Swiss Modular Home - Under Construction Tour

[@thakuralokpratapsingh6540]

I've been a builder for many years and have seen quite a fair bit of sheds. The plans in ryan's package kzbin.infoUgkxB7IXYxLzb_Ichhe45zM3Im5xfEiSp9vB have some of the nicest looking sheds i've seen in a while.

[@jomcdonald9983]

MUY buena calidad, el texto imagenes. kzbin.infoUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO Un manuel muy completo y trabajado. Resulta muy práctico. Para principiantes y profesionales. Lo recomiendo

[@frumpd63]

Do I build houses? Nope. Do I watch and love this channel anyway? You bet. Epic stuff guys. Much appreciated.

[@brucefullwood]

You're not alone, frumpd63. I'm not in construction in any way (programmer).

[@bhawthorne5654]

Same here

[@andreycham4797]

for the most part the stuff he is talking about in his show is not used by majority of builders , but it is still interesting to watch because it adds new knowledge and ideas

[@billebest]

Same here. I just enjoy watching this channel.

[@McSlobo]

Same here. I don't even own an apartment. I just enjoy learning about things. He seems super interested in construction techniques which is very admirable. And he seems to read the comments too because he learned the wire thickness and voltage thing. Nobody of us knows everything so the important thing is to be curious, willing to learn, and willing to do your best with that knowledge. Some haters will always hate and mock him about silly things like his home country - like it would matter - but I doubt a guy who is confident enough to make KZbin videos much cares about haters. And it is also super interesting to see how unique Swiss buildings also are among other European buildings. This is gold on so many levels.

[@uschurch]

A few answers to questions I saw in the comment section: Price for a wood house of ~1200 sqft: I would say CHF 800k-1.5m is reasonable. I haven't found any concrete prices because these are all special projects, which is to say, most Swiss do not live in top-quality houses like the one in the video. The price also depends on the location as not all residential areas in Switzerland are equally easily accessible (think remote mountain resorts). Price of a similar home, standard build (concrete, bricks, some wood): Around CHF 600k-1m. You can also order wood houses made in other European countries and you'll probably save a bit on the final price, but transport can be expensive. I remember seeing ads from Scandinavian, Austrian and German builders at building fairs a few years ago. The Swiss building code is very strict on energy efficiency. People can get subsidies for renovations that make their home more energy efficient. The government can force you to replace old, inefficient heating systems. Part of the reason is that Switzerland doesn't have any domestic energy resources apart from renewable power production like wind, biogas, solar, geothermal heat and hydroelectric power (which requires flooding mountain valleys, in which people prefer to hike and ski). We also incinerate all our domestic waste and produce electricity and heat with it. Our electricity production is about 60% hydro, 35% nuclear, 5% others. All fossil fuel has to be imported, same for nuclear fuel. Another reason for reducing energy wastage are the Kyoto Protocol agreements. IIRC heating is responsible for about a third of the Swiss fossil energy consumption and in turn for a third of the Swiss carbon dioxide emissions. Most heating systems in Switzerland use oil or natural gas. Electric heating maybe outlawed, unless it's solar or heat pump. I am not sure about this one though. Switzerland has a comparably old construction structure. We haven't had any armed conflicts fought on our territory in almost 200 years. There was a minor hiccup in 1847, but it only lasted 6 weeks and no urban areas were destroyed. Unlike in the rest of Europe virtually no construction was destroyed in WW2. All new buildings appeared when people decided to expand or tear down and rebuild. The govt can't force people to tear down and build energy efficient, but when you decide to build, you have to build energy efficient. Bonus: If you build in Switzerland you are forced by law to build air shelters as well. Small objects like family homes are exempt, but the respective town/village has to provide a big enough collective air shelter. Larger objects like appartement buildings from 25 rooms and up require their own air shelter providing enough room for each person. The air shelter has to withstand a dynamic over pressure of at least 1 bar.

[@racer98]

But that is some nice quality work though, there are only a handful of builders outside of CH that can build something similar but nothing of this quality !

[@uschurch]

@@racer98 This may in part have to do with a long standing tradition of vocational training and apprenticeship programs for almost every profession. Swiss builders don't go to college initially. They usually start their career at age 16 in an apprenticeship, where they learn their craft from the ground up.

[@davetaylor8614]

@@uschurch Thank you for your insite! In the US the people rarely stay in one area so the lowest cost and complaining is their method of operation thus keeping good craftsmanship to a select few willing to pay the price. A US Builder of custom concrete homes.

