An alternative to concrete foundations.

Huge reusable steel-screws where installed into the ground to create multiple firm and load bearing support points for our build-up.

The steel screws were installed by a professional contractor, ensuring the correct placement and bearing capacity for the project.

Installation time is counted in hours and not days as no digging is required.

The type and visible height of the pile foundation varies depending on local terrain conditions.

The first row of ReBLOCKs were installed along with various bracing strips for roof anchoring and some guide tubes for electrical wiring.

We invested the necessary time in placing the first layer of ReBLOCKs, as they form the basis for the further work in the subsequent layers.

Getting the first layer right makes the rest of the build a breeze.

We also prepared the placement of doorways in the first row to ensure the correct placement as early as possible in the construction phase.

At this stage we really started to see the outline of the demo house. Door and window openings were beging to emerge clearly in the structure. And the amount of ReBLOCKs left to be installed was limited.

We made sure that we had brought up all the bracing strips for the roof anchorage correctly. Inside the cavity of the ReBLOCKs.

Installation of the final ReBLOCKs only required some simple scaffolding to stand on.

The rafters and the roof covering is installed and rests directly on the top plate of the ReBLOCK wall. The entire ReBLOCK system is load-bearing, and is designed to take the load from the roof and possibly snow loads. Even the load from a floor separations can be carried by the walls in the ReBLOCK system.

We attached and tensioned the bracing strips to the rafters to secure the anchorage of the entire roof against wind drafts. A completely normal procedure as with most other building methods.

As outer cladding for this project, we choose to use facade shingles made of acacia wood. Acacia wood is a self-impregnated type of wood and therefore ideal for use as outer cladding.

The cladding is installed as a ventilated facade cladding, meaning that it is mounted on distances strips that keeps it at a distance of the raw houses outer panel.

This ventilation gap helps to dry up the cladding quicker after water exposure from rain. Prolonging the claddings service life.

This type of facade cladding is just one example of many options available for covering a raw house made of ReBLOCKs.

Time for the last surface layer.

In this project, we chose to apply a clay plaster to the fiber plaster walls. Clay plaster is a naturally colored clay plaster without solvents, ideal for use on indoor wall surfaces.
The clay plaster can be applied with several different techniques that leave its surface with different expressions. Ranging from almost completely smooth to rougher surfaces with clear structures in them.

Finally, a clay paint was applied on top of the clay plaster.

The combination of the two clay products has left the building with a very pleasant indoor climate. An indoor climate that we value highly every time we are in the building. You have to experience it to understand it.

When all surfaces are finished from the inside to the outside of the house, you can’t even tell that the building is made up of ReDECK and ReBLOCK components.

We see this as a positive thing, as no compromises have been made, simply because one choose to use our building systems.

The end product is identical to what you would otherwise be left with, as if the building had been built in a more traditional way.

Using our products, you are instead left with a building that is more CO2 friendly, circularly designed and reusable, in contrast to more traditional construction methods that typically comes with a larger CO2 footprint and are built in ways that make it difficult to recycle the resources that are built-in into the project.