Residential

A sustainable home with a showroom for Laureyns Joinery

11 March 2022 • 2 min read

Günter Laureyns and Katrien Eeckhout chose a timber frame construction for their home with showroom. This choice made perfect sense, given that their business, Laureyns Joinery,  specialises in joinery and timber frame construction.

Brecht Pot (BRES architecten) drew up the implementation plans while Katrien and Günter were in charge of the design, preparation and execution of the work. They decided to use UNILIN Panels: the excellent airtightness of building boards such as Qualirack and Durelis were a deal-breaker. Other materials, such as I-Joists, were used for the spans of the flat roof, largely because they are lighter, more environmentally friendly and easier to incorporate than solid wood.

Project details

Location: Evergem
Country: Belgium
Sector: Residential
Architect: Brecht Pot (BRES architecten)
Installer: Laureyns Joinery Photographer: BOA.  
LVL structural beams have a better fire resistance rating than traditional construction wood, and also have a high load-bearing capacity.
LVL structural beams have a better fire resistance rating than traditional construction wood, and also have a high load-bearing capacity.

Günter and Katrien are staunch advocates of eco-friendly construction: they consciously choose to use recovered wood products and reduce their environmental footprint and transport impact by working with a local, Belgian business with the relevant in-house know-how.

For Günter and Katrien, the responsible use of materials is paramount, which is why they used Durelis and Qualirack construction boards for the structural shell of their home. In addition to offering superb airtightness, these boards are made from 100% recovered wood: 90% post-consumer wood, supplemented with 10% pre-consumer wood from residual flows from the wood industry or timber from the thinning of sustainably managed forests and road verge maintenance.

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Durelis chipboard is ideally suited for structural applications in both dry and humid environments.
Durelis chipboard is ideally suited for structural applications in both dry and humid environments.

Panels used in this project:

  • Durelis

  • Ultra-strong high-density chipboard U9 suitable for raised floors in offices and technical rooms.

  • Qualirack TG

  • Structural chipboard P4 with tongue and groove for dry interior finishing such as partitions and structural flooring.
Cross-section of a Durelis building board: the use of fine, high-quality chips promotes durability and increased airtightness. Laureyns builds everything on site, which helps to speed up the construction process.According to Günter, the airtightness levels of the joints are improved if you do everything on site.Günter used Qualirack on the ground floor and in the dry rooms. They chose I-Joist profiles, which are 50% lighter than solid wood, for the long spans.