Panel construction
As panel construction a is construction technique referred to, with prefabricated building elements in the form of bars for the construction of wooden houses is used. Here, for the supporting structure and room closure, panel-shaped, prefabricated ceilings and walls made of concrete and wood are used. The panel construction is a common and frequently used construction method in the prefabricated house industry in which the assembly has been rationalized in such a way that only a few days and in extreme cases only one day is required for the erection of an entire house.
Process of a construction project
In the panel construction, the principle of the timber frame construction was further developed. The components for walls and ceilings are manufactured within the factory. As with normal timber frame construction, these form the load-bearing elements. The paneling of the thermal insulation, inside and outside cladding as well as windows and doors are built into the prefabricated elements at the factory. Since they are produced in series, this enables uncomplicated and cost-saving house construction. When building the house on the construction site, the panel wall components then only have to be set up horizontally and vertically by a crane and connected to the floor slab.
The course of a construction project is therefore equivalent to that of the prefabricated house .
Further variants are the skeleton construction and the log construction.
Advantages of the panel construction
- Ecologically harmless basic materials also as a system kit
- Good heat storage function
- The panel element construction gives the designer a greater static leeway. This enables more individual designs.
- Due to the short construction phase and planning phase, the double burden of rent and financing is lower.
Disadvantages of the panel construction
- The house types are mostly standardized. Today, many companies on the market enable builders to plan or have their house built largely according to their wishes.
Usually the construction companies provide the architects required for this themselves.
- Loss of space through thicker wall constructions
- Hardly any subsequent changes are possible
Construction notes
For wall constructions based on the frame construction, planks with standardized dimensions of 60/120 mm and, depending on the cladding material, with a grid of 625 or 650 mm are used. In the case of high loads, additional planks of the same cross-section can be added. The elements are connected with straight cuts and nails. Small panels are closed panels in a certain grid size, e.g. B. 100, 120, 125, 150 cm width. The floor plan dimensions are a multiple of the selected grid dimensions. Large panels are the size of a room or extend across the entire width of the room or house. The height corresponds to the room height. Because of the CNC-controlled cutting machines that are common today, it is easily possible to deviate from the standard dimensions.