Precision in the factory. Speed on your site.
Every Soleta home is built twice — once in our production facility in Central Europe, and once on your site. Factory production means controlled conditions, no weather delays and precision that is impossible to achieve on a traditional building site.
What is post and beam?
Post and beam is a structural system in which vertical posts and horizontal beams — made from glued laminated timber (glulam) — carry all the loads of the building. The result is a structure with no load-bearing internal walls, giving complete freedom in the floor plan and allowing large openings and spans that are impossible in masonry construction.
Glulam: engineered for performance
Glulam (glued laminated timber) is produced by bonding multiple layers of timber under pressure. The process eliminates the natural defects found in solid timber — knots, splits, movement — producing a structural material that is stronger than steel by weight, dimensionally stable and precisely predictable in its behaviour.
From factory to site
Every structural element is cut, drilled and finished in our factory under controlled conditions. Elements are labelled, loaded in assembly order and transported to site. The structural frame of a Classic Soleta home is typically erected in 3 to 5 days. The complete weatherproof envelope — structure, insulation, cladding, windows — is achieved within 2 to 4 weeks.
The wall build-up
A standard Soleta wall is 35 cm thick: structural timber frame, natural wood fibre insulation (λ = 0.038 W/mK), vapour-permeable membrane, service cavity and interior cladding. The result is a U-value of 0.15 W/m²K — well above the A+ energy class threshold — with zero synthetic insulation materials.
Ground screw foundations
Where site conditions allow, we use KSF ground screw foundations — steel helical piles that are screwed into the ground without excavation. Installation takes hours, not weeks. The foundation is load-bearing immediately and can be removed and relocated if circumstances change. Ground screws also reduce the seismic risk to the building by allowing controlled movement.
Wall & envelope performance
- Wall U-value
- 0.15 W/m²K
- Insulation
- Natural wood fibre — λ 0.038 W/mK
- Wall thickness
- 35 cm
- Frame material
- Glulam — GL24h class
- Roof U-value
- 0.12 W/m²K
- Windows
- Triple-glazed — Uw 0.8 W/m²K
- Airtightness
- n₅₀ ≤ 0.6 h⁻¹ (Passive House standard)
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Healthy materials
What goes into a Soleta wall — and why it matters for the people inside.