[@thearchibaldtuttle]

Merci für die Zämefassig!

[@arrzfr]

Urs Schuerch couple of comments maybe. The cost of the structure itself as shown in the video would probably be 30%-50% of what you mention. It‘s about 100sqm-ish, and you estimate 10k CHF per sqm, which for a prefab would be outrageously high, even for Switzerland. I’ve seen similar, good-quality prefab builds in Germany that run at about 2k CHF per sqm (that’s probably around 200 USD per square foot). Also, that cost would be stable, no matter where you build, whether it’s in an expensive neighborhood or not. Then of course, as you correctly state, the prefab itself isn‘t enough. The cost of buildable land can indeed be outrageous; Swiss building code; peculiarities of the terrain (hillsides...); the dimensions of your underground structures; all this adds up. In countries where land is more readily available, you just pour a concrete slab on a flat piece of land, and that‘s it. Very little digging, no basements, significantly reduced cost, especially if you don‘t intend to pass on a viable structure to your grandchildren.

[@lelandunruh7896]

My wife is Swiss and always insisting she'd like to build a house to Swiss standards here in Texas. Perhaps if these guys will ship internationally I can finally make her wish come true!

[@chriscarney9955]

Guys did you know that it is still build code in Switzerland to incorporate a nuclear fall-out shelter in every new dwelling? This is according to articles 45 and 46 of the Swiss Federal Law on Civil Protection. This is why most buildings constructed since the 1960s (the first regulations on the subject were passed on 4 October 1963) incorporate a fallout shelter. So Matt, this new pre-fab isnt just going over a concrete 'basement' its a shelter too!

[@michaelschneider-]

@Eir Scapes .. Interesting. .. Always thinking the Europeans ... (Swiss)

[@fnordist]

Not nuclear fallout shelters, air-raid shelters.

[@GG-si7fw]

I love that they don’t use drywall which is energy intensive and creative use of wood. Thanks for showing this from a builder’s viewpoint.

[@davefoc]

I wondered about that. I would have guessed that plywood walls would cost about three times what dry wall costs. I don't see enough advantages to justify that price difference.

[@charlesrodriguez7984]

@@davefoc they look pretty though compared to textured drywall.

[@maurozammarano6651]

drywall also acts as a fire barrier. Replacing it with plywood without a sprinkler system might not be a good idea

[@stevenazaroff4243]

Matt, this swiss euro series is outstanding. Looking forward to the next video.

[@MrPeterpan1954]

Hi,,I`m from Norway and we use the same air ventilation box and it is a heat exchanger.So cold air coming in are heated up to nearly the same temperature as the air going out. All new houses in Norway have this heat exchanger box from about 1995.

[@grahamarnold2591]

SO GREAT TO HEAR AN AMERICAN PRAISE ANOTHER COUNTRY -- GOOD FOR YOU.GREAT CHANNEL." This Old House NUT" --yours is a modern day version. WELL DONE. CHEERS FROM THE UK.

[@adamkendall997]

Now if we can get the rest of the world to stop blaming America for all the world's problems.

[@krakca]

@@adamkendall997 once they stop making them ye

[@switzeridoo]

the cement panels as you call it ,is "Fermacell" and its fireresistent and required by law in some places of the house and is also used in the wet areas,kitchen,bath etc for the paver to have a stabil underground .

[@KplusU]

.They are not as porous or hold water as much as concrete board also. It is a better material.

[@j.c.4192]

Hey Matt! Go do a video in Waco Texas next year with S2A Modular. I think you might want to build for your clients this way too.

[@perryreasch1499]

looks like good sound proofing

[@kimstyles4006]

First time new sub. Amazing! I got out of construction in the mid- 90s. I love watching all these improvements. Love your presentation thank you so much.

[@Lnej1]

Great video, but at 4:10 I am not 100% sure, but I would say that the mineral wool spacer is more for shock sound isolation of finished floor than for heat transfer.

[@LivingBigInATinyHouse]

Great

[@rud]

My house here in Denmark was built10 years ago there was strict rules to how air tight it must be and it is tested. But there were no rules to air replacement. So it is air tight as a drum you can’t fart without creating over pressure and I have to open a window to use the fan in the kitchen. Thinking about having fitted a air replacement system. Cheers.

[@HenryLoenwind]

I'd recommend you do. I'm sitting in a room from the 60s, and I alone manage to get the CO2 up into the "bad for you" levels just by breathing within about 2-3 hours. That must be even worse in a well insulated house...

