Advancing Adhesives: Prefab Houses are Taped - Not Nailed - Together
An adhesive tape has been developed to hold the individual components together.
A finished house stands on what just a few days ago was an empty green field. Such a feat is possible due to components that are industrially prefabricated in a manufacturing plant for finished parts and then simply need to be assembled on the building site, also known as prefabricated houses. The individual wall, ceiling and roof components are usually made of wood.
First, the manufacturers make a frame structure out of squared timber in the plant, onto which they then fit boards made of timber-derived materials. Nails and staples hold the structure securely together. However, several considerations must be factored in: the squared timber must not be too narrow, or else the nails and staples can break out. In addition, wherever boards meet, there has to be a rib to which the manufacturer can attach the boards.