Building a house in Norway - what materials to use?

Building a house in Norway is a series of formal activities that must be undertaken. Equally important is choosing the right building materials to ensure the longevity of your new home. What should be kept in mind and what steps should be taken? SkandPol advises

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Building a house in Norway - formalities

Building a house in Norway is similar to that in Poland. First of all, we have to acquire construction plotover which we will have full rights. The ground itself must also be classified as intended for the construction of a house. Find one Earth we can in local news announcements or e.g. on Finn.no.

Construction company and building permit

However, there are some significant differences that we will not meet in our homeland. The most important of these concerns choice construction company - it is worth using the company at its disposal central godkjenning. Thanks to this, we will be sure that building a house in Norway will be carried out in accordance with the standards in force in that country.

IMPORTANT! Even if the company has sentral godkjenning (central approval) it is worth applying to the commune for granting godkjenning for ansvarsrett (local approval).

Zoning plan

After choosing construction company and its delegation by the commune to building our house, we should get acquainted with spatial development plan (Norwegian plan- og bygningsetaten). Such a document contains not only information about whether given type of property it can arise in a specific place. They can also be there guidelines related to the type of construction in a given commune.

Situational plan

Efforts to obtain building permits for a house in Norway also need to be delivered situational plan to the municipal office. In order to correctly draw up this document, it is necessary to put on it the number of the building plot (Norwegian gårdsnumber) and utility number (norw. bruxnummer).

Baseline plan

After providing the necessary documents, the municipal office delivers baseline plan. It contains all the necessary information, such as e.g. a water and sewage system diagram. It can also be included in such a document list of neighborsto be notified when it will soon be launched building a house in Norway in their neighborhood.

Notification of neighbors

It is customary to send them a letter of notification. What is important - they have the right to submit their comments or complaints. It is our responsibility to take all measures to work out compromise. If this is not possible, the submitted complaints must be attached to the application for construction, which we submit to the commune office. At this point it municipal authorities consider the objections of neighbors.

Submission of an application to the commune

Application for a building permit can be processed up to 12 weeks. After release positive decision, all neighbors or other entities can submit appeal. If the commune's decision remains unchanged after the appeal, the case is transferred to the provincial office (norw. fylkesmannen).

Construction permit in two stages

The rule in force in Norway is sending an application for a building permit when we already have selected company. In this case, the entire process will run in one step. However, if we want to postpone the decision to choose contractors, we can take advantage of a two-step procedure issuing a building permit. Then we fold it first application for a framework authorizationand after selecting the contractor - application to start work.

Construction begins

After approving the application, building a house in Norway may begin. Upon completion, the construction site must be inspected by construction supervision inspector (Norwegian bygningsinspektør). It is his responsibility to release occupancy permit and reception of the building (Norwegian brukstillatelse). Provided that all of them are met building standards.

Foundations in Norway - "zero state"

Having already building permit, construction work can begin. For this purpose, we should take care of construction site fencing, demarcation of the building in the field, construction of foundations, insulation of the underground part, distribution of sewage (levels) and laying a concrete sleeper.

It is worth emphasizing that the majority of homes in Norway it is made of wood. Because foundations is usually performed with blocks. Alternatively, you can do foundation platewhich is an ideal basis for further work. Their surface is perfectly smooth, thanks to which putting up wooden walls will be faster and easier. The most important thing, however, is to designer made an adaptation of the design, including adapted the type of foundation to ground conditions on our plot.

Walls, facades, insulation

After completing the work related to foundations, we proceed to the construction of the building. As mentioned earlier, in Norway, wooden houses are usually built. At this point, it is worth considering how to insulate our building and what facade to choose.

Warming

As a rule, it applies to warming mineral and glass wool and/ or Styrofoam. Choice between different kinds we have described wool, among others In this article. Their thermal insulation parameters are similar, but there are differences in their purpose and the place where they will stay used these materials. The person of the matter remains Styrofoam

Elevations

The most commonly used plasters are silicone and silicate-silicone. The most important difference is that silicone solutions show better vapor permeability which means that they are better able to use in humid conditions. In turn silicate-silicone plasters do not get dirty so easily, incl. thanks to the fact that the facade is thermoplastic has a lower one viscositywhich in turn reduces the penetration of dust particles into the wall.

We choose windows

Building a house in Norway it is also a matter of choosing the right ones windows. Nature lovers can confidently bet on wooden windowswhich, thanks to modern production technology, do not warp as easily as the older models. It is also worth considering Scandinavian windowsabout which more we wrote in this article >>>. It is also worth considering the issue of choice double or triple-glazed windows. Both solutions have their advantages and disadvantages, and more about that we wrote here >>>

Also find out how to choose warm windows >>>

We are building a roof

Building a house in Norway is connected - which is quite obvious - with the implementation of the roofing material. roof can generally be made of three types of materials: concrete roof tiles, metal roof tiles and ceramic tiles. In principle best solution are materials made of ceramicshowever, it is not always the cheapest. We wrote about the differences between these products in this article >>>

At the construction stage of the roof, it is worth considering installation anti-snow systems. Especially considering the fact that Norwegian winters are usually harsher than those we know from Poland. We have a choice a number of different solutionsand each of them has its advantages and disadvantages. Find out more about it >>>

Home finishing

When you already have walls, windows, roof and facade, it is worth considering interior trim. They are a particularly difficult choice ceramic tiles - we must remember that we will use other types of materials on the floorand we'll put others on the walls. Basically, we have a choice tiles, terracotta and stoneware. You can read about the differences between them here >>>

Building a house in Norway it is also choosing the right furniture for our rooms. We can use ready-made solutions, but also bet on custom furniture. It is of particular importance tailor-made wardrobe - especially if it is located in rooms with an unusual layout.

Also read: How to choose good ceramic tiles? >>>

Fireplaces - a range of possibilities

Finally, we can arrange ours show. This is where we spend most of our time, because it is by definition it a room located in the center of the house. The heart hall there can be a beautiful fireplace that will provide us with warmth on autumn or winter evenings. Basically, we can choose between water jacket fireplaces, tiled fireplaces and/ or goat-type stoves. They are also increasingly used gas fireplacesalthough it is rather ornate element, rather than functional.

Building a house in Norway from Polish materials

Building a house in Norway may be a slightly cheaper investment if we choose to use Polish building materials. These products are more and more appreciated in Europe due to the relatively low price. Theirs is not without significance qualitywhich is in no way inferior to products Western producers.