[@barbarasmith6005]

That is very bad building practice to build a tight house without a whole-house ventilation system. You are lucky you didn't get sick.

[@barbarasmith6005]

@@HenryLoenwind That's why every superinsulated, airtight house needs a fresh-air, filtered, heat recovery ventilation system. And don't clean with store-bought cleaning products, and make sure anything you bring into the house doesn't offgas VOCs like formaldehyde.

[@rud]

@@barbarasmith6005 Indeed, I open the windows several times a day to replace the air. IIRC new building codes now requires that they are built with a ventilation system with a heat recovery system.

[@rud]

@@HenryLoenwind I know, I can't close the bedroom door when sleeping without having the window open. It is quite counterproductive to the tightly insulated house. They even made pressure tests that the house had to pass to see that were no leaks. :D It's on my list of improvement. I am considering getting a system with a heat pump that can recover heat in the winter and cool in the summer. Need to save up a bit of money first, until then, I open the windows several times a day.

[@jacekszymanski7857]

great video and info :) I'm planing to build my retirement house back in the old country Poland and was so educated while planning, there are so many companies there that are doing these kind of prefabricated frame houses.

[@P8qzxnxfP85xZ2H3wDRV]

This show is great. I'm really glad I found your channel. If you find some people in those factories that speak English, could you also put some interviews into the episodes?

[@b4804514]

It would be really nice to see a finished house. Even in a picture

[@kenc2257]

Well...you can google the builder "HOLZBAU BUCHER AG"--there are no images of completed homes on their company website (as of March 2021), but there are images of homes and office buildings (and some videos of interiors) available on the Internet.

[@TobIas-or9dj]

The Board is called „Fermacell“

[@robe5000]

Really enjoying these Swiss made videos .

[@Короновирус-е9д]

I would like to see the completed version of the house and the pricelist.

[@Commerical_Real_Estate_Analyst]

In the exterior tour section how do they account for the expansion and shrinkage of the wood when connecting to the Metal Beam at the marriage walls of the modules?

[@RiverPlaid]

I to do not build houses but love this channel. And you bet I will be applying as much of the building science I’ve learn from you onto my old home. I’m a bit obsessed with insulation at the moment.🌸

[@WAJK2030]

denise rivers u should consult an engineer before doing smth. A lot of stuff can go wrong, especially with arrangement of specific layers.

[@tamil1001]

There are so many advantages to modular homes. Wonder why they aren't more common?

[@simonkenwothy5933]

I would like to see what designs you do with disabled in mind. Double level or three floors garage being ground floor.

[@mucsalto8377]

as the price question pops up here too, I repeat my comment from another vid: we build a multi storey house (3x 120m²) in solid timber with a concrete stairwell for fire protection at € 1950.-/m² with all the features he showed. Energy consumption will be 55 kWh/m2 or 0,1 gallon oil/sqf /year. The plot is in Munich city center, which is a quite expensive town to build in. So this is approx. $ 800K or $ 33,5/sq foot. How much is such a house in a northern region (snow and storm) of the US? ~

[@DrMortadhaSAbd]

Great series, I’m interested in seeing the Germany episode, but please tell the cameraman to focus on where you’re pointing and talking and not on you all the time, because we want to see the details you’re mentioning, thanks.

[@VideoNOLA]

Personally, I'd give anything to have the camera not point at his face the whole time.

[@friendsonearth]

Funny, in old day, my boss business is moving house, he bought old hoses ready for salvage and move to country side as collage home to sell, but now, is reverse. Think it this way is easier and doable than hiring local expert problem, anyway, like to see how there move whole house in the truck drive along on the highway

[@___Q-bot]

good show!

[@chrisE815]

Matt- Excellent content- Thanks for showing us these high quality builds. I find it interesting that your trip was sponsored but a company representative isn't helping you present these houses. Why is that? I would be interested in hearing more detailed information on the construction techniques and materials because they are very different from homes in the USA. Hope my suggestion is not taken as criticism... This series is great and I hope your overseas tours continue.

[@awax2585]

His trip is sponsored by Siga tapes which he says at least once in every video. They seem to show him houses and construction sites where their products are used and he's including the words Siga tape at least once in all of his explanations. Furthermore, these houses are built by local companies that might not even operate all over their own country, so they couldn't care less about presenting their shit to a mostly american public ...

[@xFD2x]

You can't assume that company has a representative fluent in English. In Switzerland they speak French, Italian and Swiss German. Most (American) movies have audio in their language.

[@BrogeKilrain]

durability important as multiple generations share the house and not every person can afford a home.

