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Building Sustainably » Timber Wall Systems » Solid Wood Panels
Solid Wood Panels are cross laminated sections of kiln-dried spruce assembled into large solid panels which form walls, roofs, floors and even lift shafts and stairs. The system provides a very high quality and durable building envelope that can be easily clad with other materials such as timber, brick, mineral render, or composite panels. By using solid wood as the construction and insulating material, buildings using SWP have a very low carbon footprint.
Standard panel dimensions range from 51mm up to 300mm in thickness, while larger panels as thick as 500mm can also be produced.
Panel length and width dimensions are mostly limited by what can be physically transported to site and can typically be up to 4.8 metres wide and 15 metres long.
Wall, floor and roof elements can be pre-cut in the factory to any dimension and shape, including openings for doors, windows, stairs etc.
Assembly on site is exceptionally fast due to the large panel size. Typically the complete shell of a detached house can be erected, with roof, in a matter of days, allowing interior fit-out work in dry construction to commence immediately.
Solid timber building structures offer very high thermal, acoustic and fire performance to meet and exceed Building Regulation requirements.
Solid Wood Panels have recently been used at the BRE Innovation Park Re-thinking School.
Examples of this type of construction can be viewed here: eurban.co.uk
