Comments on LamiDesign Modern House Plan Blog: Letters from Sweden - a window's tale

I don't have any images of the connectors but mayb...

2009-05-23T21:53:37.259-04:00

I don't have any images of the connectors but maybe we can come up with some.

Can someone tell me or show me more about how they...

2009-05-23T20:27:36.807-04:00

Can someone tell me or show me more about how they do the adjustable windows in Sweden. Allso anyone got information on how they connect the wall panels together and to the floor.

Oh - and Crestview Doors Rock! Big fans of what yo...

2008-03-19T09:22:00.001-04:00

Oh - and Crestview Doors Rock! Big fans of what you are doing here!

Residential entry doors in the US can swing out - ...

2008-03-19T09:22:00.000-04:00

Residential entry doors in the US can swing out - code does not restrict that. Its just not customary here, probably because of screen doors. But it makes so much sense in an emergency that your door swing out, the direction you are traveling.

I enjoyed looking at that door site, and kudos to ...

2008-03-19T07:48:00.000-04:00

I enjoyed looking at that door site, and kudos to the designers and effort behind it.

I've been very impressed at the elegant and energy efficient solutions the Swedes have for doors. Their doors don't just close, they seal shut. Swedish entry doors open out so they don't meet use code, but it would be well worth the time to look at their production techniques, hardware and weather strip solutions, which are very clever and can be imported no problem.

here is the site for one of the bigger Swedish door fabricators:

http://www.bordorren.se/

regards, scott

Christiane, they are installing wood strips over t...

2008-03-18T12:07:00.000-04:00

Christiane, they are installing wood strips over the finished walls to protect the sills, and the wall finish from small bumps and rubs during handling. I imagine that the same thing could be done for american style windows and doors.

This is totally fascinating. I've been wondering ...

2008-03-18T11:57:00.000-04:00

This is totally fascinating. I've been wondering about this issue concerning doors. We've noticed that most flat-packed houses have sliding doors, I assume because they are flat and flush during transport? We'd love to make our doors such that they could easily be factory installed and flat-packed for use in houses like these. Currently, as you pointed out, the industry standard is to create a jamb and sill (threshold) that juts out, preventing a truly flat delivery and, like you said, increased the liklihood that the door frame would warp during wall installation.

I'd love to hear more of your take on this, thanks!!

You and me both. I visited there 18 years ago, but...

2008-02-24T10:01:00.000-05:00

You and me both. I visited there 18 years ago, but I was looking at Architecture, and not houses. Yet I still remember things like windows and door hardware being remarkably different and better than what we use here. The energy performance of their everyday houses are much better than ours. High insulation values. triple glazed windows. Its hard for such practices to take hold here since its only cold enough for it to be marketable in a small northern band of our country.

At the end of the series I'll try to do a wrap up where I link to a bunch of different manufacturers.

Thanks for this series - I'm learning a lot, and w...

2008-02-24T08:39:00.000-05:00

Thanks for this series - I'm learning a lot, and would love to travel to Sweden to see the performance of these completed houses.