Planning Document for New Builds STEICO Construction System
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Planning document for new builds STEICO construction system Construction elements - made naturally out of wood Planning and construction Contents STEICO external wall ������������������������������������������8 STEICO internal wall ������������������������������������������9 STEICO floor ���������������������������������������������������� 10 STEICO pitched roof������������������������������������������11 engineered by nature Planning document for new builds To build with wood is to build with nature. Benefits for enhanced living comfort and climate protection Made from natural wood STEICO products are made from virgin, Polish softwood – featuring all the best natural prop- erties� Protects against cold weather Timber houses built with the STEICO construc- tion system are exceptionally energy-efficient and economical to run� Protects against hot weather The STEICO construction system locks out the summer heat, helping you to stay cool on hot days� STEICO wood fibre insulating materials have high heat storage capacity and so provide the best protection against summer heat� Active climate protection 1 kg of wood contains 1�2 kg of CO2� This CO2 is permanently removed from the atmosphere� Natural healthy living STEICO wood fibre insulation helps to regulate room humidity� STEICO insulations contain no potentially harmful additives and hence are ideal for people who suffer from sensitivities or allergies� 2 STEICO construction system Planning document for new builds Our experience is your safety. We understand the importance of safety The decision to build a house is a decision for life – Soundproofing and with STEICO products, you can be confident you’ve made the right decision� All STEICO products Whether in the roof, wall or ceiling, the sound- are independently tested and approved by building proofing properties of STEICO insulating mate- inspection authorities� This ensures you’ll get decades rials ensure peace and quiet within your own of joy out of your new home� four walls� The natural STEICO products are also ideal as impact sound insulation in floor structures� ® Protection against moisture STEICO constructions feature integrated mois- ture protection, preventing rain from getting in even if the roof tiles are damaged� Vapour-permeable STEICO constructions are permeable to water vapour, which means that they protect against the build-up of moisture and help to maintain the integrity of the building structure and assist with good internal air quality� STEICO is the global market leader in the production of wood-fibre insulating materials and one of the Fire protection leading manufacturers of innovative engineered tim- Everyone knows that timber burns but it’s ber structures� Our products have proven their worth understanding how it burns that ensures over many decades in hundreds of thousands of STEICO constructions offer total safety� Even buildings all over Europe� approved fire protection constructions can be Visit www�steico�com for all the information you built with the STEICO construction system� need on the innovative STEICO construction system� STEICO construction system 3 Ecological market leader: STEICO has invested more than € 200 million in its production facilities over the past six years. Innovative building with STEICO��� ���the global market leader in ecological insulating materials The STEICO company history STEICO’s roots as a manufacturer of ecological building Today, STEICO operates three state-of-the-art production products reach back to the 1960s – and the company has sites and employs more than 1600 people� With an annual enjoyed unparalleled success ever since� turnover in excess of € 280 m, the STEICO Group is the larg- est manufacturer of ecological insulating materials and one of the leading producers of innovative engineered timber structures� We use timber to create unique, high-quality building products and systems Wood is a very special material� It’s results in buildings that meet sustainable, stable, energy-efficient the most stringent of and durable� And as a renewable demands� resource, it is also available in Houses built with the STEICO near-endless quantities� The wood used for all STEICO prod- construction system are Building for ucts is sourced from local forestry in accordance with the exceptionally energy-effi- strict requirements of the FSC® and PEFC®� This ensures the generations. cient, healthy to live in and long term sustainability of this huge natural resource for all durable� Thanks to state-of- That’s STEICO’s future generations to enjoy� the-art industrial production, motto. STEICO uses wood as a raw material for creating unique, buildings constructed using high-quality building and insulating