Swiss Modular Home - Under Construction Tour 

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Do I build houses? Nope. Do I watch and love this channel anyway? You bet. Epic stuff guys. Much appreciated.

My wife is Swiss and always insisting she'd like to build a house to Swiss standards here in Texas. Perhaps if these guys will ship internationally I can finally make her wish come true!

A few answers to questions I saw in the comment section: Price for a wood house of ~1200 sqft: I would say CHF 800k-1.5m is reasonable. I haven't found any concrete prices because these are all special projects, which is to say, most Swiss do not live in top-quality houses like the one in the video. The price also depends on the location as not all residential areas in Switzerland are equally easily accessible (think remote mountain resorts). Price of a similar home, standard build (concrete, bricks, some wood): Around CHF 600k-1m. You can also order wood houses made in other European countries and you'll probably save a bit on the final price, but transport can be expensive. I remember seeing ads from Scandinavian, Austrian and German builders at building fairs a few years ago. The Swiss building code is very strict on energy efficiency. People can get subsidies for renovations that make their home more energy efficient. The government can force you to replace old, inefficient heating systems. Part of the reason is that Switzerland doesn't have any domestic energy resources apart from renewable power production like wind, biogas, solar, geothermal heat and hydroelectric power (which requires flooding mountain valleys, in which people prefer to hike and ski). We also incinerate all our domestic waste and produce electricity and heat with it. Our electricity production is about 60% hydro, 35% nuclear, 5% others. All fossil fuel has to be imported, same for nuclear fuel. Another reason for reducing energy wastage are the Kyoto Protocol agreements. IIRC heating is responsible for about a third of the Swiss fossil energy consumption and in turn for a third of the Swiss carbon dioxide emissions. Most heating systems in Switzerland use oil or natural gas. Electric heating maybe outlawed, unless it's solar or heat pump. I am not sure about this one though. Switzerland has a comparably old construction structure. We haven't had any armed conflicts fought on our territory in almost 200 years. There was a minor hiccup in 1847, but it only lasted 6 weeks and no urban areas were destroyed. Unlike in the rest of Europe virtually no construction was destroyed in WW2. All new buildings appeared when people decided to expand or tear down and rebuild. The govt can't force people to tear down and build energy efficient, but when you decide to build, you have to build energy efficient. Bonus: If you build in Switzerland you are forced by law to build air shelters as well. Small objects like family homes are exempt, but the respective town/village has to provide a big enough collective air shelter. Larger objects like appartement buildings from 25 rooms and up require their own air shelter providing enough room for each person. The air shelter has to withstand a dynamic over pressure of at least 1 bar.

Matt, this swiss euro series is outstanding. Looking forward to the next video.

Guys did you know that it is still build code in Switzerland to incorporate a nuclear fall-out shelter in every new dwelling? This is according to articles 45 and 46 of the Swiss Federal Law on Civil Protection. This is why most buildings constructed since the 1960s (the first regulations on the subject were passed on 4 October 1963) incorporate a fallout shelter. So Matt, this new pre-fab isnt just going over a concrete 'basement' its a shelter too!

Hi,,I`m from Norway and we use the same air ventilation box and it is a heat exchanger.So cold air coming in are heated up to nearly the same temperature as the air going out. All new houses in Norway have this heat exchanger box from about 1995.

First time new sub. Amazing! I got out of construction in the mid- 90s. I love watching all these improvements. Love your presentation thank you so much.

I love that they don’t use drywall which is energy intensive and creative use of wood. Thanks for showing this from a builder’s viewpoint.

looks like good sound proofing

good show!

the cement panels as you call it ,is "Fermacell" and its fireresistent and required by law in some places of the house and is also used in the wet areas,kitchen,bath etc for the paver to have a stabil underground .

This show is great. I'm really glad I found your channel. If you find some people in those factories that speak English, could you also put some interviews into the episodes?

Hey Matt! Go do a video in Waco Texas next year with S2A Modular. I think you might want to build for your clients this way too.

Really enjoying these Swiss made videos .

SO GREAT TO HEAR AN AMERICAN PRAISE ANOTHER COUNTRY -- GOOD FOR YOU.GREAT CHANNEL." This Old House NUT" --yours is a modern day version. WELL DONE. CHEERS FROM THE UK.

great video and info :) I'm planing to build my retirement house back in the old country Poland and was so educated while planning, there are so many companies there that are doing these kind of prefabricated frame houses.

Wow- Man!!

Awesome

Great video, but at 4:10 I am not 100% sure, but I would say that the mineral wool spacer is more for shock sound isolation of finished floor than for heat transfer.