[@AusTexish]

Europe is way ahead of North America in terms of home construction automation. It’s amazing, higher upfront cost but lower long term operating cost.

[@robthewaywardwoodworker9956]

Looks like a very superior quality build. I would be very interested in the cost of such a home. I worked as the architectural manager in a large modular home plant in western Canada for several years and just looking at the materials going into that home, I suspect it is a very expensive build. Of course that may be right in line with stick built over there. Appreciate the opportunity to get a glimpse into a boutique factory like that. Is that typical of the modular manufacturers over there? Cheers from Canada.

[@gpolix]

Wayward Woodworker I'm Italian. We build houses like that one here. We use wood or many other materials. Usually an house like that you can see in the video costs 1300 eur/sq meter.

[@gpolix]

@Jeremy This is probably the best house you can build. Hemp-lime wood house. Passive house, no heater. Sorry, only in italian. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYXReI2bbLOXkLs

[@robthewaywardwoodworker9956]

@@gpolix Thanks for the reply. 1300 eur is close to $2000 cdn so that works out to approx $180 cdn per square foot. That wouldn't buy much of a house here. Quite amazed at the level of quality and the affordability of those homes. I suppose one would have to factor in the rest of the cost of living, typical wages, taxes and all the rest to get a real vision of the "cost" to live in a place like Italy or Switzerland.

[@gpolix]

@@robthewaywardwoodworker9956 in Italy we don't pay taxes for the house where we are living. Very expensive house o poor house the same: no taxes. I live in the richest part of Italy, (north east: Padua, near Venice), Life is not very expensive ( maybe 400 eur/month for food + 100 eur/month bill). more we have welfare so hospitals, schools etc are free...

[@robthewaywardwoodworker9956]

@@gpolix Imma gonna renew my passport and brush up on my Italian! LOL

[@josephjorgensen3282]

This would save so much and no rain pouring on your frames house

[@Mr.Consitution]

Awesome

[@gdarbo6844]

Go to Keene, New Hampshire to see the same there.

[@julieta203]

11:20 thats much larger than 1100 sqf (102sqm). Based on the roof i would est 2.5mt wide per section and each section looks 12m long (40ft shipping container) so 12.5x12m + 150sqm so 1600-1700sqf min.

[@13c11a]

Is this a PassivHaus or the same thing made by different people? Thanks.

[@perryreasch1499]

$$$$ log cabin is what i want

[@SirKombabomba]

Wow- Man!!

[@wbwills2]

Long lasting.yes.not just building a home but a home place.security for many generations.life is short.leave something behind you can be proud of.

[@Ewoodster]

I strongly considered building a house in exactly the same style. It was invented in Austria (the country in Europe without Cangaroos!) and is called Holz100 or Wood100 in english. A german company slightly improved the process where you don't see the wooden dowels on the inside. They use wood screws unlike the dowels in the Holz100 system. The Main benefit is the extremely high thermal capacity, so your house doesn't overheat in summer and temperatures don't droo fast in winter. Plus it's prefab, so building the closed hull just takes two days until it is fully rainprove. It turned out that the best building technique (in my eyes) is also the most expensive. Therefore I finally decided to build a standard framed wall or else I would habe to leave the basement and garage away.

[@radcow]

Go to the uk please👍👍👍

[@radcow]

@@MrGioMadrid it's because I'm a builder and was hoping to hear an outside prospective

[@peterwalsh6867]

Great presentation , very interesting content . I was a builder in Canada for 35 years , retiring 10 years ago , wish I was still at it , now I do furniture , New Heritage Fine Furniture Peter Walsh

[@KplusU]

Beautiful episode Matt.

[@lsellclumanetsolarenergyll5071]

3' is about 1meter. Also birch is a very common and fast growing wood which is used for a lot of construction in Europe. 240V is standard and if you guys didn't see our GROUND wire is actually the green/yellow wire and is insulated. So the HOT Leads are BLUE and BLACK or BROWN. So each lead is a HOT we don't use any NEUTRAL wire's. That's a major thing and also reduces a lot on the electric cost billing side because you use a lot less KW the KW charge is double to what the USA is charging. But Electric is no longer a monopol system like it is in the USA so in Germany you can have an Electric Provider from Spain for example which keeps competition and price hikes at bay and on top it forces them to build redundant Power Grids not like in the USA where a lot is only Single line build.

[@mabisfab77paintball]

go visit poland or lithuania see how they build a wooden house

[@Helloverlord]

4:15 it isnt there to insulate the wall from a heated floor but to make space for a floor slab to expand without pushing the wall out and making cracks...

