[myspy]

We are currently building a home made of cross-laminated timber as inner walls. The outer wall are covered by a wood construction that is filled with wood fiber to insulate.

The carpenter ordered the walls in Austria and they set everything up in three days. The outer walls and the roof were pre-fabricated too and delivered in parts. Really crazy.

The house smells pretty good with all the wood, let's see how the climate will be when we live in it.

[CannisterFlux]

> The house smells pretty good with all the wood

I hope you like it because that smell will take a long time to fade and will be your new cologne :)

My parents used to live in a wooden house. Even 10+ years after they built it whenever I'd visit for a few days my suitcase and clothes all smelled of wood afterwards.

[hawski]

My little big dream is to build a small multitenant building with CLT. For around 4 families, one floor per apartment. Then sell 3 apartments to fund building more and move in one left.

Have you left wood exposed in interior? How does it work for cabling and hooks for pictures and furniture? Where is your house? Did costs were lower than with typical technology around your location?

For me a big plus is what you mentioned, that it is very quick, that certainly helps to keep costs and the risk lower.

[clows]

Which company did you order from? I'm from Austria myself and thinking about building with timber walls.

[myspy]

The carpenter we did choose ordered here http://www.clt.info/

Walls in the hallway and storage rooms are left exposed as well as one wall in the kids rooms.

The living and sleeping rooms are covered by clayslabs and in-between the electrical cables are placed. Everything is plastered then with clay“stuff“.

We hope that clay will help to control the climate.

The cables are put through the walls to install switches in the hallways.