Kodumaja structures can sustain huge loads

Construction of timber-frame residential buildings higher than three storeys has been relatively rare so far. Only a handful of European construction companies have attempted to do that and not infrequently these attempts ended in failure.

Kodumaja built its first four-storey timber-frame apartment house in 2000 and the first five-storey timber-frame apartment house in 2003. After that we have constructed several five-storey timber-frame apartment houses in Norway. See References > Multi-storey houses

Simultaneously, we have carried out careful preparations to become ready for the construction of even higher timber-frame residential buildings. Static calculations of improved structural solutions and "destruction tests" carried out in the labs of Tallinn Technical University confirm that Kodumaja prefab modules based on a timber-frame are capable of sustaining very big loads.

Tests of the structures' loadbearing capacity in the lab of Tallinn Technical University

Kodumaja companies are ready for the construction of six and even seven-storey timber-frame apartment houses which would perform well even in the regions with harsh climate where strong wind and snow loads are common.