation—using Knauf insulation instead. The house is described as vapor permeable (diffusion-open).
Provider 2: Bricks filled with rock wool insulation, 36.5cm (14 inches). Concrete ceilings between floors. Interior walls made of solid gypsum, 10cm (4 inches) thick.
We have requested all values regarding sound insulation, U-values, etc., from both companies and on paper, the wood house is superior. Currently, there is nothing speaking in favor of the brick house, but they make such a good impression that it is still considered in the final round.
Has anyone faced a similar decision or has experience with brick-and-rock wool walls or wood frame construction? Your experiences and opinions would be very helpful for our decision.
Good luck
@11ant No problem. Planning is everything. But this isn’t for certain mass-market builders. You also need skilled carpenters, not just "I-can-hold-a-hammer technicians." I’ll boldly claim that most of the polished-shoe salespeople in the show homes don’t even know what a point cloud is or how it works. They have to look it up first.
But it’s no different with the bricklayers, either. Any mistake will catch up with you by the time you reach the roof structure.
You can’t just let anyone handle it. And the budget builders will charge you accordingly—and a lot. It’s better to invest a bit more from the start...
But it’s no different with the bricklayers, either. Any mistake will catch up with you by the time you reach the roof structure.
You can’t just let anyone handle it. And the budget builders will charge you accordingly—and a lot. It’s better to invest a bit more from the start...
Oh, the masons are grateful to have the neighboring roof as a guideline.
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