Deconstruction

from CLT | BSP Constructions

How can houses made of CLT / cross laminated timber be deconstructed?

Timber structures have been reused for centuries. The key to this is an easy-to-release connection of the components. What used to be a wooden nail is now X-fix. A detachable wood-wood connector for CLT panels.

Walls and ceilings can be connected to each other with the X-fix timber connector. This wood-wood connection can be easily released again when a building is dismantled. How does it work? Simply cut through the thinnest part of the X-fix with a hand-held circular saw - done.

The concept is also called DfD
"Design for Disassembly"

In connection with Circular Economy and Sustainable building the term Design for Disassembly (DfD) is becoming increasingly important. But what is behind this?

Design for disassembly describes the approach of designing buildings in such a way that at the end of their life cycle they are Easily dismantled and the materials can be reused or recycled. The aim is to ensure right from the planning phase that individual components can be cleanly separated and recycled - in line with the Circular economy.

Through Design for disassembly we create the basis for buildings that are in harmony with the environment and at the same time meet the challenges of the future.

House of Wood
by Pirmin Jung

Building responsibly - that is Pirmin Jung's company philosophy. In Sursee, he is realising a service and residential building in future-oriented, energy-efficient timber system construction: The "House of Wood

In the project by Pirmin Jung Ingenieure, 5,000 X-fix units were installed.
In the House of Wood, special attention was paid to the deconstructability of the wooden construction. X-fix is the key to "Cradle2Cradle" here. With the wood-wood connectors, the components can be easily dismantled after use. The walls, ceilings and columns thus remain intact and can be recycled.

Image: X-fix
Image: X-fix
Image: X-fix

NEW:
X-fix mini

The idea for the X-fix mini was born at the EUROBIS trade fair in Lyon: several French carpenters asked X-fix whether we had a smaller X-fix in our range, because there are relatively many interior fittings, storeys, extensions etc. where you can only work with small and light components because there is no space for larger cranes and lifting equipment.

 
Et vois là: now it's available, the X-fix mini
for light components, interior fittings, LVL