Arnold Reuteler Holzbau AG (Grund b. Gstaad)

Buildings in reclaimed wood

Building with reclaimed wood has long been very popular. Interior decorations in reclaimed wood were requested by builders several decades ago. In the early stages, hand-planed reclaimed wood was in high demand for interior finishes. Today, the trend is more toward reclaimed wood with hand-hewn surfaces. For modern rooms, gray or brown weathered reclaimed wood is also used to some extent on the inside.

Today, however, we also do entire buildings on the outside in reclaimed wood. Depending on the client, we even rebuild the typology of the past. Since we create our work with naturally weathered reclaimed wood, it is often difficult for the layman to distinguish a real old building from a recreated new building in reclaimed wood. For this kind of work we have specialized in the meantime and we have a large stock of old wood. Orders of this kind are very demanding and require the greatest care from the executors.

Buildings in element construction

Already in 2005 we produced the first chalet in element construction. Our goal was clear: The wall elements must be delivered to the construction site with the highest possible degree of production. This is the only way that the client can fully benefit from the advantages of this production technique.

What are the advantages of prefabricated construction?

• The connection details are worked out much earlier and can be better coordinated.
• Thanks to the ideal working conditions in the workshop, we achieve the very best quality work.
• The construction time is shortened enormously because many jobs can be completed in parallel. For example, elements can be clad when the builder is first working on the foundations. Also, many electrical and plumbing installations in the partition walls can already be done in the workshop. This greatly reduces the time required for shell installations.
• Because most of the work is done in the shop and the labor hours are cheaper in the shop than on the job site, costs are reduced.

As we are convinced that this is the most rational way of production for most of the constructions. For this reason, in the spring of 2013, we set up an element assembly table in the factory hall.

Thermal imaging of your building.

According to the UN report (IPCC), man himself is responsible for global warming. It is therefore urgent to save energy by renovating poorly insulated buildings. In the area of buildings, there are many different ways to save energy, with thermal insulation being the most important, of course. Thermal images can be used to qualitatively show the heat loss of a building. Thermal weak points are visualized, which is an ideal supplement to the building energy certificate and provides quantitative information.
Thermographic images should be taken during the cold season if possible. The greater the temperature difference between the indoor and outdoor climate, the more clearly the thermal bridges appear.
Arnold Reuteler Holzbau AG uses thermal images to show the heat losses from your building.

**Renovate and profit!

Invest in energy efficiency! You will reduce the energy consumption of your building, save a lot of money and be more independent of future energy price developments. And that's not all: You save taxes, the market value of your property increases and you make an important contribution to climate protection.
The Building Program supports you with subsidies for the energy-efficient renovation of your building.
It is worthwhile to plan a renovation professionally and to coordinate individual measures.

About us

Mission statement of Arnold Reuteler Holzbau AG.

• The greatest possible benefit for the customer is at the center of our actions.
• We build energy-efficiently and cost-consciously, build with high quality and care for the environment.
• Our employees are a success factor. We promote the technical and social competence of our employees through the principle of "lifelong learning".
• Good working conditions motivate our employees and enable them to achieve top performance.

Company portrait

Our company employs 8 - 10 well-trained, motivated employees and 1-2 apprentices. Since 1999 we have been using the Cadwork 3D CAD program for work preparation. In the optimally equipped company building we produce not only traditional carpentry and beautiful interior cladding. In the workshop with element assembly table and hall crane, we can also produce your building in element construction.

With the company's own wood drying chamber, we have sufficient capacity to bring large quantities of wood to the right degree of dryness.

For short distance transports we have a 5 t side loader and two 3.5 t VW-Crafters at our disposal. With the Toyota Haice-Bus and the Toyota Hillux we have two vehicles with which we can also reach poorly accessible construction sites.