materials� The STEICO the STEICO elements con- construction system comprises almost every product struction system are highly required for constructing the building fabric� This provides economical and offer a fast building owners and fabricators with maximum safety and on site build solution� 4 STEICO construction system Planning document for new builds Innovative building with STEICO The STEICO timber construction system The STEICO construction system combines innovative engineered timber structures with ecological insulating materials� Even in the early prefabrication phase, you’ll be amazed by its load-bearing capacity, energy-efficiency and cost-effectiveness� As a result, the constructions of tomorrow are already available today� I-joists Render carrying boards I-joists are exceptionally lightweight and energy-efficient The stable and vapour-permeable render carrying boards are components – ideal for low-energy and passive housing� available from either wet or dry production processes and can be used for ETICS and rear-ventilated façades� Sealing systems Service cavity Whether it is vapour barriers or airtight membranes, seal- STEICOinstall is an innovative solution for service cavities� An ants, adhesives or accessories, STEICO offers everything you additional batten is not needed, as pre-cut installation chan- need for a totally water tight building shell� nels allow cables to be laid with ease� STEICO zell Holzfaser-Einblasdämmung sehr gut Ausgabe 08/2017 Laminated veneer lumber (LVL) Flexible and rigid wood-fibre insulating materials Laminated veneer lumber (LVL) – available as strips, beams Ecological, economical and efficient: in addition to sarking or sheets – is an extremely high strength and robust timber boards, wallboards and flexible wood-fibre batts, STEICO product designed to meet the most exacting demands in also offers highly ecological wood based, infill insulation for timber construction� timber frame elements� STEICO construction system 5 Planning document for new builds The benefits of the individual STEICO components STEICOzell Holzfaser-Einblasdämmung sehr gut Ausgabe 08/2017 I-joists Laminated veneer lumber Render carrying boards Ecological insulating materials • U-values of the basic con- • Smaller cross-sections • Stable and robust, excel- struction improved by up thanks to improved lent protection against • Ecological insulating to 15% – no thermal strength properties damage materials with maximum bridges energy-efficiency • Up to 67 % less material • Exceptionally vapour-per- • Up to two thirds lighter compared with solid soft- meable for maximum con- • Sarking boards, wall- than solid wood wood struction safety boards, flexible wood fibre insulation batts or • Dimensional changes in • Extremley robust with • Available from either wet infill insulation for timber response to varying mois- high dimensional stability or dry production pro- frame ture content reduced by cesses • STEICO LVL X for areas up to 90 % compared • Optimum heat protection with increased moisture • Large format boards avail- with solid wood in summer, excellent pro- demands able to suit pre-fabrica- tection against the cold in • Resource-conserving use tion requirements� Stand- • Also available as bonded winter of wood as a raw material ard boards have a robust components (STEICO GLVL) T&G profile • Easy to handle and classes • Harmonised system com- • STEICO LVL available to as non irritant to skin ponents – exceptionally • Effective minimisation of match the I-joist dimen- economical panel insula- thermal bridges • Exceptionally vapour-per- sions tion with STEICOzell meable for maximum con- • Wide range of approved struction safety render systems • Improved soundproofing The STEICO construction system is more than the sum of its individual components. It is the perfect solution for timber frame construction of the future. Dimensionally stable Complete system Roof Ceiling Ecological System-secure Efficient Wall Flexible Pre-planned Precise Vapour-permeable High load bearing Sophisticated Robust Durable Economical 6 STEICO construction system Planning document for new builds The load-bearing components of the elements at a glance External wall elements Internal wall elements 3 1 2 1 4 2 5 6 3 8 5 7 4 1 STEICO wall plate LVL R t = 45 mm 1 STEICO wall plate GLVL R h = 80 mm 2 STEICO top lintel LVL R 2 STEICO wall support LVL R t = 45 mm, e ≤ 625 mm 3 STEICO structural stud, wall end LVL R 3 STEICO element joist LVL R t = 45 mm 4 STEICOwall upright wall support e ≤ 625 mm 4 STEICO sole plate LVL R t = 45 mm 5 STEICO structural support, openings LVL R 5 Panelling OSB/3 t = 15 mm; alternatively gypsum fibre t = 12�5 mm 6 STEICO element joist LVL R t = 45 mm 7 STEICO sole plate LVL R t = 45 mm 8 Panelling OSB/3 t = 15 mm; alternatively gypsum fibre t = 12�5 mm Floor elements