Prefabricated house, built in 1980, company Philipphaus

In 1972 I was still in kindergarten; I only became interested in prefabricated houses ten years later. From that time I can tell you that the name Philipphaus stood for very good houses and was positioned in the market segment of the chief physician salary group. A pollutant report for a house from 1980 won't help you: on the one hand, eight model years is a long time during which many things change; and on the other hand, the use of building materials later recognized as problematic is more typical of the year of construction than of the manufacturer. However, chipboards from 49 years ago will have off-gassed so much until today that the remaining pollutant load is lower than if you replace these boards with "fresh" ones containing problem substances currently classified as harmless. Faith alone does not hold together current chipboards either. From a building biology perspective, this manufacturer was among the top league.

Hi MaryLuise,
We have bought the house and have also been living in it for a few months.
We had an indoor air analysis and a house dust analysis conducted, both without abnormalities, but we did not take any material samples.
So far, we feel very comfortable, but there is still some work waiting for us.
We would have preferred masonry walls, but comparable solid constructions were significantly more expensive and/or in worse condition.
In my opinion, renovation measures are partly more difficult to carry out.
Unfortunately, I cannot say how the construction method differs from 1972.
Best regards

Jonierikather=ascaris, sorry :) where is the house located?

Thank you very much for the answers! The house is located in the district of Schwäbisch Hall and is family-owned. We would like to commission an expert and were also considering a material sample. If the purchase is to go through, we plan to modernize the house. Not much has been done to the house since it was built. Best regards!

Hi , has the expert already given their statement?

Hi , has the expert already given his statement?

Hello everyone, we also bought a Philipp prefabricated house from 1976, fortunately we commissioned a building biologist beforehand. Contaminated with lindane and formaldehyde as well as PCP, the full package, both in the indoor air and in the timber frame construction. We will demolish the house and rebuild on the solid basement. Therefore, always be cautious of general statements like “it has long since been vented out” or “Company xy placed great value on ecological construction”.