Swedish Element House / AB-Elementhus Renovation vs Demolition

As written, you are talking about different construction years and designs.

You have the original one, as do I.
-Spruce BSH
-Sawdust
-Spruce BSH

works!

There are no beams or similar; the whole house is built from the elements. (See page 1, where I took one apart)
Don't worry, you have to deal with it, but you can work wonderfully with it.
And the advantage is: much less glue, chipboard, mineral wool insulation, etc., but much more wood (and weight).

Thank you . That is really cool. Under these circumstances, however, I will advise our electrician against installing cables in the ceiling.

...wanting to lay cables in the ceiling.

Good idea, that wouldn’t work either. On the ceiling is still possible.

Does any of the present prefabricated house owners (construction as on page 1, not the "new" version with post construction) have a converted attic? If yes, I would be interested in the sound transmission.

Hello HarvSpec, our house was built as a model house in 1971, according to the documents (and my drillings ;)) with new walls and the old/original ceiling elements (pressed sawdust). We installed underfloor heating throughout the house (Thermisto) and also removed the thick layer of carpets, dust protection, etc. from above down to the bare ceiling elements. This also revealed a joint between the ceiling elements (on the kitchen wall). After that, footsteps could already be heard below. With the new floor covering (leveling fill, Thermisto wood fiber elements, floorboards), you only hear below when the ceiling elements creak at the joint. There are 2 spots where we couldn't stop this. Best regards Christoph

Dear SEH owners,

You are to blame for me registering in this forum. I haven’t found such a great thread with so much information anywhere else. THANK YOU for that already!
And just now I saw that the thread is coming back to life again, even with an issue that also concerns me.
I, or rather we (early 60s), are currently interested in acquiring an Elementhus – supposedly the model „Stockholm 121“, built in 1974. The house is part of a complex of 5 identical (outside) detached houses with different garages in between.

Actually, at first I didn’t want to know anything about the „prefabricated house“, but because of the abundant information from „HarvSpec“ I changed my mind. However, I have a different wall structure (here a quote from the construction description):
»The exterior walls are 21 cm thick and consist from inside to outside of: 10 to 12 mm carrier panel, load-bearing wooden structure, plastic vapor barrier, 120 mm mineral wool, 13 mm bituminized insulation board, air gap and facade cladding made of COLOROC. (COLOROC is a solid clinker made of colored concrete, available in four different colors). The thermal insulation value of the exterior wall averages K(U) of 0.27«.

Question 1: What experiences do you have with it and is the construction suitable for additional external insulation (because there is no aluminum layer)? And 0.27 is amazingly good for a 50-year-old wooden house :O
Question 2: Due to the current energy crisis I want to completely change the heating (has to go out anyway) and switch to surface heating. I read that „Luponell“ did that and very recently ChriHol. I would be very interested in detailed experiences.
Question 3 to ibsylon: may I contact/call you? My address created especially for this forum – thanks HarvSpec – is [E-Mail]fuchs.home.2023@gmail.com[E-Mail]
Of course, anyone else of you can also contact me with tips but also questions. Via the forum or the mail.
In any case, many thanks already and I will gladly post my experiences here as well – if I buy/get the house.

Best regards from the south

Dietmar