Specialities of Kodumaja

Alongside advantages, every company, product or service also has a set of specialities which are sometimes considered disadvantages. As a rule, it is insufficient knowledge that leads people to believe that such specialities are disadvantages. However, a deeper analysis may show that seemingly disadvantageous specialities may actually provide certain benefits.

As a result of working with our customers, we have managed to point out the following specialities of Kodumaja:

1. Certain limitation in the architectural designs of houses. Architects must be sufficiently knowledgeable of the technology of construction from prefab modules and must be able to think in terms of prefab modules when designing a house.

   Positive aspects of the speciality:  A good architect wants to be aware of all construction methods and technologies. Building from factory-produced prefab modules is one of the most effective and future-oriented construction methods. Thus, there is no reason to give this construction method less attention than others, especially considering its numerous advantages.



2. Because the  production and construction process proceeds at a relatively fast pace it is important to make majority of significiant decisions regarding the new house before the start of the house production and construction process. Many later modifications may result in considerable extra costs. At the same time, this approach to decision-making is often difficult and unsusual  from the customer´s perspective. 

   Positive aspects of the speciality: To put off decision for a later time is human and convenient, but the moment always comes when the decisions must be made. Practical experience has proved many times that the earlier we start to consider and plan the details of our new home and the more thoroughly we do it, the better the end result. An ideal integrated solution of one's home often becomes clear only after we start to think of the details. Why abandon this opportunity? We are always glad to help you.



3. Special requirements for transport and higher transportation costs, because prefab modules are ofter oversized cargo and the transport of prefab modules means that you are partly transporting "air".

   Positive aspects of the speciality: At the same time, building from prefab modules provides an opportunity to make use of all those advantages which are described in detail in the subsection Advantages of Kodumaja. To minimise the share of transportation costs in the final price, cooperation between Kodumaja and customers is important in order to:

   • find solutions which maximise the level of prefabrication of the modules
   • ensure the efficient size of an order which enables the most efficient transportation methods to be employed


4. Some customers are sceptical about timber-frame as a building´s loadbearing structure.

   Positive aspects of the speciality:  At the same time wood have several important advantages compared to other building materials. Wood:

   • is an environmentally friendly and renewable resource
   • with relatively small material consumption, enables slender but very durable structures to be built with considerably better heat insulation parameters compared to structures of the same thickness from other materials.

   As regards the fire resistance of timber structures, of which many people are baselessly sceptical, every good civil engineer knows that timber structures are more reliable in the case of fire than, for example, metal structures, and wood may be used to protect metal structures from fire. Kodumaja structures comply with all fire resistance requirements introduced in our markets by applicable construction norms and standards. Read more: Fire resistance of structures and fire risk analysis.



5. Somewhat increased material consumption because prefab modules need stronger structures due to transportation and repeated hoisting.  

   Positive aspects of the speciality: A house or apartment is a big investment for anyone and we want it to be reliable, durable and we want its value over time to be preserved. People tend to underestimate the importance of the durability of house structures and prefer to avoid a somewhat bigger one-time investment when buying a new home. They regret it later when this mistake cannot be undone. Practical proof of the reliability of Kodumaja structures is their durability despite repeated hoisting and transportation of prefab modules over great distances.

   Somewhat greater material consumption in multi-storey houses results from the desire to assure good sound insulation parameters of the structures at the top and bottom as well as between adjacent apartments.