These German Building Products are Awesome! Day 2 at The Bau Show Munich 2019

[@livemadseason]

It is so much fun to watch American professional builder getting excited about European common stuff. :D

[@kellymoses8566]

A lot of the things in this video seemed pretty high-end.

[@alans9707]

I haven't seen much of this in the US market. Cream rises, so it wasn't good enough to break into our market. That is a two way street too :) I am sure half of our stuff never makes it to Europe.

[@livemadseason]

@@alans9707 It has all advantages and disadvantages. Most building in Europe are multi-flat, I have lived for a while in US in one like this, and had been waken up multiple times at night by someone floor up flashing the toilet on the other side of flat- never happened in concrete European building :-) Also, have you ever heard about building torn up by tornado in Europe? Worse can happen is few pieces of roof can fly off.

[@pilbomags488]

@@alans9707 Slick wording. I bet you never run out of things to talk about at a party.

[@alans9707]

@@pilbomags488 I do not, I am an interesting person. Some of the European stuff isn't that great, just like some of the US stuff isn't great. if it is good enough it will make it into both markets. Everybody thinks their way is best. I have lived overseas and can say it is not any better there as a whole than here...building product wise. Having said that I really like some of the pellet furnaces from Germany :)

[@murderdoggg]

You are So right about Germans, and especially Swiss wanting only non-toxic building materials. Trust me Swiss build all there structures to last 200 years. I live in Switzerland and do refrigeration / air conditioning, and I can say. Their standards are ridiculously high.

[@billwang2751]

murderdogg How is their cost compare to US average? Roughly 2 times or 5 times higher?

[@Josh-wq8tt]

Unfortunately we tend to build cheap. Plus we build in such a way it's easy to tear down and do again every so often...

[@MrRogerlol1]

@Bill Wang the cost of building is like 3-4 times more expensive, with the mostly higher land prices in switzerland a house will cost you more like 5 times

[@tonymeman8405]

@@Josh-wq8tt I once read the average American moves way more often than the average European. That might be one reason for the Europeans to be willing to invest more into their homes. Another reason might be the strict rules in Europe. In Germany they have the EnEV (Energie Einsparverordnung ~ energy saving regulation) which forces anyone to have certain insulation, heating efficiency and other things to be noticed. And then there's crazy and strict regulations on fire resistance, especially on appartment buildings. E.g. you can't just drill through the ceilling to put pipes there without sealing the hole with intumescent products like Armaprotect or similar licenced products. These things (and many more) add up to infinite things to consider in construction work in Germany, so there's often no way to do it as cheap as in the US due to laws. Europeans usually can't believe when they see videos of Americans spraying PU-foam directly into a thin wooden frame.

[@armentumhominum9931]

High standards is something I wish my country had, don't complain about it, it's a good trait.

[@markdavis2475]

We retrofitted a treated, shredded paper-based insulation under the floors of our 120-year-old farmhouse. Until recently EPS was the easier way, now people want to use natural products that "work" with the existing building material. The thick underfloor insulation is so good that even in a -20 Deg C Winter here in Estonia, we can walk around in bare feet or socks! And we use minimal heating!

[@rikbours]

As an amateur with woodworker, i typically feel overpowered with the entire arrangement kzbin.infoUgkxrYREG3-7f1Aqk9ams3ZESRNzGnfdUtyQ . Be that as it may, this arrangements drove me through with much clarity and effortlessness woodplans. Works i now work like a genius. That is great!

[@markodjukic7666]

Hormann are the Rolls-Royce of garage doors. They are BIG. Great series from Switzerland & Germany. Well done!!

[@mururoa7024]

I have a Hormann garage door and what I like about it is that it's extremely well insulated for the winter. I spend a fair amount of time in my garage/man cave and cold is not something I need to worry about.

[@eddgrs9193]

Healthiest materials to build a house from : earth and wood. I grew up in a village in Eastern Europe where all houses were built like that, with mud bricks. You have the best insulation and air quality. The mud bricks regulate the air moisture, they keep the house cool during the summer and warm during winter. You just have to build the house in a way that water doesn't damage it.

