Brettstapel

Brettstapel uses low grade softwood timber with driven hardwood dowels to create a structural timber panel with extremely low embodied energy, and a high quality visual finish. Local Welsh spruce and Douglas fir were kiln dried for use in the structure of Coed y Brenin, which is the first ever Brettstapel building to use UK sourced timber. This project has proved to be a test case that has increased confidence in this method of construction, which is already used widely elsewhere in Europe.