[@markogilvy9939]

Yeah that makes more sense

[@michaelschneider-]

@HelloverLord. .. Agreed. .. Same wall/floor detail when installing Hydronic in-floor heat system in our Vail, CO remodel in 1999. .. Hydronic heating the only way to go .....

[@somaswodi8273]

great show Matt....look forward to see you at the NAHB IBS show in February. Travel safe!

[@PandorasFolly]

The Doug DeMuro of houses.

[@OlegMykolajovychOlijnyk]

... жодного вентиляційного отвору! Чим там дихати? відкривати вікна для продуху?

[@IndependenceCityMotoring]

How does cost compare to building onsite?

[@thearchibaldtuttle]

Independence City Motoring it’s not much different in fact. At least in Switzerland it isn’t.

[@danafield4696]

Well wouldn't u seal all the joints up tight living in Switzerland ? It's a winter wonderland there soooooo tighten it up buttercup !!

[@AusTexish]

Yodeling you serious? Do you play bagpipes in Scotland?

[@peterbeyer5755]

In Melbourne, Australia yesterday it was 45C, our houses have no effective insulation, poor design and building standards, when it gets hot the state government turns of the power to while suburbs and we start to fry. You can bake cookies outside on a metal tray. I cannot understand why our government doesn't make it mandatory to make our houses have effective insulation. We have building codes but they are not effective.

[@ianwatson2285]

What's to stop you from building to your requirements? Why build down to the crap codes? And yes, you get what you pay for. Good design and materials cost money, lots of it.

[@2thelight]

They're not stingy on materials in the attention to detail is very good but to duplicate that in America would probably be twice the price?

[@johnvanengelenhoven6646]

The house is not the expensive part. The basement is. All basements are essentially a bunker. Has to meet extreme code. A fighting position with filtered air. Why doesn't anybody attack them? Every able body takes his rifle and ammo home with him. You are going to defend you and yours to a higher degree. Next what about the tunnels and etc, etc, etc.

[@joelhansen7373]

Price? Would Americans pay for the quality?

[@19stojkovic93]

For price don't ask you will get heart attack for real... They are not normal when come to houses price in Swiss.....

[@MichaelM.9]

For a wooden house you pay around 600k-1mil (without the land).

[@gpolix]

@@MichaelM.9 where do you pay 600k-1 mil? in Switzerland? Here in Italy we build same houses/same technology ( Massive Holz Mauer or xlam or frame , like wolf house for example) it costs not much more than a "traditional" full bricks house: here in Veneto (Padua) can buy the same house for 1300 eur/sq meter. Not more. I know Switzerland is more expensive than Italy, a pizza costs five times there... :(

[@alanhowitzer]

Americans prefer quantity over quality.

[@jcon6115]

Alan Fox not all Americans.

[@noraajagger4239]

8:20 "tongue and groove" is also known as lesbian boards not "male/female"

[@mv80401]

I recently ordered a lesbian Ouzo (from Lesbos)

[@andrewschott3635]

Schaut gut an

[@seanbouker]

Matt show us a breaker box😂

[@tomaocatvianpuiu3558]

i want to see some prices of one of those modular homes but i cant get an offer from them ,can someone guide me a little?

[@hanshans387]

I absolutely love your channel, but pleeeease invest in a camera with a faster autofocus :-P

[@leonk.1031]

Please visit a modular home factory in Germany there much bigger and also very interesting

[@andreycham4797]

enough of wood . In Germany they have more construction technologies which superior than wood

[@leonk.1031]

Andrey Cham Yeah wright but the factories are pretty impressive to

[@bobann7360Studios]

Siding and roofing?

[@christheswiss390]

I think one of the largest differences to the US of A would be the large windows in the factory building and the vast amounts of sunlight flooding the factory floor.

[@comment6864]

oh so true! In the US you have to be very very careful to not accidentally buy something that no sun floods into ever.

[@eyupyoruk2783]

make a rommtour or full housetoor !!!

[@jnagtube]

I moved here recently.. it's rad. i love it.

[@manhoosnick]

I am looking for a company like this in Europe for my little brother to work and learn with, can someone please help? We are french and no trouble for visa etc.

