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The construction of a house has never looked so simple and fun. French startup Catharhome has developed an ecological and economical wooden brick named Brikawood.
Situated in the Pyrenees, Catharhome has specialised in innovative products for wood construction for 30 years. Brikawood are wooden bricks which can be built like a Lego, without glue neither nails nor screws. This is the idea of engineer Alain Romero and it has taken him three years of research to develop it with the help of Patricia Dutreux. They have invested 330 000 Euros in this project.
Built like a Lego, without glue neither nails nor screws
The principle with these bricks is to produce timber frame walls for any type of architecture and thus enter the chain of sustainable development. They have been designed so as to limit the handling and the energy consumption.
Comprising four wood elements, two side plates that provide structure and two spacers for its structural coherence, it is designed to allow their engagement to maintain between each other and thus give the wall a structural coherence. You need a rubber hammer to mount the bricks and a drill to secure the sill plate on the slab and the wall cap to close the walls and after blowing and conditioning the insulation (wood chips).
Brikawood developed three different models by its widths each with a feature in the structure: the basic brick width 500mm, the half-brick basic 250mm width, the corner brick width of 500 mm and 750 mm (incoming angle and outgoing angle).
According to the promoters, this brick is also economically viable. “A square meter costs between 920 to 1000 Euros against 1600 Euros at least for a traditional wood frame,” says Patricia Dutreux. “The price out of water out of air is at 1200 Euros the walls, roofing and joineries. The total cost is thus 1800 Euros for a turnkey house, fully completed by authorised professional teams of Brikawood.”
Various tests were carried out with freezing rain simulations from zero to less 20 degrees and they proved satisfactory compared to houses with stacked beam poles. Brikawood can also withstand earthquakes of 8.5 on the Richter scale.
For more information please check Brikawood website: http://www.brikawood-ecologie.fr 0r contact Brikawood International : +33 5 81 29 43 85 or send an email to patriciabrikawood@gmail.com
Can I get some info on this Brikawood— such as pricing and shipping in American dollars please. Thank you for your help!!
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We would like to thank you for your interest in our articles and would advise you to visit Brikawood’s website.
http://www.brikawood-ecologie.fr/
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Would appreciate detailed information about Brika and where it could be obtained. Northern Kentucky area. Are they looking for representatives or dealerships in the USA?
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I don’t understand anything, is there a way the website is in English, please help
I found out it’s rough estimate of 25000 euros
I have visited the website but unfortunately I do not speak or read French well. Is there a way to find pricing and shipping costs to America?
We will write on your behalf and and will advise you accordingly. Can we know in which region in America are you situated?
I am in Central Texas and have the same question.
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I live in Georgia USA and would like to have information as well.
Sorry, my French language is lacking
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I also want to know costs etc. As I live in Florida, USA
What did you find out ms Jackie
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Is there literature and pricing available in English please? Also any UK outlets? Thank you
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We live in Southern Indiana and would like some info about how and where to purchase this product. Thank you
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I am also interested in cost to ship to U.S.. I live in Houston,TX.
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Please send me info and pricing thank you
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As I don’t know how to read or speak French I don’t have a clue what the cost of your product is and if it’s available in the Oxford, MS Usa area.
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I would also like information and cost, I live in New Hampshire, US. Thank you
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I would like shipping costs from France, are alternated plans available, more info of any sort. Cost?
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I don’t see how this could possibly be more economical than standard framing. Looks like it would use a heck of a lot more wood than usual, plus the spacing of the interior “framing” doesn’t leave a whole lot of room for insulation. Add that to the extend of thermal bridging and it seems really inefficient.
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Lol so you have a comment section that no one should comment in?
I have fallen in love with the Brikawood designs. Would this be available in Australia at all? If so would you be able to inform me of the pricing?
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Hello I also live in america las vegas ,Nevada to be exact and would love pricing and shipping to the US as well I left my email thankyou!
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I would love to get some information, cost for California USA
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Do you ship to South Africa?
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Hi Brickawood,
Could you please give me a rough quote of how much a cabin of the following size would cost:
20m long, 6.8m wide and 3.05m high.
Shipped and assembled to the United Kingdom.
Kind regards
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How about in Australia please
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I would like to know price to the US. I live in Kentucky.
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I would also like to know prices for US delivery. I’m located in Louisiana, USA.
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I’m in Texas and interested in more information and Prices
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I would like to know the price, where purchased and do the kits come in different sizes I live in WV, USA and am thinking of a backyard office approx. 15′ x 15′.
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I WOULD LIKE TO KNO AW HOW I COULD GET PRICING FOR CANADA AND WHERE I CAN OBTAIN THIS MATERIAL
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I THINK THAT THIS IS A FANTASTIC IDEA FOR EVERYBODY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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I live in south east Texas. I love the look of your product and would like to know more information about construction in the United States. I as Jackie do not understand or can read French. I’m interested in the process as well. I would love an email exchange to understand further and to discuss home options. Thanks.