[@irritablearchitect]

Really enjoying this series, Matt.

[@Barnaclebeard]

Me too. It could not be more irrelevant to my profession or my lifestyle but it's fascinating anyway.

[@thorsteinmortensen4399]

I am amazed that a heat exchange system that works on a closed heat system is new for you people. Think we been using them for 50-60 years, the main benefit is that you treat the heat water so you do not get build up of minerals in your exchanger and/or boiler.

[@flybyairplane3528]

Thorstein Mortensen in my trade magazines, there are a couple of companies, whom sell radiant systems that do domestic drinking water too, but my old house has a steam system, built in 1039, but wish it were a hot water system. In EUROPE there should not be any steam, but hot water,, older homes have radiators, mostly oil fired , I saw NO NATURAL GAS , only electric, and 3 phase in homes in Germany., but most the world is 50 HZ,

[@FreeOfFantasy]

@@flybyairplane3528 Natural gas is very very common in Germany. Oil heating isn't something that really happened since the 70s. Steam heaters are a thing but more for not modernized buildings from about 1900 to 1940 and in industrial environments where steam is a byproduct and some trains until about 1990.

[@ririshow]

Great! You guys look like two kids in a sweet shop!

[@leosrule5691]

Matt, you are the best.. Even going to Germany to show new things. Very, very cool.

[@buildshow]

Thanks Buddy. Appreciate that.

[@unboxingtheboxx]

I LOVE GERMAN TECHNOLOGY. THEY ARE SMART

[@brozbro]

Like Mercedes, BMW and VW tech? Or BER tech?

[@petrameyer1121]

Nobody drinks heating water in Europe! Those are two separate systems.

[@Esablaka]

And that is always the case in europe. I am not sure wether its even legal to drink heating water (here in germany.

[@DesMessersSchneide]

@@Esablaka you dont drink dead water because of health reasons.

[@petrameyer1121]

@@Esablaka Apparently they drink their heating water in the US. How else would you even get the idea?

[@petrameyer1121]

@ Because the heating water runs through the inside of the radiators and the heater. Obviously after that it is no longer of drinking quality. Tapwater is one of the most tested, checked and looked after "food items" in Europe.

[@Fejasso]

@ I have glycol in my house heating system. Makes water taste funny so maybe thats the reason.:)

[@liamwinter4512]

That was extremely American of you when you barged between those fellas.

[@pablomax3045]

was funny. The one guy even had the look...ah, classic American.

[@mucsalto8377]

hell yeah, we saw Trump doing the same. No excuses, it is US!

[@chadleach6009]

Lol He said excuse me.

[@judd_s5643]

I think one of those two guys was the vendor/mfg. and he should have been aware that a film crew was filming his product and been more accommodating. If I was his boss I certainly would have a talk with him.

[@tysleight]

Or extremely European to not step to the side. I was just on an island with lots of US and EU tourist waiting around and a poor guy with a loaded hand truck trying to get by. The " rude" Americans moved off the curb to let him by without thinking and the Europeans just refused to move making him go off the curb both times.

[@Schmidt54]

17:22 wow top rudeness here

[@kellymoses8566]

Yes, it was very rude for them to not move out of his way.

[@demagab]

He pushed them away with his huge backpack

[@Ulexcool]

_"Americans discover how real houses are made"_

[@personne4985]

Haha, quite sarcastic since the most of the EU buildings are old and do not fit modern standards🙂

[@iKyroja]

@@personne4985 maybe in the more poor countries of europe

[@knallm1chboll3r29]

@@personne4985 not really...

[@personne4985]

@@knallm1chboll3r29 not sure where to find energy efficiency rating per country. However, oecd rating is quite clear that the us has more space per person and more indoor flushing toilets in per cent comparing to the most of the EU countries. Cost of having a roof (housing expenditure ) is lower in the us as well. Housing is cheaper, construction labor may be not cheaper, but with better service and more choice and, average income per person is higher. Add lower taxes and you will see much more affordable house upgrades and new house (new standards) construction in the us comparing to Europe www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/topics/housing/

[@knallm1chboll3r29]

@@personne4985 yes of course its cheaper in the us because the houses are crap... cardboard houses with no real Walls. You Cent compare the us with the eu especially the western states with eastern europe... european standarts are much higher then in the us and thats why its much more expensive to build a house in europe. The houses in europe are most build with bricks and not with cardboard like in the us. In europe nearly all houses got good insulation... in the US not. The houses in the US are very unefficient and not really the best in quality.