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

There have been many attempts at doing modular construction in the USA as far back as the early 60s. Some are still at it, but many have failed. There was one outfit in Cleveland in the 60s that was way in the future, with wall panel systems of aluminum durable skin, structural foam core and high grade plywood interior surfaces.. The model homes were stunning modern designs. In the 80s Georgia Pacific operated a modular home unit in Eugene OR, ran for 10 years or so. ... there are others still in business, much like this Swiss operation, in the eastern USA.. even one that specializes in foundation and basement structural panel systems.

[@TrogdorBurnin8or]

I think it makes a lot more sense to use panelized systems at scale for tract housing rather than try to transport boxes that are custom-built for a single buyer. At least half of the advantage that site stick-building crews have would disappear the moment that we regulated building trades to the extent of requiring realistic long-term health coverage akin to what office workers get, for injuries incurred on the job but only really felt ten years later. I like what these guys are doing: www.ecocor.us/

[@kwarts]

I'm somewhat surprised to hear that the roof drains into the main sewer, or did I misunderstand?

[@ursodermatt8809]

yep, you did not misunderstand, that's what they are doing in switzerland

[@kwarts]

@@ursodermatt8809 Thanks, where I live (the Netherlands) in new developments they try to seperate rainwater that does not need wastewater treatment from water that needs treatment. During sewer renovations they even most time make this separation.

[@mikewasowski1411]

Awesome and awesome series. Really enjoyed

[@jacobkrzyzek5777]

Who is the manufacture of that radiant floor sheet/board?

[@vensti4771]

i think it's fermacell

[@andreycham4797]

fresh air come true HRV with heat pump built in and for each kilowatt electricity spend on ventilation they get upto 3 kilowatt of heat

[@erik....]

It's better to have a separate water based central heating system and be able to set the ventilation to a reasonable air flow. My system recovers around 80% of the heat so if the outgoing air is 20 degrees celsius and outside temperature is 0 degrees, then incoming is 16 degrees... pretty good.

[@andreycham4797]

@@erik.... not bad .In states we have electric water heaters with heat pump built in and after all discounts, rebates I can get one for $650 then I would buy HRV for $350 or so and design system which I talked about above . European HRV with heat pump priced for 5000 euro

[@erik....]

@@andreycham4797 Yes my heat pump is around $10000 and complete ventilation unit with pipes to every room $3000 so it's a bit different.. but I live in a very cold place (Sweden). Heating was still $400 last month.

[@Alpha-Alpha]

7:10, it should be fiber board, because its toilet area.

[@shenlun]

No why would paint the wood white? stain it instead would be my option

[@unchannelbyryan]

shenlun I know right! Too pretty to ruin with paint.

[@sparkzbarca]

could be that almost reverse liking thing. If most of the houses there are old wood houses then suddenly it's like how everyone covered up hardwood flooring with carpet when it was introduced. Because EVERYONE has this "amazing" wall style. exposed wood walls become the standard and an expensive "custom" home uses non exposed wood. The only problem with this whole idea is WHY DID YOU ORDER A CUSTOM ALL WOOD house then lol. Like I could empathize with not wanting the cookie cutter look even if cookies are tasty. But then why not go with a different style of non wood housing if you don't like the look of wood walls. :P

[@PLF...]

If you want it exposed you should probably go for some nicer wood without knots

[@randydueck889]

It seems to me the interior 'plywood' panels are CLT - cross laminated timber.... not plywood as such.

[@rickv1013]

It's solid wood and translates to three layer plate. In Switzerland it's used as plywood and you can get it from 12 to 60mm thick (1/2 inch to 1 3/8inch). The most common one is 27mm thick (just over 1 inch).

[@lastnickever4440]

It is CLT it can be up to 500 mm thick.

[@lastnickever4440]

​@@rickv1013 Three layer plates are the thinnest version of CLT. There are version with more layers and up to 500 mm thickness.

[@rickv1013]

@@lastnickever4440 Sounds like those whole glued wall panels from a previous video are CLT as well. I could only find those three layer plates (Dreischichtplatten) up to 60mm in the catalog from a Swiss wood supplier. I've only used up to the 32mm thick panels.

[@Dracounius]

@@rickv1013 in general only the thinner CLT panels use 3 layers, so if you want more than 60mm you probably need to go up to 5+ layers (depending on thickness. my appartment building uses 20-30cm CLT panels with 7+ layers)

[@lav1daloca]

Anyone know how much this house costs?

