Swedish Prefabricated House, Saskatoon

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DIVISION OF BUILDING RESEARCH

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA

TEClHIN leAL

NOTE

No.

138

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FOR INTERNAL USE

PREPARED BY G.O. Handegord CHECKED BY APPROVED BY

PREPARED FOR DATE Dec. 1, 1952.

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SUBJECT Swedish Prefabricated House, Saskatoon

On Nov. 10 a visit was made, in company with Mr. A.F.G. Carroll of T.I.S. and ｾｲＮ K.R. Solvason, to see a house being erected by

Mr.

B. Hulth of Western Export Import Ltd., Saskatoon.

Mr. Hulth is a native of Sweden who graduated in Commerce at the Uni versi ty of Saskatchewan and is general manager of the subject firm. The Western Export Import Ltd. is a diatribution . agency and acts as a manufacturer's ageney for a variety of

products, largely those of foreign manufacture. It also tends to utilize the ort of Churchill for import of the various goods.

Mr. Hulth is erecting the house for his own occupancy and for reasons of publicity to Swedish products generally (it is to be furnished with articles or Swedish manufaeture). I believe he would be prepared to import these -houses for sale

provided he can satisfy himself that it may be built for competi-tive sale in Saskatoon (which hardly appears likely).

The house is of an "L" shape, with overall dimensions of approximately

32'

x

40'.

The main section is

40'

long and apprOXimately

29'

wide with the other wing approximately

18'

wide extending out 6'. It was not possible to obtain a clear picture

of-the front of the house, but a view of the rear of the building is shown in the accompanying photograph (#1).

The walls of the house are formed of prefabricated panels

8'

high by 2' wide which are grooved vertically each side and at the top and bottom to be fastened together with wooden splines. These grooves may be S$en in the photograph of the corner detail (#2). The componen ts of the wall panel are shown in the sketeh below, representing a seetion through the panel.

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Windows and doors were apparently designed on a

modular basis and each window casing was equipped with integral flashing (see photo #3). The windows were of a novel desig'n and one is shown in the open position in photograph

#4.

When closed the unit forms a double glazed ｷｩｮｾｯｷＬ one glazed frame folding on the other. The entire· assembly may be lifted off the

ｳｰ･｣ｩ｡ｾＬ separable pin hinges illustrated in the sketch below.

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It was,thought that this type 'of window may have been the type referred to by Dr. Poul Becher during his visit to Ottawa since

they were said to be almost universal in ｓｷ･ｾ･ｮ according to

Mr. ｈｵｬｴｨｾ

Prefabricated roof trusses were used throughout the structure as illustrated in photo

#5.

(Note - trusses were . spaced

48"

on centre and although Saskatoon building inspector had originally 'objected, he was apparently allowing construction to proceed). These -trusses were exceptionally well made and a strict nailing schedule appeared to have been followed.

Roofing boards were lilt T & G precut lumber approxi-mately

4"

wide, and :Hr. Hulth indicated he would be using

asphalt shingles as a roof covering. (During a subsequent visit with Mr. L Ashfield it was noted that roll roofing 4ad been

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-Ceiling construction was normally 211 _{or lilt T}

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plank without additional insulation, but Mr. Hulth was considering loose shavings for additional protection.

Floors were to be of special 2" hardwood T & G plank which formed both sub and finish flooring. Additional T

&

G boards were to be placed on the underside of joists under the kitchen floor for soundproofing Mr. Hulth said. Interior

partition walls were 2" thick panels with

i"

gypsum board each side and straw between. Several of these panels may be seen on the floor joists in photo

#5.

In photo

#4,

the small slide ventilator opening may be seen at the centre of the window sill. From this vent a wide, shallow groove runs under the window frame to outside.

It should be mentioned that the glass for windows was purchased and installed locally.

Swedish cement was used in the concrete for foundation walls and footings.

A forced warm air, oil fired heating system is to be installed. Mr. Hulth stated that gravity hot water heating systems were normally used in Sweden.

Mr. Hulth also stated that this type of house had performed very satisfactorily in Sweden where winter weather was broken frequently by chinooks and high humidity conditions prevailed. He stated that temperatures to -200_{F were experienced}

in winter in the area of Sweden from which he came.

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Photo.·1 Rear view of Swedish Prefabricated House, Saskatoon.

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Photo. Ｒｾ Gorner ､･ｴｾｩＱ of Swedish Prefabricated House, Sas-ka,toon.

Photo. J Window casing for wedish Prefabricated House, Saskatoon.

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Window of Swedish Prefabricated House, Saskatoon •

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5

Roof trusses in Swedish Prefabricated House, Saskatoon.