[@Squarehead45]

When I was young a neighbor wanted a "Walk-in Cooler". they got together and built on with TWO WALLS, One outside one Inside with a one foot void between. They then filled the void with SAWDUST mixed with Borax to keep the insects out. It is still around and working GREAT and it was built in the lat 50s.

[@TylerDickey1]

We build a Swiss chalet in suburban Austin this time ON THE BUILD SHOW. I love the series, keep it up!

[@siriosstar4789]

One thing you have to keep in mind when attending these shows , is that they are presenting their most extreme and newest versions of house building . Most house in germany are not built this way because of the expense . It's kind of like going to a new car show. Most everything on display are concept cars and or top of the line models. Also Switzerland imports most of their lumber from germany and scandinavia and scandinavia imports a lot of their timber from russia. So , when the swiss CLT Maunufactures state they are using trees from Switzerland , it's a bit of a stretch.

[@666Tomato666]

yeah, that wood fiber insulation is new stuff, but the ceramic block building is very much standard for central europe

[@NinoJoel]

Except the wood isolation I did not see anything that is uncommon on building sites in the last 5 year's.

[@solarwizzo8667]

Thanks for the insights! I am of German origin and when I bought my house here in New Mexico 15 years ago, I thought - Oh Lord, I move to the greatest country in the world by a time warp back into the 1960´s - construction-wise. I have made my peace with it and make my house the best out of two worlds! I use 2x6´s and measure them in millimeters before I cut them, I don´t pour a 4 inch concrete slab, but a 20 centimeter thick one - and no nails - no nails - nails! I am at an almost zero utility bill over the year. Solar electricity, solar hot water, air-tight wood stove for the winter, 10.000gallons of rain water cisterns for soft clean water! And my Chevy Volt also gives me 40 free miles per day from my solar system. Tesla Cyber Truck is on order! US can rock, if the people are willing to accept changes!

[@pieorion883]

As a mechanical engineer, I can attest that anything I’ve seen that’s German-made is top notch designed and made.

[@970357ers]

This channel and series is better than most broadcast shows.

[@buildshow]

Very kind. Thanks

[@61zachary]

Agreed!

[@Paladonius]

From watching this one video have gone back to the design stage to incorporate the Ligno laminated beams into our upcoming townhouse build. Also going to install the Chronoseal for the front door and door coming from the garage into the house. Pretty amazing reach for guys from the US, going to Germany and now influencing a build in Australia.

[@mindlesspuppet]

These videos make me feel like houses in the US are just awful.

[@electronicmaji]

They are

[@uramalakia]

To be fair, most of the things they are showing are most likely too expensive for an average European as well.

[@EnglishPete]

Its very strange that hes so surprised by the Steico secure plaster, every house is made like that in Austria and has been since the 70's minimum

[@MrtinL1]

@@uramalakia No its not

[@niharpotluri9472]

Yep, houses in mainland Europe are pretty good, don't go to Ireland though, I live here and the houses have the worst quality! Especially when builders skimp on materials and space.

[@lvllb3744]

17:20 well that was rude, just the american way!!!

[@fredpinczuk7352]

Extremely rude. Embarrassingly so.

[@jam6636]

that rude indeed!

[@armentumhominum9931]

The face of the guy behind him says it all.

[@offwhitemke]

Poor way to represent Americans. Never do this again.

[@bobimhoff3577]

Did the same thing at 3:55, barged in front of a man watching a video

I live in an SIP home near Seattle, which I had built 18 years ago. My walls are R-40 with almost no thermal bridges, and my roof is R-48 with no thermal bridges. I used ICFs for the foundation walls, and form-a-drain for the footing. There are a lot of innovative construction methods and products for homes available in the US. Many of the posters below seem to think that there are no alternatives in the US to cheesy spec home construction methods usually used in the US.