The Board is called „Fermacell“

Hi Matt. Been watching a lot of your videos and they are great. It is great to see the fabulous new products and techniques. However, as a homeowner I have, as I'm sure many have, encountered a lot of the problems you fix for your clients. I would like to request you create short how to videos using some of these products and techniques of how it should be done by either the homeowner or the contractor of an existing home. For example, I just had my roof repaired by a licensed contractor. I think they did it right but it would be great to see things from a real contractor of how they should be fixed so us homeowners can ensure the it's done right. Personally I think you are a fool if you just let them in the door, they do the work and the next time you see them is when they're done. I did pay attention to what they were doing but didn't really know what I was looking for. I guess I just hear and see to many horror stories of how contractors screw people. Thanks for the great content.

This would save so much and no rain pouring on your frames house

Go to Keene, New Hampshire to see the same there.

It would be really nice to see a finished house. Even in a picture

In the exterior tour section how do they account for the expansion and shrinkage of the wood when connecting to the Metal Beam at the marriage walls of the modules?

Funny, in old day, my boss business is moving house, he bought old hoses ready for salvage and move to country side as collage home to sell, but now, is reverse. Think it this way is easier and doable than hiring local expert problem, anyway, like to see how there move whole house in the truck drive along on the highway

I would like to see what designs you do with disabled in mind. Double level or three floors garage being ground floor.

My house here in Denmark was built10 years ago there was strict rules to how air tight it must be and it is tested. But there were no rules to air replacement. So it is air tight as a drum you can’t fart without creating over pressure and I have to open a window to use the fan in the kitchen. Thinking about having fitted a air replacement system. Cheers.

I would like to see the completed version of the house and the pricelist.

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Beautiful episode Matt.

Matt- Excellent content- Thanks for showing us these high quality builds. I find it interesting that your trip was sponsored but a company representative isn't helping you present these houses. Why is that? I would be interested in hearing more detailed information on the construction techniques and materials because they are very different from homes in the USA. Hope my suggestion is not taken as criticism... This series is great and I hope your overseas tours continue.

Is this a PassivHaus or the same thing made by different people? Thanks.

$$$$ log cabin is what i want

Looks like a very superior quality build. I would be very interested in the cost of such a home. I worked as the architectural manager in a large modular home plant in western Canada for several years and just looking at the materials going into that home, I suspect it is a very expensive build. Of course that may be right in line with stick built over there. Appreciate the opportunity to get a glimpse into a boutique factory like that. Is that typical of the modular manufacturers over there? Cheers from Canada.

Europe is way ahead of North America in terms of home construction automation. It’s amazing, higher upfront cost but lower long term operating cost.

Great presentation , very interesting content . I was a builder in Canada for 35 years , retiring 10 years ago , wish I was still at it , now I do furniture , New Heritage Fine Furniture Peter Walsh

There are so many advantages to modular homes. Wonder why they aren't more common?

11:20 thats much larger than 1100 sqf (102sqm). Based on the roof i would est 2.5mt wide per section and each section looks 12m long (40ft shipping container) so 12.5x12m + 150sqm so 1600-1700sqf min.

I to do not build houses but love this channel. And you bet I will be applying as much of the building science I’ve learn from you onto my old home. I’m a bit obsessed with insulation at the moment.🌸

durability important as multiple generations share the house and not every person can afford a home.

Go to the uk please👍👍👍

as the price question pops up here too, I repeat my comment from another vid: we build a multi storey house (3x 120m²) in solid timber with a concrete stairwell for fire protection at € 1950.-/m² with all the features he showed. Energy consumption will be 55 kWh/m2 or 0,1 gallon oil/sqf /year. The plot is in Munich city center, which is a quite expensive town to build in. So this is approx. $ 800K or $ 33,5/sq foot. How much is such a house in a northern region (snow and storm) of the US? ~

make a rommtour or full housetoor !!!

Awesome and awesome series. Really enjoyed

I love this. Great video!

The Doug DeMuro of houses.

Matt show us a breaker box😂

Well wouldn't u seal all the joints up tight living in Switzerland ? It's a winter wonderland there soooooo tighten it up buttercup !!

i want to see some prices of one of those modular homes but i cant get an offer from them ,can someone guide me a little?

Yodeling you serious? Do you play bagpipes in Scotland?

What is the music at the beginning?

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Who is the manufacture of that radiant floor sheet/board?

Siding and roofing?

4:15 it isnt there to insulate the wall from a heated floor but to make space for a floor slab to expand without pushing the wall out and making cracks...

How does cost compare to building onsite?

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7:10, it should be fiber board, because its toilet area.

go visit poland or lithuania see how they build a wooden house

... жодного вентиляційного отвору! Чим там дихати? відкривати вікна для продуху?