[@peterslegers6121]

A few observations. Around 7:30 you assume a steel beam behind the plates, when they just look like connecting plates between floor and wall. The tightly glued sandwich construction of floor & wall makes those big sheets strong and stiff enough to not bend. They are basically beams & floor in one. The connection points between floor/wall and different sections are the most vulnerable points in the construction. They might also need reinforcement, in order to be precise enough to neatly "click" together. The "wooden insulation" is just softboard. These are cheap, non constructional wall panels. The real wooden rulers are framing them and the profile ensures an easy and swiftly installation. Thinner sheets of softboard break easily, so i guess the panels need a certain thickness in order to give them some strength, so you don't break them while leaning onto them.

[@LivingBigInATinyHouse]

I love this. Great video!

[@funnyguyinlondon]

My only worry is the durability if it's typical of Japanese and American homes which deteriorate within 50 years

[@collectsoulpleasure1800]

Nice video.👌 Thanks for sharing,Stay Blessed.🥰

[@bruceandersen3803]

Ask your camera man to follow what you are pointing out to us when you are pointing out details. You explain it so well but we cannot see it.

[@JonLeinbach]

What is the music at the beginning?

[@RockHudrock]

Would you say the Swiss don’t perceive a class distinction between stick-built vs. manufactured, like we have in the U.S.?

[@robthewaywardwoodworker9956]

I think there is a pretty big difference between what is considered "manufactured" vs "modular" The time I spent in the industry showed a big distinction between the two. Manufactured tends to be the "trailer" style, with the single-wide and double-wide units. Those are typically set on piles, pads, or other such "foundation" whereas modular is more like a conventionally built home, often placed on a full concrete or wood foundation complete with basement. There has been a stigma attached to modular building that has been a carry over from the cheap "trailer" type builds that you generally see in "trailer parks". Pretty sure that's where the "class distinction" comes from. A well built modular home can look no different than a convention stick-built home.

[@KplusU]

Not in Switzerland. You Are Talking unites states. Most European companies would never build a trailer house, double wide or otherwise. ha ha ha . @@robthewaywardwoodworker9956

[@per.kallberg]

Kenneth Reeves I totally agree. Why move your house when you can build a good house and move yourself. Do people with mobile homes actually move them?

[@per.kallberg]

That is correct. A prefabricate house equals or surpass a stick built house in Europe. You decide on quality level and then try to make it cheap and good thus factory made.

[@slingbart705]

@@robthewaywardwoodworker9956 That is correct. but then you see the 2x3 walls and think..what did they save like $20 over a 2x4 build? try to do replacement interior door jambs is a pain. I am sure they are better Today vs. 15-20 yrs ago.

[@SR-ee3yt]

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Your viewers must think that almost every house in Switzerland is built with wood :-D ...which is not the case.

[@MrHunapu]

well he covers a small company specialised on building with wood. Absolutly not the standart in switzerland. Not even the inside walls use any wood. Interesting through.

[@proverbs2life]

newman ironic

[@Joshua79C]

Yet many Europeans and others NOT from the USA think that we also build out of only wood, which is also not true.

[@OsmoZchannel]

@Justin Robinson The assumption is based on the very poor education system in the US which is kinda reasonable since your knowledge about the outside is close to non-existent.

[@seanbouker]

Wait Matt I knowwww you do the building stuff but at 3:50 you just go you know they use 230v so the wires are smaller because they are using half the amperage! And move on like it's nothing... Note I've always been under the impression that European countries used 240v 20-40 amp as standard; instead of American 120v 12-20 amp.... So what you just said was they're actually 230v 6-10 amp? Can anyone confirm this?

[@kwarts]

Simply said: power is the product of voltage and current. So, double the voltage allows half the current for the same amount of power, at least for single-phase. If you use 3-phase, that is 380 / 400 volts, mathematics are a bid different.

[@HenryLoenwind]

"120v 12-20 amp" is 1440 to 2400 Watt. "240v 20-40 amp" would be 4800 to 9600 Watt. That'd be a bit ridiculous, wouldn't it? The amps vary a bit country by country (and purpose of the circuit), but you usually have something between 10A (2400 Watt) and 16A (3840 Watt).

[@NoRoads2AllRoads]

We use 10-20 amps in Europe. So about 5000W for a circuit. Also, if it's an oven or stove top it can be used 32amps connections

[@seanbouker]

@@kwarts I've always considered the voltage like the vehicle that carried the power... Ie higher voltage; can carry more amps, I realize it can carry less... And I realized that a breaker can regulate it to be less amps from the main ie the smaller gauge wire would be safe to use in that case... But to state as he did that simply because the voltage is double; the amperage is half seems like it was a slip of the tounge more so than fact... For example in the states you would never have 240v 15a line, it wouldn't make any sense... You would have a 240v 30a line with say a 8/10ga wire... It would appear they are using 240v 6-12a ??? With a 14/16ga wire... I guess in my head I just assumed that everything over there plugged into 20-40a wall outlets with beefy wires...