[@dpeagles]

No no no... don't shatter their illusion of superiority.

[@Josh-wq8tt]

Exactly. Been researching using ICF / SIP combination in my next home. A lot of comes down to money, and many of those innovative methods can get pretty pricey.

[@DIMTips]

You can't do anything but marvel at German efficiency

[@grantadamson3478]

17:23 couldn't you have been more polite and waited. Rude.

[@VRtechman]

I didn't want to believe it,...TILL I SAW IT! 😅

[@marcondespaulo]

I wonder why euro types think americans are rude...

[@thomas1116]

Paulo Marcondes you think a Guy named grant adamson is european?

[@grantadamson3478]

@@thomas1116 Nah he's not. But I recognize rudeness where ever it raises it's ugly head. It gives people the impression that all Americans are loud, obnoxious, self centered bullies which of course they aren't. Some are also arrogant.

[@grantadamson3478]

@@marcondespaulo yeah it's really confusing.

[@soudedou3166]

I'm studying Architecture in Germany and theres like a reversion to natural building materials, because concrete and steel have been so big over the last 100 years. Especially when you think of the room climate and the toxic components that for example are used to make plastic-insulations fire resistent. And sustainability is getting a big thing - the energy you need to produce steel and concrete compared to wood is nuts. Wood is a good thing for the health of world and human :)

[@siriosstar4789]

Concrete and steel ARE natural building materials . As much as i prefer wood to concrete and steel , there just isn't enough of it to use it exclusively around the world and its not very green to use it in places that dont have vast forests. It's best to use those resources that are locally available than to add on the cost of shipping .

[@charlesrodriguez7984]

@@siriosstar4789 That’s one reason why I like that the us uses wood for 99.9999% of our homes.

[@amnslk697]

You guys are amazing...keep watching old videos and see how far you guys have both come in you fluidity in your presentation. Also the experts like Joe L, Mark L, Allison B, Bill W, and many more. Only bad thing is I have a hard time watching other channels because they aren’t organized anywhere close to your content. Hopefully one day I could be lucky enough to come see one of your projects in person (of course, off camera!!). Thanks for everything you guys have done.

[@ronsanpedro1213]

My German brother-in-law has what would be considered a master’s degree in wood engineering. If there’s any place on earth where they could make wood and wood products work in situations that we wouldn’t try here in the US, it’s in Germany.

[@douglaspohl1827]

BECAUSE???? Its treated or because of what? Regulations?

[@talijah007]

America's houses are far more beautiful than Germans and they have lots of land to play with.

[@tysleight]

Cost vs benefit. I would put fiber board on my next project but the R&D would kill me. I am open as I assume most on this YT channel are to new ways of doing things.

[@ronsanpedro1213]

Never Sleight That’s what I was about to say. The building techniques and materials over there have grown with what they want and need. We make a trip to Germany every year to visit family and I always hit the “Home Depot” there to see what cool tools they have that we don’t but that I can use. Plus what Matt said about people not being as mobile there as we are is true. So homes are built in mind to last hundreds of years and be maintained with materials that are readily available, namely, wood and stone.

[@GERntleMAN]

@@douglaspohl1827 No, craftsmanship is just much older in Germany and because of our traineeship system, we preserve a lot of knowledge from previous generations.

[@AJsGuitarWoodWork]

Dont if you guys got the answer for the difference of U-Valve and your R-Valve, its the opposite so to say. R-Valve is Thermal resistance U-Valve is heat transfer coefficient - amount of heat per time ( 1 square meter per second and the unit is Watts per square meter and Kelvin [W/(m²·K)] ) R = thickness / thermal conductivity and the other would be U = thermal conductivity / thickness Hope I didnt butcherd it with my little non technical english knowlege :D

[@flybyairplane3528]

AJ821000 you are good to go,

[@lossless4129]

Purchased some german cabinet hardware for pull out cabinets. Seriously nice hardware, very impressive, installation was awesome and performance is amazing.

[@___Me_]

I always wished there was a Build Show for the German market. And there it is! Thank you guys!