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I would also like to know the cost I live in Ohio
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I want info Web site is in French and I can not read it need price Mississippi in the United States of America
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I would also like to know costs. I live in the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina
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Yes in Canada too!!
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Still awaiting pricing
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I also do not speak or read french. I live in south Carolina and i would like the info on costs, dealers in the USA and info on becoming a dealer. If it helps i ran this through google translate in the hopes of a speedy reply.
Je ne parle ni ne parle français. Je vis en Caroline du Sud et je voudrais l’info sur les coûts, les concessionnaires aux États-Unis et d’infos sur devenir un concessionnaire.
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Want prices on 16×20walls only
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Ditto on all of the above :)…I’m interested in learning more about this!
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Love build in Essex uk
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I would also like more information, in English please. I am near Buffalo, NY U.S.A. Winters are heavy here. Cost estimates would be nice as well.
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Hello is there a possibility of creating a building with pricing and measurements in the US? Great idea. Thank you. Kris
Friend of mine in Tennessee has told me about the product we would certainly like to know all of the specs details and pricing information logistics distribution dealers etc. could you please put us in charge of someone from the firm that can give English language version of the website and I see many other people are inquiring as to price basis etc.DCO.
Very interested in this lego house. I would like more information and pricing in english please.
How can this be ecological, you are using wood which is not very sustainable. I can see if using bamboo or cork, but that would not be practical as use of regular wood would be needed.
As well, your home would become not only nesting grounds for pests, but it would eventually be eaten away by termites.
Not a very practical housing material.
Before shortsighted industrialists focused on slash-and-burn economics, there were plenty of (and in fact still are) sustainable forests, where harvest is governed by growth.
That this is ecological is the result of using shorter lengths which should equal less waste of each tree cut.
“Regular” wood has been used for thousands of years as a suitable building material. ALL materials will eventually degrade from various causes.
Bruce, I totally agree with you. This is a very expensive experiment! Ecoamigable either, you must cut many more trees. It’s not convenient, and that’s why you have no way to buy it. Does not exist. It is just one more article.
If it exists… It just takes to read the article, and click on the link, to check it out.
Nothing really complicated to do!
The website can be translated by Google, they have a contact link at the bottom that I am sure a lot of English speaking people can use to ask their questions. Also in France they use meters and not feet or inches so you may want to do the math for conversations first. This is a news website and they do NOT have the ability to answer your questions for the company
Thank you Laura for summarizing what we’re trying to explain since months… Looks like very few people take the time to read the header or understand what Inspir’Action is all about!
Now we talked with the owner of Brikawood. She’s overwhelmed by the success of Brikawood and quite ready to sell the rights for North America.
Selling price is in the range of the 4M€
[…] in winters as well as in summer. So it becomes a passive house and saves a lot on energy bills. A Brikawood passive house maintains pleasant temperature without conventional heating in winter and without air conditioning […]
I am amazed at the sheer volume of inquiries on a website that has expressly stated: “Please do NOT contact the news team… we are NOT owners nor reseller…”
Ferfuxake people, READING is fundamental to comprehension.
Dear Jim
We thank you for you comment and your reaction.
All the best!
could you please put us in charge of someone from the firm that can give English language version of the website and I see many other people are inquiring as to price basis etc.
The best part about this is all the people contacting you for info despite your making it very clear you have nothing to do with the company only provided an article about. Read folks read, find a translator, heck find a French teacher at a local school. Lol.
Thanks for stressing this. We keep getting requests and questions but we have stopped answering… I’m just amazed at this and I keep asking myself how can people skip reading the warning telling that we’re just publishers and not manufacturers…?!!
I was about to write the same thing. Great article about an interesting product with all the manufacturer details to hand.
[…] in winters as well as in summer. So, it becomes a passive house and saves a lot on energy bills. A Brikawood passive house maintains pleasant temperature without conventional heating in winter and without air conditioning […]
On the site, there are there is an orange square with three lines on the top right corner.
Click on it.
At the bottom of the drop-down menu you will read “Français”.
Click on the + sign next to it.
It will read English on the dro-down menu.
Voilá.
We do have a comment section as you can see, where people keep asking the same thing 100 times, in spite of stating clearly that:
1. We’re not brikawood but a media
2. To check Brikawood’s contact details instead of contacting us over and over
This is the most interesting social case study, where you realize that people just don’t bother to read, and keep asking the same old question (since over 18 months now).
Any suggestion on how we could get people to read thoroughly, so that we dont have to answer again and again the same thing?!
The editor