Which authorizations should I ask in order to build a wooden house?

They require a building permit just the same as masonry houses.

It is necessary to apply to a surveyor, architect or engineer who will arrange plans, technical reports and all relevant documentations required by the relevant municipality. As far as static and technical characteristics, we will personally provide them in collaboration with your technician.

Every municipality can freely operate throughout its territory, that’s why there aren’t standard rules.
We do not have impediments whatsoever as far as
"planning restrictions" are concerned, which affect particular areas where it is prohibited
to build prefabricated wooden buildings,
since we can plaster them as they were traditional masonry buildings.

Which characteristics should the soil feature where my wooden house will be built?

It should be a building site.
It is also possible  to build houses on so-called "agricultural lands": according to the size of the land, it will be possible to erect buildings with agricultural annexes, in proportions which may vary according to each municipality. Example: in an agricultural land of 10.000 sm, it will be possible to exploit 10%, 15% to 20% of it and 50% of it should be covered with agricultural annexes.

Are the houses you build provided with roof and floor?

Yes, we provide every kind of wooden floor, equipped with well-dimensioned beams and ceramic floor. Since we do not manufacture such products, we rely on the collaboration of skilled specialized companies.
The wooden structure must be anchored to a concrete bed or an external wall in case you ask for raisings or garages/cellars, to which a larch beam will be anchored in order to make the structure comply with applicable earthquake-proof regulations .
As far as roofs are concerned, we provide the complete structure provided with supporting beams, match boarding or Fermacell internal layer, insulation layer (high-density wood fibre), containing battens and hollow space to let air circulate and break the thermal bridge (ventilated roof). External coating can be chosen by the customer and can be performed through pantiles, Canadian tiles and so on.

What about the electrical system?

The electrical system, which includes raceways, cables and switches, is not included in the price of the wall. The whole system will be placed inside the chase which is directly milled inside the wall and is included in the price and will be realized in collaboration with your technician . Upon the presence of wall frames, raceways will be placed inside them, and only sockets and switches will be visible. We can rely on skilled electricians who are able to realize ecological electrical systems and similar applications.

What about the water system?

Water systems are similar to electrical systems, they are characterized by chases milled inside the wall or situated inside hollow space in case a frame is used as a partition wall.
On the ground floor all connectors can be placed beneath the concrete bed, while intermediate floors can be filled with marble, clay or other ecological materials, unlike chases milled inside massive walls.

Do you also provide fittings and/or furniture?

We can rely on a team of skilled experts who are able to suit even customers’ most demanding requirements while complying with current regulations.

How long does it take to build a wooden house?

The assembly of a 100-sm-large house with mansard requires about  6 working days. Smaller structures require less time.

What about the environmental impact and health of wooden houses?

Our houses are realized according to the principles of ecological construction; we do not use rubbles and mixtures based on synthetic dust or resins upon assembly.
We employ metal only if it indispensable. As a result, our structures are healthy, breathable and do not feature radon vapours, condensations and typical "indoor" pollutants (volatile toxic substances produced by concrete: formaldehyde, asbestos, urea foam).
Furthermore, inner magnetic fields, which are usually altered by the metal crates used to support concrete (Faraday effect), are not impaired.

What to do in case of earthquake?

The reaction of our structures is incredible: our building methods take into account the carrying capacity of both internal and external walls and "stress" is not supported by pillars only as it is in traditional houses but by the SELF-SUPPORTING MHM wall.

Up to shocks which measure seven on the Mercalli scale, absorption is total; by shocks which measure ten, when traditional earthquake-proof houses collapse, our houses experience damage on the concrete bed but they hardly collapse jeopardizing the life of their inhabitants. Once the earthquake is finished, they can be dismantled and assembled again and damaged parties can be replaced.

How long do such houses last?

External maintenance varies according to the weather conditions of the areas where they are built in: in suitable areas maintenance will last more, in rough conditions it should be more constant.

If maintained with care, our houses can last over 100 years, then a RESTORATION IS NEEDED. That’s why in the United States, Canada and Northern Europe most houses situated on the outskirts are wooden ones.