[@kimm3423]

Cool video, thanks! I'm actually building a house in Germany right now with pretty much exactly the same wall and floor structure, but with Stgeico materials, as at 6:50, except that we will leave the CLT visible in many walls inside.

[@Schmuni]

Matt "REALLY cool" Risinger i love all the enthusiams you bring for european building btw, make more tours over here^^ xD

[@ManBearPig1968]

This European trip and all of the content you have posted has been Great, I've learned a lot and have seen some really innovative solutions. Thank You, Matt and Jordan.

[@arne.munther]

In stead of in Europe, more correct would be saying central Europe. The constructions is quite different from what we have here in Denmark.

[@ThePentosin]

You danes are in abit of a unique situation. Your fairly small, flat and surrounded by the ocean, so even in the winter it doesnt get very cold. Neither do you have much forrest. So bricks make alot of sense in Denmark.

[@arne.munther]

@@ThePentosin It wasn't so much the weather consideration that I was commenting on. It was more that he kept saying in Europe they do thing different. There are as big differences in building style and techniques in Europe, as there is between the central Europe and the US.

[@BARTT21]

I can agree, I live and build new houses in Sweden, and though Denmark its next to Sweden there is many differences. so to say all the time that´s how they build in Europe not right.

[@ThePentosin]

@@arne.munther yes, but then you use Denmark as an example which is the odd one out.

[@WolfKenneth]

Yeah Polish construction is very much like German but then what i saw in Spain, Italy and then up north in Esti, Finland or Sweden is compeletly different.

[@PlumbingExplained]

Love watching your show Matt! keep up the good hard work! Its obvious you really enjoy this stuff and Its really cool to watch somebody with the same Enthusiasm about building as I do about plumbing MORE PLUMBING VIDEOS PLZ MATT!!

[@maddoxinc1642]

WE love the off gassing and chemicals here in america. What ever is cheaper and makes us look richer, were ok with being sick.

[@6stringsandapick]

Worked on a project with the Gutex insulation last year here in Kansas City, It is available, just need to get the right distributor. It is not air tight, so detailed air sealing is critical.

[@worldadventureman]

17:23 Hi we're Americans, now get out of my way. (doesn't even show us the detail) lol

[@kellymoses8566]

Yes, it was very rude for them to not move out of his way.

[@jgarard111482]

Dude, you’re awesome bro!! I’m a contractor/developer in Missouri and I love watching your videos!

[@buildshow]

Thanks Jeremy! Appreciate that

[@Technotube55]

You never heard of Hormann, you never heard of Fisher. Are you guys really into building materials?

[@thomas1116]

Technotube55 i thought exactly the same😂

[@Stevenlust1]

Wow almost like he’s visiting from somewhere else 😵

[@_OneSimon]

@@Stevenlust1 Hormann sells in the US too....

[@bobabier5394]

Hormann? Ich lache mich tot :D

[@skillabold6839]

The Hörmanns actually went to my school

[@kiwdwks]

Thanks for sharing what you are saw. Amazing to see innovative new products.

[@taforth]

Great to see that you’re going abroad like this to find out about the latest and best ideas, in emerging building tech!

[@Geoff_G]

at 17:45 the skylight balcony windows in triple glaze, thermally broken frames have been available in Canada since at least 1995.

[@RealizeFX]

I have to say that i had my apprenticeship as plumber in germany 5 years ago and part of that were fresh water "heating systems". that's something that is very common nowadays because people dont like stagnating water. Cheers

[@jamesdwright]

Awesome series Matt. Professionally presented and seriously interesting construction products.

[@alanhowitzer]

I plan on building a German style house here in the US, complete with terracotta brick and roof, white stucco finished walls, and rolladen windows.

[@ismailpainedecirc9906]

good choose. because american style is sh&t.

[@bertbergers9171]

Hope you don't have to get the bricks imported by boat ;)

[@flybyairplane3528]

Alan Fox as for the TERRA COTTA ROOF, they are all,over FLORIDA, & partsof TEXAS& KALIFORNIA, now there is METAL ROOFS that LOOK like the clay ones

[@w8stral]

You want to see CLT in the USA? Already been done for a VERY long time. Go into a Church... If you want massive wood structures go to anywhere in the Pacific Northwest. We have several hundred foot wide all wood buildings. Heck, the Tacoma dome is all wood/concrete construction.