They're not stingy on materials in the attention to detail is very good but to duplicate that in America would probably be twice the price?

Great series, I’m interested in seeing the Germany episode, but please tell the cameraman to focus on where you’re pointing and talking and not on you all the time, because we want to see the details you’re mentioning, thanks.

I absolutely love your channel, but pleeeease invest in a camera with a faster autofocus :-P

Anyone know how much this house costs?

fresh air come true HRV with heat pump built in and for each kilowatt electricity spend on ventilation they get upto 3 kilowatt of heat

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I am looking for a company like this in Europe for my little brother to work and learn with, can someone please help? We are french and no trouble for visa etc.

In Melbourne, Australia yesterday it was 45C, our houses have no effective insulation, poor design and building standards, when it gets hot the state government turns of the power to while suburbs and we start to fry. You can bake cookies outside on a metal tray. I cannot understand why our government doesn't make it mandatory to make our houses have effective insulation. We have building codes but they are not effective.

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great show Matt....look forward to see you at the NAHB IBS show in February. Travel safe!

The house is not the expensive part. The basement is. All basements are essentially a bunker. Has to meet extreme code. A fighting position with filtered air. Why doesn't anybody attack them? Every able body takes his rifle and ammo home with him. You are going to defend you and yours to a higher degree. Next what about the tunnels and etc, etc, etc.

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Please visit a modular home factory in Germany there much bigger and also very interesting

8:20 "tongue and groove" is also known as lesbian boards not "male/female"

I strongly considered building a house in exactly the same style. It was invented in Austria (the country in Europe without Cangaroos!) and is called Holz100 or Wood100 in english. A german company slightly improved the process where you don't see the wooden dowels on the inside. They use wood screws unlike the dowels in the Holz100 system. The Main benefit is the extremely high thermal capacity, so your house doesn't overheat in summer and temperatures don't droo fast in winter. Plus it's prefab, so building the closed hull just takes two days until it is fully rainprove. It turned out that the best building technique (in my eyes) is also the most expensive. Therefore I finally decided to build a standard framed wall or else I would habe to leave the basement and garage away.

I moved here recently.. it's rad. i love it.

No why would paint the wood white? stain it instead would be my option

Price? Would Americans pay for the quality?

Your viewers must think that almost every house in Switzerland is built with wood :-D ...which is not the case.

Все равно-будущее за легким монолитом!

My only worry is the durability if it's typical of Japanese and American homes which deteriorate within 50 years

Wait Matt I knowwww you do the building stuff but at 3:50 you just go you know they use 230v so the wires are smaller because they are using half the amperage! And move on like it's nothing... Note I've always been under the impression that European countries used 240v 20-40 amp as standard; instead of American 120v 12-20 amp.... So what you just said was they're actually 230v 6-10 amp? Can anyone confirm this?

I'm somewhat surprised to hear that the roof drains into the main sewer, or did I misunderstand?

1100 sq ft 100 mt sq 10.5 ft to

Great video! Could you share that link to the fresh air ventilation system in the US, thanks!

Ask your camera man to follow what you are pointing out to us when you are pointing out details. You explain it so well but we cannot see it.

Very cool thanks for sharing

Long lasting.yes.not just building a home but a home place.security for many generations.life is short.leave something behind you can be proud of.

3' is about 1meter. Also birch is a very common and fast growing wood which is used for a lot of construction in Europe. 240V is standard and if you guys didn't see our GROUND wire is actually the green/yellow wire and is insulated. So the HOT Leads are BLUE and BLACK or BROWN. So each lead is a HOT we don't use any NEUTRAL wire's. That's a major thing and also reduces a lot on the electric cost billing side because you use a lot less KW the KW charge is double to what the USA is charging. But Electric is no longer a monopol system like it is in the USA so in Germany you can have an Electric Provider from Spain for example which keeps competition and price hikes at bay and on top it forces them to build redundant Power Grids not like in the USA where a lot is only Single line build.

It seems to me the interior 'plywood' panels are CLT - cross laminated timber.... not plywood as such.

Well presented, but feet and inches? merica!

PRICE PER SQUARE PLEASE - Please provide some metrics - costs to build and operate please... create demand by education.

The cost for this build in the US I'd say $350k+

that's not plywood it's cross laminated timber CLT

Never seizes to amaze how Americans feel about air conditioning... You don't really see it in Europe, it's so noisy and doesn't really work for heating at all. Floor heating is so much better.

Howdy, what would the same home or equivalent home cost here in Texas or Florida? Thanks.

Is siga tape easy to purchase in US? Love this channel!!!👍