[@augustreil]

I hope someone else chimes in cause I'd like to know also. I read someone else's comment that the breakers are 5, 10, 15 amp

[@jamiep61]

I enjoyed watching the Video Tour

[@blairgarber]

that's not plywood it's cross laminated timber CLT

[@BPratto]

Thanks, looks so much more well built than the junkie modular my brother bought that has the two have pulling apart.

[@comment6864]

Funny you mention this.. i actually know someone who had this happen - big fancy house and the modular parts started separating a few years down the line. I wonder if this is due more to the preparation of the foundation or the actual house, or maybe both? There's risks in everything.

[@jr60288]

A cinco wide

[@brucefullwood]

Why would you build a flat roof in an environment with snow? It makes absolutely no mechanical sense, at least to this non-builder. I can build a car whose tires are octagons rather that round, beefing up the suspension of the car to handle them but . . . why?

[@HenryLoenwind]

South Switzerland borders north Italy. Probably a region with less snow.

[@barbarasmith6005]

I agree with you that is bad practice, but I have seen homes built with the EFIT system even in wet, humid climates. There was a video in this series about doing just that.

[@brucefullwood]

@@HenryLoenwind Sure, but every region of Switzerland gets some snow (I just did a quick check). The argument may be that you run far less of a risk further south and the client really appreciates the aesthetic? Still seems foolish.

[@Deliasgubrath]

Insulation only slows the departure of heat from a structure. People still need to remove snow load from a 45 degree roof, should the weather call for it. Would you rather clear snow from a flat roof with parapets or a 45 degree angle? It is not uncommon to have interior roof accesses even in a family home. It just costs money. You could have a dedicated snow blower on the roof in a shed, just to make this task easier. I've been a journeyman carpenter for 20 years, and I realized I had much to learn when I visited Switzerland.

[@pcno2832]

@@Deliasgubrath Isn't there some angle at which you can count on snow to slide off a standing seam roof? I could even see heating it for short periods of time just to free the ice. Having to shovel a rood in a normal storm would be a major hassle, though maybe the 8" wall studs on this house allow the owners to let a fair amount build up.

[@PLF...]

Never seizes to amaze how Americans feel about air conditioning... You don't really see it in Europe, it's so noisy and doesn't really work for heating at all. Floor heating is so much better.

[@Joshua79C]

air conditioning is for cooling as what he points out and you mention is for heating, and not every ac system is noisy or "annoying" sounding

[@JasJones123]

Fresh air supply? What ever happened to opening a window?

[@carynoname2574]

Heat exchanger keeps the heat in while adding fresh air. Open the window and you freeze!

[@JasJones123]

@@carynoname2574 It was not a heat exchanger, it was introducing fresh air into the house the same way opening a window would. Heat exchanger transfers heat/energy from one medium to another.

[@96Lauriz]

@@JasJones123 No, it's not operating the same way as opening the window. @Gary OnTOUR is right, the house is equipped with Heat Recovery Ventilation (HRV), that has heat exchanger built-in (recovers heat from exhaust air and exchanges it to incoming air). It's so effective it recovers up to 90% nowadays. It's not the same as traditional HVAC systems found in american houses. (cause they're usually way very leaky anyways). It's so much better (comfortable), efficient, healthier (filters outside air) than opening a window. With properly dimensioned HRV you'd basically never need to open a window apart from summer. It's common practice here in Europe, and in Denmark we have been doing that since 1980's. Every house since then is more air-tight and HRV is a must. In apartments it's actually a requirement for new builds. once HRV, you never go back to natural ventilation (windows)...

[@lic2kil007]

The cost for this build in the US I'd say $350k+

[@mv80401]

You underestimate the cost of the SIGA tape for the seams.

[@SorenYayaOlesen]

Well presented, but feet and inches? merica!

[@douglaspohl1827]

PRICE PER SQUARE PLEASE - Please provide some metrics - costs to build and operate please... create demand by education.

[@WAJK2030]

Douglas Pohl 2.200 to 2.400€/m2. Don’t know about the price per ft.

[@douglaspohl1827]

@@WAJK2030 Be carefull using decimal with us Yanks with numerals we use commas... Big difference. Thanks!

[@e.b.6230]

Hey Matt, you say you love how the Swiss build for the future. Perhaps take that love and use it in your business