[@thepersonthatexists]

You know that one building was reeally beautiful, I'm glad he clarified that because it wasn't clear in the original video.

[@shadow_crne1030]

Americans: Passionate, creative, daring Germans: Efficient, practical, straight-forward

[@Dabear88]

Great video, Matt! Always fun to learn something new from you guys. Thanks!

[@tmuxor]

I'm happy I found this video. The chronoseal product looks really interesting. I've just had a pivot entrance door installed and I'm experiencing the problem of inadequate sealing due to the manufacturer's use of a brush seal at the top of door because there's no jamb that the top of the door comes into contact with, so I'll definitely be checking out that Chronoseal product.

[@greenknitter]

Americans impressed by stuff we've had in Ireland for years. :) The skylight that's also a balcony is on my list to get for my attic conversion from Danish company Velux.

[@1966johnnywayne]

"Instead of just two panes...three panes" "You heard of this thing the eight minute abs...well this going to blow that right out of the water...seven minute abs"

[@tvguide4khv]

Try to shoot in 60 fps (if camera unable 25/50) to avoid so much of 50 hz flickering ! test it.

[@John375PD]

Thank you for taking the time to show what types of construction materials and techniques that are used in other countries. The Swiss people build to last unlike here in the states.

[@PBS-nm1uu]

thanks for taking us to the real world,,

[@corecass]

if your there check out Gerberit you will love that as well [went to there sewer pipe tower display in the Netherlands past Wednesday]

[@an3k]

That uponor system can also be used for long-distance heating where a distant power station generates heat which is then pushed through huge and highly insulated pipes to various sized houses (single family home to "skyscrapers"). It wouldn't make sense in most parts of the US because of the long distances but in Europe it makes a lot because if we would travel the distance from one state to the next we would literally leave the country ;) The big downside of the uponor and similar systems is that hot water takes some time until it arrives at the faucet and that the temperature changes from hour to hour. One side note is that in at least Germany, Austria and Switzerland the system for heating is completely sealed away from the system for drinking water. Drinking water never touches anything that is used for heating.

[@kyzenlanx]

You'll have to expand Risinger Exports to Risinger Imports/Exports ;) Bring in stuff from Europe for yourselves, and send us in Australia all the products you don't want to use anymore ;)

[@harriglnola7655]

I absolutely LOVED this video! You guys did a GREAT job. Keep up the good work!

[@JohnyMcNeal]

2:38, yea man, common thing here in Europe, that kind of system is used here a lot and it proven itself to be very functional and efficient.

[@WhoWouldWantThisName]

Last year there was a small convention held in Germany called `GuitCon' by and for guitar based You Tubers. It was held at a factory that makes high end guitars (Framus and their sister brand Warwick). Anyway, so many of these guys spent so much of their time talking about and shooting the plant and the various systems of the building because they were so impressed with all the thought that went into the buildings themselves. There was a lot of attention to efficiency and limiting waste in energy, material, you name it, everything. The owner is a very long term, large scale, innovative thinker. Come to think of it I think the area where this is located is near the Swiss border, lol. Well, this video reminded me of those guys going on and on about how smartly that place was designed.

[@papr4upapr4u68]

Love the quality from over there

[@raunop7391]

Second time when I heart that... Chimney's material is called lightweight concrete, made of expanded clay and cement. Autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) is so much different material - you can build decent walls without isolation (walls U-0,15), google Bauroc. After you have finished with block laying, you have 500mm or 19 2/3inches thick inside-outside full stone walls. No moisture barriers, special weather sealing etc, just plastering. AAC is great idea for episode, imho. Like said before, every European country has it's building culture - in my country, I guess max 5% of new residential houses are built from wood. These are mainly built from different combinations of blocks and insulation, but I haven't ever seen building from hollow blocks.

[@samdoesthefunstuff7122]

Love the content! I will be going to this convention when I'm ready to build a custom house!

