Panels, not sticks

A conventional home is framed on site, one stick at a time, in whatever weather turns up that week. A panelised home arrives as finished shell components. Walls, roof and floor cassettes are cut in a factory to millimetre tolerances, then assembled in the right order.

Why the shell matters most

The shell is what holds temperature. Get it continuous and sealed and the house stays comfortable with very little help. Get it wrong and no amount of heating fixes it. It is also the one part of a house you cannot go back and add later without pulling it apart.

What changes on site

The build is quicker at the point where speed matters. Less time open to rain. Less variation between what was drawn and what was built. The time goes into design and documentation instead, because that is where accuracy has to live when components are cut before anyone arrives on site.

We use European SIP and CLT panels supplied through Panel Haus, which means fewer parties between the design and the material.