Building with cross-laminated timber - who has experience with it?

I was reminded of the Caribbean cruise last year when it came to boards.

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@ Hilfehilfe The "boards" you don't see unless you order visible aesthetics everywhere. And who wants a cabin look 365 days a year. Although with 15 cm interior wall, 20 cm exterior wall, and 25 cm ceiling, you can no longer really speak of boards. @ AnNaHf I'm not badmouthing the building material. I just don't have rose-colored glasses when it comes to ecology and vapor permeability (almost every timber frame builder claims that). You might only achieve the energy saving ordinance with the wall possibly in combination with solar. KFW 55 maybe (it gets really expensive) KFW 44 or passive house standard, no. You have to protect the outside somehow. Either plaster or some kind of glaze.

You don't see the "boards" unless you order the exposed look everywhere. And who wants a cabin look 365 days a year.

But surely - maybe with the exception of wet rooms - you want to show the material as well, don't you? Why would you choose wood specifically only to then pack it between plaster just like you could have done with stones?

Wooden ceiling, wooden walls, wooden floors, wooden doors, wooden furniture is not my world. Wooden furniture, wooden floors and wooden doors are enough. By the way, the painting company told me they are regularly allowed to cover and paint natural wooden walls because the builders can't stand to see so much wood anymore.

Why do people still use it? Because the relatively regional working general contractors acted like *beep*.

Very high precision due to CNC milling. This results in very good values in the blower door test. (Had 0.35 after moving in) Clean 90° angles, slots for cables and such are present and exactly as drawn in the plan.

We wouldn't have been allowed to build wooden studs on the slope like that. Either basement made of solid stone or retaining wall and at least 1 meter distance.

You can hang things anywhere on the walls. You don't damage any vapor barrier, you don't have to make sure you hit a beam.

Because the architect/general contractor came, sat down with a pencil and graph paper in our living room and understood us. He had looked at the plot beforehand.

Whether it is much faster than stone on stone is currently questionable. 2015 delivery time 2 weeks from submission of factory plans 2017 delivery time 11 weeks despite outsourcing. We were the first with Lithuanian trucks.

Because the architect/contractor came, sat down in our living room with a pencil and graph paper, and understood us.

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