[@donnerschwein]

Trust the germans when it comes to building walls :D

[@Fixmix78]

Still waiting for Trump's call..☎🇺🇸🙇

[@arvedludwig3584]

@@Fixmix78 he should make a tour along the channel up to Norway and afterwards visit Berlin and other certain parts in Germany. Then he should be well informed about walls and their effectiveness, or let's say outcome.

[@RadDadisRad]

The Chinese do it better. 🐸 ☕️

[@RadDadisRad]

Fixmix78 the sooner the better

[@BloodyClash]

:D german houses are built for eternity

[@intoxigated]

Fakro is Polish company. You're welcome :)

[@RadekSzabla]

tak myslalem . polacy robia dobre okna :)

[@JelleRevyn]

In Belgium, Velux is the more known vendor for roofwindows. They have a version of the balcony roofwindow as well. Its a danish company (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VELUX)

[@trollmen0]

True. Fakro comes from Poland. Now its more like international company, but still base production lines are in Poland.

[@alexku8452]

As a German I think it is somewhat humbling if someone says they have the fancy stuff that must be German. But let us be honest, there are and have been bright minds in other countries as well. And especially for Poland out of a lot of other countries I think it is more than fair to say if there was a lack of visible and available high tech and innovative industries some decades ago (I guess the iron curtain left its marks, as you somewhat can compare it in eastern Germany), Poland did more than well catching up and showing what it can do.

[@wings25gti]

Fakro is more a B brand when Velux is way better! @@JelleRevyn

[@sjwright2]

To the video shooter: if you lock your camera's shutter speed to 1/50th of a second, you'll eliminate the flickering of European lights. This will work even if you're shooting at 24 or 30 frames per second. You can then adjust the final exposure with ISO, aperture and (if necessary) neutral density filters.

[@an3k]

That getAir HRV is not intented to be used in older houses since those have gaps everywhere where air can get in or out. However with newer houses the regulations for air sealing are so strict that we have issues with enough oxygen getting into, thus you are required by law to install fresh air supply and ideally you do this by using HRVs. I happen to have three of these in my apartment and (depending on the control unit) you can regulate the speed/noise and also if they pull in for a given time and then swap direction. Normally you install these in pairs and configure one to pull while the second one is configured to push so that you always have a neutral pressure.

[@ninadiamant8937]

Thank you for doing these videos! Very informative.

[@milemurphy6852]

@ Nina Diamant True the video is informative How are you today?

[@j.a.r.family2576]

Imagine having a dream home built by this man.

[@MIKENORTHWEST]

Excellent presentation of amazing products!

[@sundew2007]

These German Building Products are Awesome. Of course they are, America builds houses like Fords and Germany builds houses like Porsches.

[@Laurelinad]

6:58 well, back in 2012 when i was an apprentice we already had 320mm (that's about 12-1/2 inches) of insulation on newly built houses ^^

[@carolinafrog4365]

i LOVE the lateral rollback doors!!!!!! love love love em!!!!

[@tzazarizona2676]

As an American that has made many visits to Germany and have a son and grandsons that live there, I agree building material and procedures are very good, but, cost of average size homes 1500 sq. ft or less would be considered by most Americans as excessive. My son and his wife have a 1400 sq. ft. house that they had built 5 years ago at a cost of $650,000 .

[@Muddymarry]

Thats why the amount of homeowners here in germany is with 50% one of the lowest in Europe. Even the romanians, one of the poorest countries in the EU, has nearly 96% homeowners. You can not built a cheap house in germany, because everything must be perfect and last forever. Additional, the price for land is so much more expensive that in other countries

[@spencerwilton5831]

TZAZ Arizona if it really cost that much they must have gold plated everything! I suspect that includes the cost of the land, which is often more than the build cost. You can build a very high specification house for half that amount.

[@dannydeshler4327]

Hormann is just finishing up a huge new plant in Cookeville, TN...they will have a very large presence in the high end garage door market in the US.

[@spencerwilton5831]

Europe has never taken domestic hot water from the heating circuit. Traditionally we use one heat source, but it has always fed two hydraulically separate systems!

