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Wooden houses are still uncommon in Spain, but they are an excellent alternative to masonry houses. Solid, safe and cheap. Let's take a closer look at its features.
Solid, flexible, resistant to humidity and even fire . No, it's not concrete, not even steel, but wood! Not everyone knows yet that wood is full of amazing features. And it is a natural material and, consequently, renewable.
Additionally, building wooden houses is cheaper and even more sustainable than building them from concrete or brick .
What is a wooden house.
It is a wood-framed building, which Phone Number List can also be clad with other materials, from stone to concrete. It consists of a wooden frame and infill panels (the walls), which can be covered with different materials to guarantee correct thermal-acoustic insulation .
They are usually prefabricated houses, that is, made in a factory and already partially assembled. On site, the foundations and connections are made and the different parts are assembled.
Advantages of wood construction.
Wood is an extremely durable material because it does not rot due to humidity, but rather due to condensation. Examples of this are the pile foundations of the historic residences in Venice, immersed in an always humid and saline environment, or those that form the foundations of the Royal Palace and Amsterdam Central Station, inside the canals.
It is also very resistant to the cold, think of Norwegian houses, there are three-hundred-year-old houses entirely made of wood, today a World Heritage Site (an entire
Neighborhood is in Bergen) or the Alpine cabins and Japanese pagodas.
Wooden house under construction
Image: kaczor – Depositphotos .
Advantages of building wooden houses.
Lower primary energy expenditure . If we compare two buildings of the same size, finish and carpentry, we will see that the same amount of energy necessary to produce, transport and build, as well as to maintain, a concrete house is equivalent to that used to build two wooden ones ( GJ /m² versus GJ/m²).
Greater energy comfort thanks to its special cellular structure , which absorbs and releases vapor and environmental humidity. Reduces the use of heating in cold periods and
guarantees a cool climate in hot periods. Not in vain, a wooden building can easily have energy class A or B. In general, the Italian building stock, dating from the s and s, is made of brick and concrete and does not go beyond category G or F.
Great resistance to fire, because it burns very slowly . It also emits few dangerous gases when it burns. Glued laminated timber is specially designed to withstand a fire for more than minutes, a performance that not even concrete could emulate.
A living" material that breathes, cleans rooms, limits humidity and does not give off dust.
Total recoverability: % biodegradable . Controlled growth forests guarantee the sustainable and safe use of this resource, without destroying them disproportionately and
savagely, as occurs in some parts of the world. Concrete can also be recycled, through a very complex process, which also means that it can only be reused for lower quality products, and no longer for structural construction elements.
Perfect material to build according to the principles of ecological construction.
But then, why continue using cement? Out of habit, out of ignorance. When we think of wooden houses, the containers of earthquake victims come to mind: ready for destruction, drafty, unstable. In reality, a wooden house is not necessarily a low-quality product.
Solid, flexible, resistant to humidity and even fire . No, it's not concrete, not even steel, but wood! Not everyone knows yet that wood is full of amazing features. And it is a natural material and, consequently, renewable.
Additionally, building wooden houses is cheaper and even more sustainable than building them from concrete or brick .
What is a wooden house.
It is a wood-framed building, which Phone Number List can also be clad with other materials, from stone to concrete. It consists of a wooden frame and infill panels (the walls), which can be covered with different materials to guarantee correct thermal-acoustic insulation .
They are usually prefabricated houses, that is, made in a factory and already partially assembled. On site, the foundations and connections are made and the different parts are assembled.
Advantages of wood construction.
Wood is an extremely durable material because it does not rot due to humidity, but rather due to condensation. Examples of this are the pile foundations of the historic residences in Venice, immersed in an always humid and saline environment, or those that form the foundations of the Royal Palace and Amsterdam Central Station, inside the canals.
It is also very resistant to the cold, think of Norwegian houses, there are three-hundred-year-old houses entirely made of wood, today a World Heritage Site (an entire
Neighborhood is in Bergen) or the Alpine cabins and Japanese pagodas.
Wooden house under construction
Image: kaczor – Depositphotos .
Advantages of building wooden houses.
Lower primary energy expenditure . If we compare two buildings of the same size, finish and carpentry, we will see that the same amount of energy necessary to produce, transport and build, as well as to maintain, a concrete house is equivalent to that used to build two wooden ones ( GJ /m² versus GJ/m²).
Greater energy comfort thanks to its special cellular structure , which absorbs and releases vapor and environmental humidity. Reduces the use of heating in cold periods and
guarantees a cool climate in hot periods. Not in vain, a wooden building can easily have energy class A or B. In general, the Italian building stock, dating from the s and s, is made of brick and concrete and does not go beyond category G or F.
Great resistance to fire, because it burns very slowly . It also emits few dangerous gases when it burns. Glued laminated timber is specially designed to withstand a fire for more than minutes, a performance that not even concrete could emulate.
A living" material that breathes, cleans rooms, limits humidity and does not give off dust.
Total recoverability: % biodegradable . Controlled growth forests guarantee the sustainable and safe use of this resource, without destroying them disproportionately and
savagely, as occurs in some parts of the world. Concrete can also be recycled, through a very complex process, which also means that it can only be reused for lower quality products, and no longer for structural construction elements.
Perfect material to build according to the principles of ecological construction.
But then, why continue using cement? Out of habit, out of ignorance. When we think of wooden houses, the containers of earthquake victims come to mind: ready for destruction, drafty, unstable. In reality, a wooden house is not necessarily a low-quality product.