[@TheVerrm]

Hormann is actually one of the most popular garage doors maker in Poland. Everyone knows Hormann :)

[@BusyDadsWorkshop]

Love these travel videos!

[@miguelcamargo3366]

Germans certainly blow Americans out of the water with ingenuity

[@smeghed1025]

Air-to-water heat pumps using CO2 are big in Japan (where they're called Eco-Cute systems). Sanden is already selling their system in the US.

[@felixguerrero6062]

Glad the swiss are producing high quality natural building products. We need to phase out concrete, steel, plastics etc...(essentially return to pre-Portland cement building practices.)

[@hmcnally]

As I mentioned in an earlier post in this series, the sheathing on our Bensonwood/Unity house is interlocking panels made by Steico. Glad you went to their booth! You _can_ get it in America... you're welcome to visit us, too ;).

[@ebb2421]

I used a stiebel eltron demand hot water heater in our condo. Had to upgrade the electric service from 50A (Ecuador) to 100A but worth it.

[@shtf411com]

The way they build is really interesting, all that compressed wood fiber would be a nightmare wet, and expanded; I'd think any ways.

[@xylantexodus9706]

Huge HVAC nerd here, this is pretty cool. That's a sly dad joke.

[@user-tv5dt3nm9y]

Super bueno, as they like to say in Germany.

[@lobsterman5786]

Since the big war, I’ve been overtly impressed with all the progress by German manufacturers. Despite us blasting all thier factories to bits, and lack of english language skills, it’s a big deal. I like bmw cars, but unfortunately I can’t afford it on a janitor salary here in Texarkana. I also Ike the discussion on off gassing.....nice out.

[@wjhann4836]

You're amazing! You are the first not telling "German" but - and that's right "European".

[@persistentwind]

Wow.... I just moved to Greece and there is nothing but radiator and in floor radiant heated by oil boiler... which is unusually expensive. I said to a friend I was going to find a way to hook a traditional heat pump to it... too late!

[@JD-uf3lf]

9:48 The high rise garage system is meant as a solution for areas with sparce parking space inside bigger cities. Works like a storage system you might see inside large warehouses. Drive onto the platform, go outside, the car gets stored and an empty platform will arrive for the next car. Want to get your car out? Insert the ticket/card and the system will pull out your car for you. Like it says on 9:54 "Wöhr verdichtet Parkraum" - Wöhr (the company) compresses parking space.

[@RyanGhereAIA]

Thanks for this - really interesting - please go again and demo more stuff

[@kululv]

you need to be a little less preconceived and better prepared when you go to a show in Europe! With the wet and humid climate, corrosion is an old problem and dealt with when you didn't even know what insulation was! Also all those insulation products you show, are in use for the last 30-40 years already. This is as well valid for the wood stoves, the outside combustion air supply was done as well 40 years ago!

[@spacecadet28]

I feel like Japanese home construction is the other end of the industrialized world. When moving houses, everyone is expected to tear down the old house and build their own new house on top. Wonder what the best model is.

[@FreeOfFantasy]

After about 15 years the normal Japanese home is basically a ruin waiting to happen. Insulation is not a thing. A lot of them don't have heating. The small desks you see in anime with the blanket over them is because they have a heater under there. In central Europe the part with the shortest lifetime are the roofs. They are expected to last for 50+ years. Most buildings that are newer then a hundred years are because of expanding cities, increasing density in the cities or because the Brits and Americans leveled what was there before.

[@charlesrodriguez7984]

@@FreeOfFantasy that’s terrible. The US definitely has higher quality homes but still would want better quality across the board.

[@doogieanese]

As my mind turns to repatriation to the US after 11+ years abroad in Asia and Europe I realize how truly egotistical, nostalgic and wasteful many of our systems are. I have had the pleasure of living in a German house with an "all-in-one" water heat system similar to the one featured. I also got to witness several house being built from my balcony using many of the same types of products featured in this video set. The Germans can build a house. The rest of the world seems to innovate while we in the states seem to be happy with retelling the story of that winning touchdown we threw in the High School championship 80 years ago. I miss my German house more than I miss Germany though, If I'm being honest.